Cosgriff's Claim Near Chalk Bluff

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  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 10278709
MAS/MILS ID 0560010123
Record type Site
Current site name Cosgriff's Claim Near Chalk Bluff

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.77502, 41.81026 (WGS84)
Elevation 2130

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cannonball Cut(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Medicine Bow(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.77502, 41.81026

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON,W.H.,GEOL SURV WYO,BULL 50, 1966,MIN RES OF WYO

  • Deposit

    MOWRY SHALE,HIGH SWELLING BENTONITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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