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Unidentified Prospect

Past Producer in Sheridan county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Stone, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100254
MRDS ID W032401
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.51459, 44.77161 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sheridan(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burgess Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burgess Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sheridan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tongue(hydrologic unit)

Tongue(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bighorn 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 Sheridan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 056N 089W 35 NE Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE OLD LEOPARD ROCK QUARRY SOUTH OF TWIN BUTTES; 1/2 MILE NE O F BURGESS RANGER STATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.51459, 44.77161
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 85 S
    Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 121, 178

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIABASE CROPS OUT FROM NE SEC 25 NEAR N. TONGUE RIVER ALMOST CONT INUOUSLY TO THE CENTER OF SEC 24, T56N, R88W, EAST OF CUTLER CREEK. DI P 80-85 S. WIDTH 30-60 FT. DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Barari, Rachel A. 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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