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Occurrence in Converse county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Sodium, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate
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 10181884
MAS/MILS ID 0560090322
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.34501, 42.88166 (WGS84)
Elevation 1628
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position SW4 T34N, R71W, northeast of Orpha Station. Supposedly in the SW4 of the township, but currently plots in the SE4, anywhere from 1.5 to 6 miles too far east. [Bull. 50, p. 167 cites Claybaugh and others, 1946, USGS Missouri Basin Study Map 9].

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clausen Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glendo Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 34N 071W SW4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Location could be as much as 6 miles too far east.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Sodium Sulfate Primary
Sodium Carbonate Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.34501, 42.88166

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WGS BULL #50 APRIL 1966 P. 167.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "alkialine salt deposits" listed in the section in Bull. 50 for Na_carbonate and Na-sufate.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 13-NOV-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Added PLSS info from Bull. 50.

Beyond USGS

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