| Deposit ID | 10181658 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560070303 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Chief Group |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.00343, 41.17635 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2865 |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | Group covers 3 sections: 18, 13 and 24 in adjacent Ranges. Location given as near the corner of these 3 sections. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bridger Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Baggs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Snake(hydrologic unit)
White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)
White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 14 N | 85 W | 18 | Wyoming | |
| 6th Principal | 14 N | 86 W | 13, 24 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -107.00343, 41.17635 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Encampment District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560070303 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560070304 | merged with 10181658 (MAS 0560070303) and deleted. |
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 41.
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 45.
Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 158.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Merged info from old MAS 0560070304 (newMRDS # 10303659) and deleted. It appears to have been 2 records because the section numbers are across two townships Sec. 18 in R 85 and secs. 13 and 24 in 86W. This is an area, not a site record. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 11-SEP-08 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.