Bull Lake

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Sodium Sulfate
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230213
MAS/MILS ID 560070350
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Lake
Alternate or previous names Iowa Soda Products Co., Sweetwater Chem Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.4383, 42.1075 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position North of Rawlins. Bull Lake covers approx. 82 acres.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Separation Rim(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 25N 89W 22, 23, 26, 27 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Sulfate Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Sodium sulfate-sodium carbonate. Surface deposits.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mirabilite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Alluvium and Colluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1928-1961

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Iowa Soda Products Co.
    Year 1966
    First year 1928
    Last year 1957
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Sweetwater Chemical Co.
    Year 1966
    First year 1957
    Last year 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 163.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The salt bed ranges from 2.5 to 26 feet thick and is almost pure mirabilite.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2009-12-03 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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