Mohawk Prospect 1

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254141
MAS/MILS ID 560070365
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Prospect 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.983, 41.16688 (WGS84)
Elevation 2938
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position AML shows Quo Vadis west of center of Sec. 20 on the Continental Divide.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(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

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 14 N 85 W 20 NW Wyoming
6th Principal 14 N 85 W 35 NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Apparently this "prospect" is in 2 widely separate locations (roughly 3 1/2 mi apart) in NW Sec. 20 and NW Sec. 35. Because they are so separate, there are two entries for this "prospect"
  • Sheep Herder Lode (unpatented) is immediately west and contiguous, in the S2 of NE4 sec. 19 along the ridge from the benchmark at 10,166 ft to the two little summits in Sec. 19 along the ridge.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -106.983, 41.16688

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Chicago Venture Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings shaft
    Overall depth 21.33M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Location

    Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, AML Inventory, [undated]: U.S. Bureau of Mines unpublished and undated inventory available at the USDA Forest Service office in Saratoga, WY.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 49.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 175.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit At contact between granite and altered schist, some brown iron-stained, siliceous and limy material occasionally contains a little malachite. (Osterwald and others, 1959, p. 45.)
General Also see newMRDS record 10182082.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-09-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2009-02-05 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey revised 15-oct-2012

Beyond USGS

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