Lewiston area magnetite-taconite

Occurrence in Fremont 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133226
MAS/MILS ID 0560130329
Record type Site
Current site name Lewiston area magnetite-taconite
Alternate or previous names Strawberry Creek Area, Sweetwater River Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.54381, 42.42914 (WGS84)
Elevation 2220

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radium Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028 N 098 W 05 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.54381, 42.42914

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 180M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip S45W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Lewiston Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Harrer, 1966, Wyoming iron-ore deposits: USBM IC-8315, 114 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Wilson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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