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Petersen Spring

Past Producer in Caribou county in Idaho, United States with commodities Bromine, Salt
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078011
MRDS ID W026120
MAS/MILS ID 0160290067
Record type Site
Current site name Petersen Spring

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.08019, 42.77272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 7.5 MI NW OF AFTON, WYO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caribou(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Caribou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007S 046E 33 NENENE (33) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Tygee Creek About 0.5 Mi Sw Of Jct Stump And Tygee Creeks

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary
Salt Primary

Analytical data

Result SALT WATER BRINES ANALYZED AT 98+ % NACL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Preuss Sandstone-Sandstone, Conglomerate, Salt;Salt Lake Formation-Clay, Salt, Gravel
    Rock description Preuss Sandstone-Sandstone, Conglomerate, Salt;Salt Lake Formation-Clay, Salt, Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.08019, 42.77272
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anticline Crest ( Breger, 1910 ); Bannock Overthrust Zone ( Mansfield, 1927 )

Comments on the geologic information

  • What Mansfield ( 1927 ) Called Preuss Sandstone Was In 1910 (Breger) Called The Beckwith Formation ; The Change Was Made In 1916

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Afton, Wyoming Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Soren Petersen

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Haulage Under 1909 Conditions Made Outside Markets Out Of The Question

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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