Mc Ghee Prospect

Occurrence in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096583
MRDS ID W032396
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Ghee Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35672, 42.4069 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esterbrook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glendo Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028N 071W 10 SW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35672, 42.4069

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-NE
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Esterbrook Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND TRACES OF SPHALERITE OCCUR IN Q UARTZ-PYRRHOTITE MINERALIZED ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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