Unidentified Prospect

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080865
MRDS ID W032380
MAS/MILS ID 560070439
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.04111, 42.14222 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pathfinder-Seminoe Reservoirs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 025N 085W 18 NE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result CUT IN WASH - FE = 37.50%, SIO2 = 36.15%, P = 0.119%. ANOTHER CUT IN WASH - FE = 64.60%, SIO2 = 1.75%, P = 0.096%. ORE APPARENTLY IN PLA CE - FE = 33.00%, SIO2 = 53.20%, P = 0.082%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.04111, 42.14222

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seminoe Mountains Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL IN 'WASH AND SLIDE'

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 113.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 103.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-04-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2008-11-14 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey revised 08-jul-10. Merged and deleted 10254617= 0560070439.

Beyond USGS

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