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Occurrence in Natrona county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate, Sodium
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 10133135
MAS/MILS ID 0560250439
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -107.07941, 42.49804 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position "An alkali lake 2 mi. East of Indepence Rock" (Moved location from shared corner of secs. 28-32).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(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 029 N 086 W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF INDEPENDENCE ROCK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Sulfate Primary
Sodium Carbonate Primary
Sodium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -107.07941, 42.49804

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
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. 166.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "An alkali lake 2 mi. east of Independence Rock was analyzed prior to 1877: Na2SO4=73.17%, NaCl=3.85%, Na2CO3=22.98%." Bull. 50, p. 166.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 16-NOV-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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