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Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230456
MRDS ID W900131
MAS/MILS ID 560070405
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown
Alternate or previous names Umslopadus Group

Comments on the site identification

  • Misindtified in original MAS record 0560070405 as part of the Umslopagus Group (misspelled Umslopadus) probably because it follows the entry for Umslopagus on p. 49 of Bull. 50 with only a PLSS location and no name.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -106.72389, 41.14722 (WGS84)
Elevation 2554
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position DIGITIZED ON 24 K TOPO FROM LOCATION OF FERRIS, 1964

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunst Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 083W 28 SE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock type qualifier quartzo-felspathic gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -106.72389, 41.14722
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name 2 mi. NE of NW trending Cheyenne Belt

Comments on the geologic information

  • "Crusts and stains of malachite occur on quartz and amphibolite fragments in a prospect pit." Bull. 50, p. 50.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 179.

  • Deposit

    |Ferris, 1964, Petrology and structure of the Precambrian rocks southeast of Encmapment, Wuyoming: Univ. of Wyo. PhD dissertation, 74 p.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2009-02-20 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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