The Unidentified Prospect is a stone mine located in Sheridan county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Unidentified Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unidentified Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Stone
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Sheridan
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE OLD LEOPARD ROCK QUARRY SOUTH OF TWIN BUTTES; 1/2 MILE NE O F BURGESS RANGER STATION
Comment (Deposit): DIABASE CROPS OUT FROM NE SEC 25 NEAR N. TONGUE RIVER ALMOST CONT INUOUSLY TO THE CENTER OF SEC 24, T56N, R88W, EAST OF CUTLER CREEK. DI P 80-85 S. WIDTH 30-60 FT. DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 121, 178
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