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Seminoe (black sand deposit)

Occurrence in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069104
MRDS ID W002501
Record type Deposit
Current site name Seminoe (black sand deposit)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.976, 42.052 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Listed in 3 non-contiguous sections in adjacent townships. Location is vague and ill-defined. Coordinates are for somewhere in Sec. 15, T24N, R85W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seminoe Dam SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shirley Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024N 085W 15,28 Wyoming
6th Principal 025N 085W 35 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -106.976, 42.052
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOUSTON, R.S., AND MURPHY, J.F., 1970, FOSSIL BEACH PLACERS IN SANDSTONES OF LATE CRETACEOUS AGE IN WYOMING AND OTHER ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES: WYOMING GEOL. ASSOC. ANN. FIELD CONF., 22D, GUIDEBOOK, SYMPOSIUM ON WYOMING SANDSTONES, P. 241-249

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2010-06-14 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Location revised 23-jul-2010

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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