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Nickel and Copper Refining Co. Occurrence

Occurrence in Sheridan county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080811
MRDS ID W032183
Record type Site
Current site name Nickel and Copper Refining Co. Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.46598, 44.80688 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sheridan(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skull Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burgess Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sheridan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tongue(hydrologic unit)

Tongue(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bighorn 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 Sheridan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 056N 088W 28 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ON A RIDGE SW OF THE MOUTH OF THE SOUTH FORK TONGUE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.46598, 44.80688
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Big Horn National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT WAS SUNK ALONG THE CONTACT OF A PERIDOTITE DIKE AND A QUA RTZ VEIN. LITTLE MINERALIZATION WAS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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