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Unknown (Alkali Basin Area)

Occurrence in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodities 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133263
MAS/MILS ID 560370140
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (Alkali Basin Area)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.6056, 42.0494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Center of T24N, R99W., 6 mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Hump Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic unit)

Great Divide Closed Basin(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 024N 99W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • includes Sweetwater County's unknown location (1) of Bull. 50, p. 167.
  • ALSO FOUND IN E1/2 OF SEC. 16 T24N R99W AND N1/2 SEC. 22 T24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Sodium Carbonate Primary
Sodium Sulfate Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Playa lake and other lacustrine deposits
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Root, F.K., Glass, G.B., and Lane, D.W., 1973, Sweetwater County, Woming--Geologic map atlas and summary of economic mineral resources: Geological Survey of Wyoming, County Resource Series No. 2, scale 1:500,000. [plate of Trona uranium, and other minerals]

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, p. 167.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2009-11-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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