Smaller Deposit #6-Iron Mtn Area

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232152
MRDS ID W032467
MAS/MILS ID 0560010216
Record type Site
Current site name Smaller Deposit #6-Iron Mtn Area
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Prospect, Deposit No. 6

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.47561, 41.65357 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Rock(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 04 N2 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Labradorite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Syenite

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.47561, 41.65357

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name anorthosite cut by quartz syenite

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M

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. 15-16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "Five separate bodies of magnetite-ilmenite are found in anorthosite which is cut by 'quartz syenite.' The lens in NW4 sec. 4 is about 300 ft. by 100 ft. The lenses are layered, with varying amounts of labradorite, pyroxene, and apatite."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 11-DEC-2009 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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