Pioneer, Pink Marble No. 1 and No. 2 Group

Occurrence in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022640
MRDS ID FS00020
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer, Pink Marble No. 1 and No. 2 Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.91166, 41.3563 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millbrook(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 076W 15,16,17 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 120 ACRES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Tertiary

Analytical data

Result FS MINERAL PRELIMINARY REPORT, 1961.

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.91166, 41.3563

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer R. C. Delzell H. Gloss

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Medicine Bow

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Minerals Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACKWELDER, E., GEOLOGY OF MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, GSA BULL., VOL. 37, P. 619, 1926.

  • Deposit

    U.S. FOREST SERVICE, 1961, MINERAL PRELIMINARY REPORT: U.S. FOREST SERVICE.

  • Deposit

    1961 OTHER F

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Sierk, Betty M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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