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J H Carpenter Prospect

Prospect in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279041
MAS/MILS ID 0560131056
Record type Site
Current site name J H Carpenter Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.982, 42.339 (WGS84)
Elevation 2312
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 2 mi. west of Pacific Springs (which are in T27N, R102W, sec. 1, S2 of SW4). Location published in Bull. 50 as T28N, R102W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pacific Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 028 N 102 W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 2 mi. west of Pacific Springs (which are in T27N, R102W, sec. 1, S2 of SW4). Therefore, Propect should be in T27N, R102W, Sec. 3, SW4. ABWilson moved coordinates to this quarter section.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -108.982, 42.339
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • "PYROLUSITE IN an EOCENE GRIT BED 12 FT THICK ASSAYS 19%-35% manganese." (Bull. 50, p. 130)
  • "The sediments dip gently to the south. Much quartz is present." (Bull. 50, p. 130).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, MIneral Resources of Wyoming: WYOming GEOLogical SURVey BULLetin 50, p. 130.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 19-MAY-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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