1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Berthaton Claims

Prospect in Natrona county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Sodium Sulfate, Sodium, Sodium Carbonate, Salt, Halite
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206337
MAS/MILS ID 0560250265
Record type Site
Current site name Berthaton Claims
Included sites Independence Group

Comments on the site identification

  • The Berthaton Claims plus the Dupont Claims (which include new York and Philadelphia, Wilmington, Wilkesbarre, and Omaha) = Independence Deposits. The Berthaton claims are about 3 miles north of the Dupont claims.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -107.09037, 42.55555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Somewhere in NE4 of T30N, R86W in Berthaton Lake and Yale Lake. Neither is labled on 100K topo. Lat/Long coordinates given fall in Sec. 24 which is the SE4, not NE4. But there are no lakes in that quarter of the township either.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sanford Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rattlesnake Hills(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Natrona

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 030 N 086 W 24 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO LOCATED AT NORTHING 4713970 EASTING 328860 ZONE 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Sulfate Primary
Sodium Primary
Sodium Carbonate Primary
Salt Primary
Halite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • sodium sulfate and sodium carbonate. NOT halite (sodium chloride).

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) Miocene Rocks
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GEO SURVEY BULL 50, APRIL,1966, p. 164-165.

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, 1910, USGS Bull. 430-I.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 16-NOV-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site