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Shirley Mountains Prospect

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096571
MRDS ID W032158
MAS/MILS ID 560070388
Record type Site
Current site name Shirley Mountains Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.757, 42.1644 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Tunnel somewhere in Sec. 3. Coordinates are for near center of section. However, air imagery display this ground as sedimentary, granite outcrops to the north. Therefore, tunnel is likely in the NE4 of the section.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seminoe Dam NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shirley Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pathfinder-Seminoe Reservoirs(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 025N 083W 3 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Location of tunnel in Sec. 3 is unknown. It is not shown on topo of Seminoe Dam NE. Lat/Long. coordinates are for near center of section.
  • Tunnel somewhere in Sec. 3. Coordinates are for near center of section. However, air imagery display this ground as sedimentary. The granite outcrops to the north. Therefore, tunnel is likely in the NE4 of the section, east of Hanna Leo Rd.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.757, 42.1644
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In The Vicinity

Comments on the geologic information

  • "A tunnel was driven into granite 'with the hope of striking a gold or silver vein at depth.' A few quartz veins crop out in the vicinity." (Bull. 50, p. 83)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 83.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 77.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1982-09-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-10-27 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Fixed location on 3/5/2010.

Beyond USGS

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

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