Medicine Bow Mountains

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Lithium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254674
MAS/MILS ID 0560010170
Record type Site
Current site name Medicine Bow Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.15232, 41.34777 (WGS84)
Elevation 2871

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Centennial(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(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 Albany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.15232, 41.34777

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON,W.H,GEOL SURV WYO,1966,BULL 50,MINERAL RESOURCES OF W

  • Deposit

    2300FT THICK-DOLOMITIC MARBLE IN PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROC

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED RANGE 79, AND IN CARBON COUNTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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