Unidentified Prospect

The Unidentified Prospect is a iron mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unidentified Prospect
Secondary: Lorain Group
Secondary: French Creek Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: French Creek District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite Stained At Surface

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Location): AT THE JUNCTION OF IRON CREEK AND FRENCH CREEK

Comment (Deposit): PYRRHOTITE WAS FOUND BELOW THE OXIDIZED ZONE in graphitic schist.

Comment (Deposit): Limonite stain at surface

References

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 120.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 107.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 120.

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