Unidentified Occurrence

Occurrence in Albany 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080939
MRDS ID W032480
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.0934, 41.13136 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Owen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(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 Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013N;014N 077W;078W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • S2 OF T. 14 N., R. 77 AND 78W.; N2 OF T. 13N., R. 77 AND 78 W.; SOUTHEAST OF LAKE OWENS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE 10%
Result PODS AVERAGE 80% MAGNETITE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.0934, 41.13136

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Owens Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 108

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WITHIN A 0.25 BY 1 MI ZONE OF MAGNETIC ANOMALY, MAGNETITE CROPS OUT OCCASIONALLY IN STRINGERS AND SMALL FIST-SIZED PODS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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