Big Horn Gypsum Co Quarry & Mill

Plant in Park county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133154
MAS/MILS ID 0560290012
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horn Gypsum Co Quarry & Mill
Alternate or previous names Big Horn Gypsum Co Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.08405, 44.47683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carter Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shoshone(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Park

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Sundance and Gypsum Spring Formations

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Big Horn Gypsum Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1977
    First year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cody Celotex Corp.
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1977
    First year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1975 MINOBRAS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF WYO.

  • Deposit

    MESA MET MONMET MINE FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-96 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references