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Unidentified Prospect

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096580
MRDS ID W032378
MAS/MILS ID 560070437
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.05083, 42.15639 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(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 085W 7 NW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result FE = 37.00%, SIO2 = 28.00%, P = 0.058%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.05083, 42.15639
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Seminoe Mountains Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 31.7M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT BOTTOMED IN DETRITAL MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 113.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 103.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-04-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2008-11-14 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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