Plumbago Canyon

Occurrence in Albany 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 10205244
MAS/MILS ID 0560010032
Record type Site
Current site name Plumbago Canyon
Alternate or previous names Laramie Range

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.50751, 41.63747 (WGS84)
Elevation 2340

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sybille Springs(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 019 N 072 W 07 S2NE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.50751, 41.63747

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 90M
    Width 3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45E:
    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 1850

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF 1 GEOLOGIC SURVEY OF WYOMING, BULLETIN NO. 31, PP. 16

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