Ak-Sar-Ben Group

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303207
MAS/MILS ID 0560070296
Record type Site
Current site name Ak-Sar-Ben Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.37173, 41.17997 (WGS84)
Elevation 2688
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 80 ft. shaft is in Sec. 15, near Iron Creek. No further description of location other than "on an outcrop of siliceous hematite"., 1500, 1500, 1500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(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)

Savage Run Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.37173, 41.17997

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN RES WYO 1966 GEOL SURU WYO BULL 50 P 129 117

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Listed as a Manganese prospect. "An 80 ft shaft was sunk on an outcrop of siliceous hematite. In the alteration zone, a graphitic schist contains iron oxides and manganese." (Bull. 50, p. 129). On p. 117, this site is simply listed as a reported occurrence of hematite, with a referral to "see manganese."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 08-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references