Unidentified Prospect

Occurrence in Goshen 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080896
MRDS ID W032426
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.61837, 42.48135 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goshen(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moore Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Platte-Scotts Bluff(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Goshen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029N 065W 14 SE OF SE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED 17.1% TOTAL FE AND 15.9% TOTAL FE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Guernsey Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Series Of Small Folds

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip 80 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 115

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAXIMUM STRIKE AND DIP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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