| Deposit ID | 10303499 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 560070369 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Newton Group |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.892, 41.1854 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2606 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red Mountain(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 14N | 85W | 13, 24 | 13:S2; 24:N2N2 | Wyoming |
| 6th Principal | 14N | 84W | 18, 19 | 18:S2; 19:N2N2 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Azurite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Ore Body (1) | -106.892, 41.1854 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | W trending metasediments and shears within Cheyenne Belt |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| District name | Encampment District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070369 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070368 | =newMRDS 10230030, merged and deleted. |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 48.
Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 175.
Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 21.
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 45.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1979-12-10 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-02-06 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.