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Smaller Deposit #4-Iron Mtn Area

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303436
MRDS ID W032465
MAS/MILS ID 0560010214
Record type Site
Current site name Smaller Deposit #4-Iron Mtn Area
Alternate or previous names GRANT CREEK, DEPOSIT NO.4, Unidentified Prospect, Deposit No. 4

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.3217, 41.73307 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position SW4 sec. 2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Guide(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 020N 071W 02 SW4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.3217, 41.73307
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name larger body
    General form LENS
    Strike N80E
    Length 22.86M
    Width 3.05M
  • Name smaller body
    General form Lens
    Strike N80E
    Length 2.44M
    Width 1.52M

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "Two lenses of magnetite-ilmenite along the abandoned Laramie-Whetland highway strike N80E. The larger lens is about 75 ft. by 10 ft., the smaller 8 ft. by 5 ft."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 11-DEC-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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