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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081177
MRDS ID W032916
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.48299, 42.57465 (WGS84)
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

Springman Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Afton(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 030N 115W 23 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • FOUR MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLE PINEY LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.48299, 42.57465
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hogback Anticline, One Mile West Of Prospect; Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger-Teton

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRAGDEN, F.F, 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FISH SPRING CREEK AND ADJACENT AREA, LINCOLN AND SUBLETTE COUNTIES, WYOMING; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS STEEPLY DIPPING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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