Unidentified Prospect

Occurrence in Sheridan 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096629
MRDS ID W032906
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.54321, 44.76133 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sheridan(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burgess Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burgess Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sheridan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tongue(hydrologic unit)

Tongue(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bighorn 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 Sheridan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 055N 089W 11 NW OF NE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Specularite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.54321, 44.76133

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEARED, SILICIFIED, EPIDOTIZED GRANITE; LENSE OF QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bighorn

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FILMS OF SPECULARITE IN FRACTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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