| Deposit ID | 10133195 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 560370312 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unknown (east of Boar's Tusk) |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.1856, 41.9611 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2042 |
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
| Relative position | "east of Boar's Tusk" No mention how far east. Accuracy is a guess. Lat/long chosen near center of township. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sweetwater(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Boars Tusk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Bitter(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 | 23N | 104W | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sodium Carbonate | Primary |
| Sodium Sulfate | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -109.1856, 41.9611 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560370312 |
WGS BULL 50, 1966, p. 166.
Root and others, 1973, Sweetwater County Geologic Map Atlas and summary of econommic mineral resources: Geological Survey of Wyoming County Resource Series No. 2, Plate "Trona, Uranium, and other minerals".
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Deposit described in Bull. 50 as alkali flats contining sodium carbonate and traces of sodium sulfate salts, probably derived from Green River shales. Root's map does not show any sodium in this region. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-11-17 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.