Encampment area (unnamed)

Occurrence in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Garnet
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 10182131
MAS/MILS ID 0560070329
Record type Site
Current site name Encampment area (unnamed)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.80754, 41.18216 (WGS84)
Elevation 2353
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Sec. 14. "2 or 3 mi. south of Encampment."

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encampment(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 084W 14 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary

Analytical data

Result SiO2 = 38.94%\nFe2O3+Al2O3 = 52.43%\nCaO = 1.76%\nMgO = 5.27%\nloss on ignition = 1.61%

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -106.80754, 41.18216

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN RES WYO 1966 GEOL SURV WYO BULL 50 P76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "Large perfect garnet crystals have been found." (Bull, 50., 1966, p. 76)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 14-JUN-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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