Kreisley Deposit Prospect

Occurrence in Converse 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096582
MRDS ID W032384
Record type Site
Current site name Kreisley Deposit Prospect
Related records 10206209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.33672, 42.43524 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esterbrook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glendo Reservoir(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 Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029N 071W 35 SW OF SW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.33672, 42.43524

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 120

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL LARGE BODIES OF PYRRHOTITE ARE FOUND IN 11 VEINS. THE PYR RHOTITE IS MIXED WITH HORNBLENDE AND QUARTZ. THE DEPOSIT IS COVERED BY A RED AND YELLOW JASPER CAPPING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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