Unidentified Prospect

Occurrence in Platte county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Iron
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096586
MRDS ID W032410
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.66002, 42.26469 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Platte(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guernsey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Torrington(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Platte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 027N 065W 28 SE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Guernsey
    Rock description Guernsey
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.66002, 42.26469

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 117

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEMATITIC SCHIST, PARTIALLY CONCEALED BY THE GUERNSEY FORMATION, CROPS OUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A SMALL HILL

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.