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Lorain Group

Occurrence in Carbon 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10080911
MRDS ID W032441
MAS/MILS ID 560070361
Record type Site
Current site name Lorain Group
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Prospect, French Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-106.35, 41.27778 (WGS84) 5000 At confluence of Iron Creek and French Creek (but Iron Ck is not labeled on topo map). Klein used location near middle of claim block., 1.5 Mile
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-106.35444, 41.27472 (WGS84) 100 GPS of "unnamed prospect (W900317)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medicine Bow Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt 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 Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015N 080W 11;12 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE JUNCTION OF IRON CREEK AND FRENCH CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite Stained At Surface

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.35, 41.27778
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(2) -106.35444, 41.27472
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name French Creek District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 120.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 107.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 120.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRRHOTITE WAS FOUND BELOW THE OXIDIZED ZONE in graphitic schist.
Deposit Limonite stain at surface

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-04-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2009-01-27 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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