Octavia Prospect

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181700
MAS/MILS ID 0560070371
Record type Site
Current site name Octavia Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.05065, 41.15466 (WGS84)
Elevation 2816
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position On west fork of Savery Ck, aobut 5 mi. west of Battle.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Comments on the location information

  • Supposedly on west Fork of Savery Creek, about 5 mi. West of Battle. But, there is no Savery Creek in this area. According to USGS GNIS there is no Savery Creek on this quadrangle. Perhaps it is a local or unofficial name.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.05065, 41.15466

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form Quartz vein
    Strike NW
    Dip 30 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • Quartz vein stikes NW, dips 30SW, and cuts altered limy schist.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Encampment District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 24, 48, 118.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 21, 45, 105.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 22.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 176.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 06-FEB-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references