Abernathy Deposit #1

Occurrence in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Corundum, Feldspar, Semiprecious Gemstone
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278672
MAS/MILS ID 0560130983
Record type Site
Current site name Abernathy Deposit #1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.3046, 42.56824 (WGS84)
Elevation 2074
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 030 N 096 W Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Corundum Primary
Feldspar Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -108.3046, 42.56824

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    4 FT BIOTITE LENS IN GRANITE HAS BEEN CONTACT METAMORPHOSED

  • Deposit

    FELDSPAR IN PEGMATITES

  • Deposit

    ONE OF MANY LOCATIONS UNDER SAME NAME

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV BULL #50 1966 PAGE 66, 138

  • Deposit

    -GRAY AND BLUE POOR QUALITY CORUNDUM NODULES HAVE BEEN

  • Deposit

    FOUND - 40 MILES SE OF LANDER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references