| Deposit ID | 10133574 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560131038 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | East Fork Sheep Creek (glass sand occurrence) |
| Alternate or previous names | East Fork Sheep Creek #1 |
| Point of reference | Claim |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.62573, 43.51103 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3190 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fremont(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sheep Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Wind(hydrologic unit)
Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)
Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Fremont |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River | 006 N | 002 E | 10 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silica | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Claim (1) | -108.62573, 43.51103 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560131038 |
ONE OF TWO LOCATIONS WITH SAME NAME
WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES
Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 78.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A reported glass sand occurrence. |
| Deposit | "A white, soft, medium-grained, non-ferruginous bed of sand more than 100 ft thick crops out in the Jurassic Morrison formation along the creek, and may be traced some distance along the strike." (Bull. 50, p. 78) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-83 | South Dakota School of Mines | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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