| Deposit ID | 10400473 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Deposit |
| Mineralized Area | Green River Basin trona area |
| Current site name | Green River trona deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Green River basin trona deposit, Green River Formation trona deposits, Lake Gosiute, Wyoming trona deposits, Wilkens Peak Member trona deposits |
| Included sites | Green River Trona District |
| Point of reference | Centroid |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.8, 41.59444 (WGS84) |
| Relative position | Covers a large area in SW Wyoming. Should be depicted with a polygon, not a point. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sweetwater(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Little America(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blacks Fork(hydrologic unit)
Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Sweetwater |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 014N-021N | 107W-112W | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sodium Carbonate | Primary |
| Soda Ash | Primary |
| Sodium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Trona | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite |
| Rock unit name | Wilkins Peak Member of the Green River Formation |
| Centroid (1) | -109.8, 41.59444 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1938 |
| Discoverer | Mountain Fuel Supply Company (encountered trona while drilling the John Hay Jr. No. 1 wellfor oil) |
| Year of first production | 1953 |
| District name | Green River basin trona area |
|---|---|
| District name | Green River Trona District |
| Type | In-situ |
|---|---|
| Name | Estimated total resource |
| Estimate year | 1998 |
| Total resources | 122000000000mt |
| Remarks | of the 122 billion tons, only 36 billion tons are economically mineable "reserves" |
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Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 166-167.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 06-DEC-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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