Sheep Mountain

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 10181893
MAS/MILS ID 0560090107
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Mountain
Alternate or previous names Cross Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.49642, 42.68466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1740

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chalk Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 031 N 072 W 04 NWSW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Cloverly, Morrison, and Sundance Formations

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 20S
    Length 1188M
    Width 1.5M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:20S
    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 Sheep Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF 1 USBM IC8315, PP. 44

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