| Deposit ID | 10157348 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 560410018 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Scully Gap |
| Alternate or previous names | Scullys Gap, Unknown |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.6008, 41.4847 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2073 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Uinta(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bridger(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Evanston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Muddy(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 | Uinta |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 17N | 117W | 2 | E2 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Bentonite | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -110.6008, 41.4847 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560410018 |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 18-19.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "A light-colored hill about 20 ft. high contians bentonite at the base of the Frontier Formation. the bentonite bed is 5 ft. thick, strikes N10E, and is exposed along the dip slope of a small hogback. There is no overburden and outcrops are visible for 1/2 mi. along the strike." |
| General | Location: Scully Gap [moved to Comments from Reference table] |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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