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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Niobrara county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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 10081138
MRDS ID W032866
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.48864, 42.86774 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Niobrara(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lusk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lusk(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lance(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Niobrara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 033N 063W 06 NW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.48864, 42.86774
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • Strike N 4 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND AN ADIT DRIVEN NEAR A GRANITE-SCHIST CONTACT ABOUT 300 FT NORTH OF THE MAIN MINERALIZED ZONE. ADIT TRENDS N 6 E, PARALLEL TO CONTACT AND STRIKE OF MICA SCHIST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE COATINGS AND DISSEMINATED IN PEGMATITE AND SCHIST, MALACHITE IS MOST ABUNDANT ALONG PEGMATITE-SCHIST CONTACTS AND IN MORE COARSELY-GRAINED SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey

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