Elk Mountain gypsum area

Occurrence in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279043
MAS/MILS ID 560070660
Record type Deposit
Current site name Elk Mountain gypsum area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.6108, 41.60957 (WGS84)
Elevation 2297
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position Vague location. Somewhere between Elk Mountain and Sheep Head mountain where Chugwater Fm. is present at surface.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coad Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medicine Bow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019 N 082 W Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.6108, 41.60957

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: WGS Bull. 50, 287 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "... extensive gypsum beds are nearly covered with Tertiary debris. Chugwater Fm. crops out along the west side of Elk Moutnain, in a faulted area north of Bear Butte, and to the southesast and north of Sheep Head Mountain."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-10-24 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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