The Unidentified Prospect is a iron mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Unidentified Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unidentified Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Seminoe Mountains Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FE = 37.00%, SIO2 = 28.00%, P = 0.058%
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT BOTTOMED IN DETRITAL MATERIAL
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 103.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 113.
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