Fish Creek

Occurrence in Albany 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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10229423
MAS/MILS ID 0560010024
Record type Site
Current site name Fish Creek
Alternate or previous names Richard Riley Ranch, J.A.Weaver Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.2839, 42.25826 (WGS84)
Elevation 1755

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harris Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 026 N 071 W 06 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.2839, 42.25826

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E00W
    Dip 70S
    Length 300M
    Width 45M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape 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. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip E00W:70S
    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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF 1 USBM IC8315

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Wilson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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