Auburn Area Hot Springs

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Sulfur, Geothermal
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107908
MRDS ID D003596
MAS/MILS ID 560230104
Record type Site
Current site name Auburn Area Hot Springs
Alternate or previous names Auburn Hot Springs, Auburn Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.99917, 42.83139 (WGS84)
Elevation 1850
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Location described as Sec. 23 and there is a "Springs (Hot Sulphur)" shown on the Grover topo in that section., 100 m.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Afton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 033N 119W 23 C of N2. Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Location given in Circ. 726 in degrees and minutes as N-42-49.5 and W-111-0. Moved this record to same location as Auburn Area Hot Springs and the Hot Sulphur Spring labeled on the topo in sec. 23.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Geothermal Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.99917, 42.83139

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star Valley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBSURFACE TEMP 150 C. SURFACE TEMP 62 C. More than 100 VENTS. [moved from references table and edited to match info in Circ. 726]

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1978-07-01 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 SDSM South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Editor 2009-03-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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