Unknown (east of Boar's Tusk)

Prospect in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Sulfate
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 10133195
MAS/MILS ID 560370312
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (east of Boar's Tusk)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.1856, 41.9611 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position "east of Boar's Tusk" No mention how far east. Accuracy is a guess. Lat/long chosen near center of township.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boars Tusk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitter(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 23N 104W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • NUMEROUS SMALL AIKALI FLATS EAST OF BOAR'S TUSK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Carbonate Primary
Sodium Sulfate Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.1856, 41.9611

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WGS BULL 50, 1966, p. 166.

  • Deposit

    Root and others, 1973, Sweetwater County Geologic Map Atlas and summary of econommic mineral resources: Geological Survey of Wyoming County Resource Series No. 2, Plate "Trona, Uranium, and other minerals".

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Deposit described in Bull. 50 as alkali flats contining sodium carbonate and traces of sodium sulfate salts, probably derived from Green River shales. Root's map does not show any sodium in this region.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2009-11-17 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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