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Mineral resources of the Prospect Mountain Wilderness Study Area, Carbon County, Wyoming

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OSTI ID:5510909

The Prospect Mountain Wilderness Study Area is about 20 mi east-southeast of Encampment in Carbon County, Wyoming. This study area is underlain by middle Proterozoic gabbro, granite, and hornblende gneiss, which is locally cut by pegmatite dikes. There are no identified resources and no potential for undiscovered energy resources in this study area. Resource potential for all undiscovered metallic commodities and for industrial mineral is low.

OSTI ID:
5510909
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English