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Unidentified Occurrence

Occurrence in Sublette county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080833
MRDS ID W032210
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.52355, 42.4991 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sublette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029N 115W 15 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG SOUTH PINEY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.52355, 42.4991
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North Trending Darby Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Snider Basin Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRUCHEY, R.A., 1962, OVERTHRUSTING IN MT. THOMPSON AND ADJACENT ARE AS, SUBLETTE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES, WY: MS THESIS, U. OF WY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEAMS STEEPLY DIPPING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey

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