Bradley Peak Area (iron prospects)

Occurrence in Carbon 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157413
MRDS ID W032405
MAS/MILS ID 560070308
Record type District
Current site name Bradley Peak Area (iron prospects)
Alternate or previous names Iron Hill (includes), Patterson (Pattison) Basin (includes), includes St. Louis, Calcator, Red Oxide, Domingo, New Year, Boston, and Frozen Finger Lode claims, includes Midnight Iron, Grant Iron, Greeley Iron ahnd Hayes Iron placer claims, Seminoe Mountains iron prospects

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.05611, 42.15361 (WGS84)
Elevation 2487
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Landslides on south side of Bradley Peak cover 3 to 6 sq. miles., approx. Probably within 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pathfinder-Seminoe Reservoirs(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 25N 085W 6, 7, 18 Wyoming
6th Principal 25N 086W 1, 12, 13 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • This is an area covering 3 to 6 sq. mi. It is not a single site.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Jasper Gangue

Analytical data

Result See Bull. 50, p. 112 for assays.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock type qualifier Two series of greenstone on either side of an iron formation (jasper).
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Proterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock type qualifier Cretaceous Lewis Shale is under the preCambrian greenstones that slid off Bradley Peak.
    Rock unit name Lewis Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock type qualifier iron formation lies between two series of greenstones.
    Rock unit name Iron Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Proterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.05611, 42.15361

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Bradley Peak Thrust. Landslide.

Ore body information

  • General form discontinuous
    Thickness 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seminoe Mountains area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 777HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 111-112, 117.

  • Deposit

    Harrer, 1966, Wyoming iron-ore deposits: USBM IC-8315, p. 20-28.

  • Deposit

    Lovering, 1923, Iron-ore deposits of Carbon County, Wyoming: USGS Bull. 811-D, p. 219-234.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p.101-102.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Itabiryte, a micaceous hematite, is reported "south of Bradley's Peak". [NO other information is provided].
General Rachel Barari's affiliation was incorrectly listed as USGS. ABW changed it to South Dakota Geological Survey.
Deposit Bradley Peak area is included in section on Seminoe Mountains in Bull. 50, p. 111-112.
Deposit 7 lode claims, 4 placer claims.
Deposit "Lovering thought the iron formation a series of lenticular hot spring deposits."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-04-01 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-10-22 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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