Rabbit Creek

Occurrence in Platte 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 10181380
MAS/MILS ID 0560310016
Record type Site
Current site name Rabbit Creek
Alternate or previous names Black Powder Mines, Johnson Mountain, Sheep Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.2234, 42.21056 (WGS84)
Elevation 1620
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Platte(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(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 Platte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 026 N 070 W 22 NESE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.2234, 42.21056

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 792M
    Width 45M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip S45E:
    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

Mining district

District name Black Powder

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF 1 USBM IC8315, PP. 42-43

  • Deposit

    REF 2 UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP, W. ACKERMAN AND K. PATTERSON

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PRORERTY FILES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Wilson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references