Emmon's Cone

Prospect in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Potassium, Potash
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157681
MAS/MILS ID 560370154
Record type Site
Current site name Emmon's Cone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.9486, 41.8236 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Superior(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Desert Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021 N 102 W 03, 04, 09, 10, 11 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium, Potash Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Leucite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.9486, 41.8236

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

    WYO GEOL SURVEY BULLETIN 50 1966

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-12-01 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2013-05-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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