Maxwell claim, South Pass-Atlantic City Mining District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Maxwell claim | Claim |
South Pass-Atlantic City Mining District | Mining District |
Fremont Co. | County |
Wyoming | State |
USA | Country |
Place | Population | Distance |
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Lander | 7,686 (2017) | 46.7km |
REF:Deposit:: SCHEELITE AS SPECKS,STREAKS & SMALL POCKETS ERRATICALLY
Deposit:: DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT QTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS DIORITE SHAFT
Deposit:: AND TUNNEL DISCLOSE CAWO4 FROM ABOUT 25 FT.
Deposit:: WIND RIVER RANGE NEAR LEWISTON
Commodities (Major) - Tungsten
Development Status: Prospect
Regions containing this locality
North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
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Regional Geology
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Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 2773513 | Metasedimentary rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Wind River Range--Metagraywacke, pelitic schist, metaconglomerate, graphitic schist, and iron-formation; local meta-andesite. At least 2,800 Ma. Seminoe Mountains (southeast end of Granite Mountains)--Pelitic schist, quartzite, and iron-formation. Casper Mountain (northwest extension of Laramie Mountains)--Felsic gneiss, quartzite, and iron-formation. Laramie Mountains--Pelitic schist, iron-formation, quartzite, marble, metaconglomerate, and metagraywacke. Comments: Original map source: Green, Gregory N., and Drouillard, Patricia H., 1994, The Digital Geologic Map of Wyoming in ARC/INFO Format: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-0425, scale 1:500,000. Lithology: Major:{metasedimentary}, Minor:{banded iron formation} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 3189133 | Archean crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Lithology: Orthogneiss/paragneiss Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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