Wyo-Ben Products

Past Producer in Big Horn county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Bentonite
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181678
MAS/MILS ID 0560030242
Record type Site
Current site name Wyo-Ben Products

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.06292, 44.51433 (WGS84)
Elevation 1159
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Horn(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greybull North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Powell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Horn Lake(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Big Horn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 052 N 093 W N2 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -108.06292, 44.51433

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wyo-Ben Products Co
    ID 4801185

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO-BEN PRODUCTS OPERATED A BENTONITE MINE & MILL NORTH

  • Deposit

    OF GREYBULL. EXACT LOCATION NOT KNOWN. PRODUCTION WAS 97828

  • Deposit

    TONS IN 1963

  • Deposit

    LOCATED IN N 1/2 OF T52N R93W OR T53N R93W

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV BULL #50 1966 P12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/16/1979
MSHA mine ID4801185
Mine name (MSHA)Stucco Mines
Current operatorWyo-Ben Inc
Current controller (parent)David Brown
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references