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Ferris Mountains (bentonite occurrence)

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Bentonite
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  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 10205450
MAS/MILS ID 0560070162
Record type Site
Current site name Ferris Mountains (bentonite occurrence)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.39627, 42.35525 (WGS84)
Elevation 1932

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Muddy Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 27N 88W 31 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Was located 6 mi. too far north in T 28N, not T27N. ABW moved to center of T27N, R88W, Sec. 31.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.39627, 42.35525
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 14.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 13.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Ti was Incorrectly assigned as the commodity. This is in Bull. 50 as a Bentonite prospect.
Deposit Measured two 1 ft. bentonite beds in the upper Mowry formation. Total thickness of the formation is 359 ft; 180 ft. at the base is covered.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 31-OCT-2008 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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