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Unidentified Prospect

Occurrence in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080892
MRDS ID W032422
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.48353, 43.38521 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Holes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gannett Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoshone National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Fitzpatrick Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 040N 105W 32;33 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAINED 13.3% FE, 18.6% FE203, AND OTHERS CONTAINED 2.4 TO 19.6% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Amsden
    Rock description Amsden
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.48353, 43.38521
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M
    Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Creek Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 114

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCONTINUOUS LAYERS OF HEMATITE AND LIMONITE NODULES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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