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Smaller Deposit #9-Iron Mtn Area

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10132924
MRDS ID W032469
MAS/MILS ID 0560010219
Record type Site
Current site name Smaller Deposit #9-Iron Mtn Area
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Prospect, Deposit No. 9

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.42671, 41.59303 (WGS84)
Elevation 2335
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position S2 of NE4 of Sec. 26

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019N 072W 26 S2NE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.42671, 41.59303
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Wilson, W.H., 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, p. 107.

  • Deposit

    Diemer, R.A., 1941, Titaniferous magnetite deposits of the Laramie Range, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 31, p. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "Patches of magnetite-ilmenite extend 400 ft. along the west flank of a northward-trending ridge in the S2 NE4 Sec. 26, T19N, R72W. The maximum width is 3 ft. Small stringers of magnetite-ilmenite extend into anorthosite, and both are cut by granite pegmatite."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 11-DEC-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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