Black Rock Meadows

Occurrence in Teton county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Bentonite
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080978
MRDS ID W032519
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Meadows

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.11967, 43.76186 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 30 MILES EAST OF JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING, Several Miles?

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Togwotee Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 044N 110W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES WEST OF TOGWOTEE PASS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.11967, 43.76186

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PRELIM. GEOL. MAP 92.

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-77 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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