Koch feldspar deposit

Past Producer in Natrona county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Feldspar
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133095
MAS/MILS ID 0560250382
Record type Site
Current site name Koch feldspar deposit
Alternate or previous names Koch Deposit #3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -106.34144, 42.73665 (WGS84)
Elevation 2450
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position On Casper Mountain. Two pits and a quarry in secs. 17, 18, and 20.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crimson Dawn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Platte-Casper(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Natrona

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 032 N 079 W 17, 18, 20 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -106.34144, 42.73665

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GEO SURVEY BULL 50, APRIL,1966, p. 73.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "A fairly large pegmatite up to 50 ft. wide trends north-south for about a mile between two quartz layers. Two pits and a quarry reveal light gray, good quality, micorcline, muscovite, and quartz. The pegmatite is associated with asbestos deposits nearby." (Bull. 50, p.73)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 03-FEB-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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