| Deposit ID | 10081156 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032890 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560070317 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cherry Creek Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Babbs Mine, Weidemeir Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.31806, 42.28389 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Youngs Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)
Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 027N | 088W | 26 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Allanite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -107.31806, 42.28389 |
|---|
| Strike | N |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 E |
| Width | 0.46M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Ferris Mountain Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032890 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070317 | =newMRDS 10254604. Merged and deleted. |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 43.
Reynolds, M.W., and Neubert, J.T., 1988, Mineral Resources of the Ferris Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Carbon Couty, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1757-C, 18 p.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Reporter | 1984-06-01 | Barari, Rachel A. | South Dakota Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 2013-07-24 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | synonyms from Reynolds and Neubert. REE from WY WSGS website. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.