| Deposit ID | 10206017 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 560370181 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Spring Butte |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.8894, 41.8656 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2133 |
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
| Relative position | An approximately 4-mile long N-S trend, roughly 1 mi E-W. Location given near center of the body. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sweetwater(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
South Superior(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Red Desert Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic unit)
Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Sweetwater |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 022N | 101W | 7, 18, 19, 30 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sodium | Tertiary |
| Sodium Sulfate | Primary |
| Sodium Carbonate | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.8894, 41.8656 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560370181 |
Root, F.K., Glass, G.B., and Lane, D.W., 1973, Sweetwater County, Woming--Geologic map atlas and summary of economic mineral resources: Geological Survey of Wyoming, County Resource Series No. 2, scale 1:500,000. [plate of Trona uranium, and other minerals]
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Recent playa lake sodium sulfate and sodium carbonate deposits. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-12-01 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.