| Deposit ID | 10107908 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003596 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560230104 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Auburn Area Hot Springs |
| Alternate or previous names | Auburn Hot Springs, Auburn Area |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.99917, 42.83139 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1850 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | Location described as Sec. 23 and there is a "Springs (Hot Sulphur)" shown on the Grover topo in that section., 100 m. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Grover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Afton(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 033N | 119W | 23 | C of N2. | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur | Primary |
| Geothermal | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sulfur | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| |||
| Ore Body (1) | -110.99917, 42.83139 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Star Valley |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003596 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560230019 | =newMRDS 10205954, merged and deleted. |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 190.
"WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES" [copied from newMRDS #10303550, old MAS #0560230104)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SUBSURFACE TEMP 150 C. SURFACE TEMP 62 C. More than 100 VENTS. [moved from references table and edited to match info in Circ. 726] |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1978-07-01 | Hasler, J. William | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | SDSM | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | |
| Editor | 2009-03-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.