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Virgin Pit (unverifiable)

Unknown in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206566
MAS/MILS ID 560230011
Record type Site
Current site name Virgin Pit (unverifiable)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -110.0319, 42.0167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fontenelle Reservoir SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Slate(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • Coordinates given plot in Sweetwater County in T24N, R111W, sec. 32. No PLSS location was given in the original record so it is not possible to determine if it was mislocated based on the PLSS. It is not listed in MINOBRAS as implied by referencing that publication.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -110.0319, 42.0167
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • If location is correct, it is unlikely that this is a phosphate site. No Phosphoria Fm. is mapped within 45 km.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Was coded as a Producer. ABWilson changed this to unknown as no information about this supposed site can be confimed.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA MET-NONMET MINE FILE REF USBN PROD TABULATIONS

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2010-07-23 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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