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Unknown Sand

Occurrence in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Silica, Sand and Gravel, Industrial
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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 10254288
MAS/MILS ID 560070450
Record type Deposit
Current site name Unknown Sand
Alternate or previous names Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -107.17306, 42.17389 (WGS84)
Elevation 2138
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Along the eastern end of the Ferris Mountains.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferris(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 25 and 26N 86 and 87 W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Tps 25 and 26N, Rs 86 and 87 W.
  • Along the eastern end of the Ferris Mountains.
  • A.B. Wilson moved coordinates to corner of Townships 25 and 26 N and Ranges 86 and 86 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Sand and Gravel, Industrial Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Glass sand or high-silica sand.

Analytical data

Result 99.79% quartz, 0.21% iron minerals. Washing can reduce Fe to 0.04%. These numbers are disputed by Union Pacific Railroad. They claim the sand contains 20 to 50% feldspar, some of which is plagioclase.

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -107.17306, 42.17389
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
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. 78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Quaternary shifting sand dunes partially stabilized by sagebrush.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2009-03-17 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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