Rawhide Creek

Occurrence in Niobrara 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254532
MAS/MILS ID 0560270026
Record type Site
Current site name Rawhide Creek
Alternate or previous names Rawhide Canyon Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.57279, 42.62496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Niobrara(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rawhide Buttes West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lusk(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Platte-Scotts Bluff(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Niobrara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 031 N 000 W 31 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.57279, 42.62496

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 78S
    Length 300M
    Width 11M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N15E:78S
    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

Mining district

District name Rawhide

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF. 1 GEOLOGIC SURVEY OF WYOMING, BULLETIN NO. 50, PP. 116

  • Deposit

    REF. 2 UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION, M. MILLGATE (IFOC FILES)

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.