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Omaha Soda Deposit

Past Producer in Natrona county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Salt, Sodium, Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Sulfate
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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. 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 10303595
MAS/MILS ID 0560250379
Record type Site
Current site name Omaha Soda Deposit
Included sites Dupont Claims, Independence Group

Comments on the site identification

  • Dupont claims and Berthaton claims together make up the Independence Group. Berthaton is the northern channel, Dupont is the southern.

    Dupont claims include the New York and Philadelphia, Wilmington, Wilkesbarre, and Omaha.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -107.11257, 42.53135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1807
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Somewhere in secs. 34 or 35. Location chosen at the lowest point along the creek between the 2 sections.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sanford Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rattlesnake Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Natrona

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 030 N 086 W 34 or 35 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary
Sodium Primary
Sodium Carbonate Primary
Sodium Sulfate Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) Alluvium and Colluvium
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • "This depoist has a greater percentage of sodium carbonate and bircarbonate than the other nearby lakes. The salt was used by the Latter Day Saints [Mormons] for raising bread during the nineteenth century." (WGS Bull. 50, p. 165). Salt in this case refers to the sodium bicarbonate used to make the bread rise, not salt as in sodium chloride, although there is some NaCl in this deposit.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GEO SURVEY BULL 50, 1966, p. 165.

  • Deposit

    Schultz, 1910, USGS Bull. 430, p. 577.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Alkali deposits of the Independence Group (Berthaton + Dupont) are in 2 old river channels north of the present Sweetwater River. The channels are 3 miles apart and separated by a marked divide. New York and Philadelphia claims are in one lake. Wilmington an Wilkesbarre are lakes containing water thorughout the year.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 02-DEC-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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