Cold Spring-Crazy Horse Creek

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157320
MAS/MILS ID 0560090105
Record type Site
Current site name Cold Spring-Crazy Horse Creek
Alternate or previous names Old Copper King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.78672, 42.49576 (WGS84)
Elevation 2265
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warbonnett Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Platte-Casper(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 029 N 075 W 12 SWNW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 9504M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name North Laramie Range

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF. 1 USBM IC8315, PP. 28-29

  • Deposit

    SCHOOL & BADGER COAL BEDS 32 & 16 FT THICK RESPECTIVLY; ASH:

  • Deposit

    SULFUR (OVERALL): .5 PCT; BTU 7800

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Wilson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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