The Jehosephat Prospect is a iron mine located in Platte county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Jehosephat Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jehosephat Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Platte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: High Plains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: WEST SIDE SHAFT, N EAR BOTTOM 33.6% METALLIC FE
Analytical Data: EAST SIDE SHAFT, NEAR BOTTOM 43.3% METALLIC FE
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): SILICEOUS DOLOMITE ENCLOSES HEMATITE. THE ROCK IS WEATHERED TO LI MONITE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF MALACHITE WAS FOUND IN A SMALL HOLE, NEAR TH E TOP OF THE IRON OXIDES.
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 118
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