Libby Flats prospect

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400521
Record type Site
Current site name Libby Flats prospect
Included sites LaPlata Mining District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.308, 41.34 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position "About a quarter of a mile south of the Libby Flats ovservation point, along a jeep trail, are the remains of an historical cabin which marks the site of an old prospect." PIC-32, p. 20.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medicine Bow Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.308, 41.34

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JAN-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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