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Unknown (near Laramie)

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278728
MAS/MILS ID 0560010156
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (near Laramie)
Alternate or previous names Laramie

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.5289, 41.32807 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Somewhere in Sec. 25 in Pernnsylvanian Casper Fm., 2000, 2000, 2000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laramie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016N 073W 25 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Analytical data

Result 0.24% Fe2O3 and 5.13% CaO (Bull. 50, p. 77, citing an analysis from 1946)
Result SiO2=99.04% and 97.92%\nFe2O3 =0.73% and 2.01% \n(Bull. 50, p. 77, citing an unpublished report)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Casper Fm.
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.5289, 41.32807
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • "A soft, friable sandstone in the Casper formation (Pennsylvanian) contians a small amount of iron oxide and carbonaceous material. The outcrop is 2 ft to 4 ft thick, with overburden from zero to 10 ft thick." (Bull. 50, p. 77)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING: GEOL SURV WYOMING BULL 50.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A "glass sand" deposit.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 12-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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