1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Unknown

Occurrence in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Bentonite
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10132347
MAS/MILS ID 560070426
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.5164, 41.50897 (WGS84)
Elevation 2411
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Coordinates are approx.. at shared section corner of Secs. 20, 21, and 29.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coad Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medicine Bow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018N 081W 20, 21, 29 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Split 2 separate bodies more than 5 miles apart into 2 MRDS records even though they are described together in Bull. 50.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Erroneously coded as beryl, not bentonite. ABWilson changed commodity to bentonite as described in Bull. 50, p. 14. There are no beryl deposits in this region in Bull. 50. The section, township, range description fits the bentonite description in Bull. 50, p. 14. Geologically, bentonite makes sense to be here in Mowry Fm.

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.5164, 41.50897
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Comments on the workings information

  • Probably unmined.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON W H GEOL SURV WYO 1966 BULL 50 MIN RES OF WYO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Seams of bentonite up to 2 feet thick occur in the Mowry shale. The dips of these beds range from 10 to 74 degrees, resulting in narrow outcrops and excessive overburden.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-10-24 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey correct commodity from beryl to bentonite.

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site