Palmer Canyon

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Vermiculite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157674
MAS/MILS ID 0560010189
Record type Site
Current site name Palmer Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.3009, 42.08056 (WGS84)
Elevation 1972

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reese Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Vermiculite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.3009, 42.08056

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON,W.H.,GEOL SURV WYO,1966,BULL50,MINERAL RESOURCES WYO

  • Deposit

    TALC LENS BETWEEN HORNBLENDE SCHIST AND GRANITE

  • Deposit

    VERMICULITE ALTERED FROM ANTHOPHYLLITE AT SCHIST-GRANITE CON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references