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Past Producer in Big Horn 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279206
MAS/MILS ID 0560030274
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.27243, 44.74463 (WGS84)
Elevation 1357
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Horn(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Emblem Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Powell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Horn Lake(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Big Horn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 055 N 095 W 15 E2 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Analytical data

Result composite sample from small quarry in upper thin-bedded unit:\nSiO2=95.10% , Fe2O3=0.28%, Al2O3=0.22%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Himes Member of Cloverly Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -108.27243, 44.74463
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO OVERBURDEN,OUTCROPS FOR APPROX ONE MILE ALONG A HOGBACK RIDGE - 30 FT THICK.
  • "The outcrop, which is approximately 300 ft wide, strikes N43W and dips 22 to 30 SW. No overburden is present. The rock is a yellowish-gray fine-grained moderately hard and well cemented cross-bedded quartz sandstone. The upper half of the outcrop is thin-bedded, while the lower half is massive or thick-bedded." (Bull. 50, p. 78)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1927

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • "The quarry in the lower massive unit was the source of glass sand used in the Lovell glass factory, which was operated during the period 1918-1927. In 1926, it was reported that the Salem Company Cooperative Glass Co. manufactured window glass at Lovell utilizing sandsotne from this deposit." (Bull. 50, p. 78)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV BULL #50 1966 P 77-78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit This is a glass sand deposit.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 12-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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