Grizzly Creek Prospect

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Clay, Peat, Kyanite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304929
MAS/MILS ID 0560010133
Record type Site
Current site name Grizzly Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Grizzley Creek Prospect, Kyanite #1 Claim, Kyanite No. 1 mining claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.3206, 42.00826 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reese Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 024N 071W 35 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary
Peat Tertiary
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.3206, 42.00826

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • KYANITE & SILLIMANITE-RICH SCHIST CROSSCUTS GNEISS & SCHISTS
  • COINCIDES WITH A FUALT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner A.D. Bartlett, Edmund Leet, and G.J. Tassi
    Home office Wheatland WY and Denver CO
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Detailed information on kyanite on this property can be found in DMEA Docket 2549.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 10-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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