Taylor Deposit

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080922
MRDS ID W032463
MAS/MILS ID 0560010035
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Deposit
Alternate or previous names Taylor Deposit Prospect, Laramie Range

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.31588, 41.74497 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position SE4 sec. 35.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Guide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021N 071W 35 SE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Unknown

Analytical data

Result SIO2 = 0.36%, AL2O3 = 3.10%, FE2O3 = 26.15%, FEO = 36.31%, MGO = 1.85%, CAO = 0.21%, NA2O = 0.20%, K2O = 0.22%, H2O = 0.03%, H2O+ = 0.43%, TIO2 = 30.84%, MNO = 0.08%, S = 0.01%, P2O5 = LESS THAN 0.01%, V2O5 = 0.27%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.31588, 41.74497

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 45.72M
    Width 22.86M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RE REC 010 RESERVES CALCULATED FROM MEASURED MAP DIMENSIONS GRADE DATA (BOTH- REF 700) [copied from deleted record 10279247=MAS 0560010035.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Wilson, W.H., 1966, GSW BULL 50, P. 106-107.

  • Deposit

    Diemer, R.A., 1941, GSW Bull. 31, p. 13-14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EIGHT SEPARATE LENSES. THREE of the bodies are about 100 ft. to 150 ft. long and 50 ft. to 75 ft. wide. In addition there are 5 smaller lenses or "ore" shown on the map (fig. 4, p. 14, in Bull. 31).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Wilson U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 14-DEC-2009 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references