Grant Creek, Deposit No.4

Occurrence in Albany 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10279157
MAS/MILS ID 0560010025
Record type Site
Current site name Grant Creek, Deposit No.4

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.3131, 41.73747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Guide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.3131, 41.73747

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 22.5M
    Width 3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Strike And Dip N80E:
    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
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name None

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RE.REC.010 RESERVES CALCULATED FROM DIMENSIONS (REF. 1) ASSU DEPTH OF TWO TIMES THE WIDTH-GRADE INFORMATION FROM RE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF. 1. GEOLOGIC SURVEY OF WYOMING, BULLETIN 31

  • Deposit

    REF. 2. USBM IC8315, PG. 14 (REFERENCE TO IRON MTN. MASSIVE

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.