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Smaller Deposit #12-Iron Mtn area

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205262
MRDS ID W032471
MAS/MILS ID 0560010222
Record type Site
Current site name Smaller Deposit #12-Iron Mtn area
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Prospect, Deposit No. 12

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.34171, 41.03747 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position NW4 sec. 15.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018N 071W 15 NW4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.34171, 41.03747
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N
    Length 9.14M
    Width 3.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Wilson, W.H., 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, p. 108.

  • Deposit

    Diemer, R.A., 1941, Titaniferous magnetite deposits of the Laramie Range, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 31, p. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "A lens of magnetite-ilmenite strikes north. It is 30 ft. long and 25 ft. wide at the north end, and 2 ft. wide at the south end. The contacts between magnetite and anorthosite are sharp and dip outward near the south end of the lens."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 11-DEC-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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