Mormon Canyon

Occurrence in Converse county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090593
MRDS ID D000711
Record type Site
Current site name Mormon Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.9173, 42.74996 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Protsmans Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Platte-Casper(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 032N 076W 11,12,13 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW 0.33% TO 1.0% WO3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.9173, 42.74996

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OSTERWALD, F. AND OSTERWALD, D., 1952, WYOMING MINERAL RESOURCES: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references