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Temple Peak Deposit

Occurrence in Sublette county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080834
MRDS ID W032211
MAS/MILS ID 560350043
Record type Site
Current site name Temple Peak Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.20111, 42.71889 (WGS84)
Elevation 3292
Relative position 25 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST FROM PINEDALE, WYOMING. 1/4 mi. SW of Rapid Lake.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pinedale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Bridger Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sublette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 032N 104W 24 SC Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH WEST FACING SLOPE OF SCHIESTLER PEAK IN BRIDGER WILDERNES S. CORRECT SECTION? LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
  • Location is unverified, but Terry Klein palced it at the prospect at 10,800 ft. on the SW flank of Schiestler Peak. Probably within 1 mile of actual location.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF A CHIP SAMPLED SHOWED 2.03% MO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.20111, 42.71889
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N17E
    Dip 73 SE
    Thickness 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 135.

  • Deposit

    TEMPLE PEAK MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT, SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING: UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOR GSW, NOVEMBER 30, 1955.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-10-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-12-01 SDSM South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Editor 2008-12-12 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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