| Deposit ID | 10090609 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001380 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560130002 |
| Record type | District |
| Mineralized Area | Atlantic City - South Pass District |
| Current site name | South Pass Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.81739, 42.46661 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fremont(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
South Pass City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)
Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Fremont |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -108.81739, 42.46661 |
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| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Atlantic City - South Pass District |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001380 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560130002 | = newMRDS 10143514, merged and deleted. |
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, 287 p.
ARMSTRONG, F.C., 1948, USGS OPEN FILE REPT. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1948/ofr_48_2.djvu]
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | It appears that this record is just a report that some tungsten has been reported in the district. There are no scheelite mines or prospects. "Scheelite has been found on the dumps of the Amanda, Hidden Hand, and Iron Duke mines (Bull. 50, p. 201)" in the Lewiston District. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-73 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 13-FEB-78 | Unknown | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0560130002 = newMRDS 10143514. |
| Editor | 14-APR-11 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | MAS 0560130002 = newMRDS 10143514, merged and deleted. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.