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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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181454
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.8672, 41.9328 (WGS84)
Elevation 2033
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position In SW4 of Sec. 25 and NW4 Sec 36 according to original MAS records.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hansen Lake NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 023N 093W 25, 35, 36 SW4, NW4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO LOCATED IN T23N R93W SEC 35 NE4
  • Root and others' map shows 2 bodies in this township. Also see 10157800 (MAS 0560370307) for the northwestern body.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Sodium Carbonate Primary
Sodium Sulfate Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Gravel, pediment, and fan 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 Private

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]

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Recent playa lake sodium sulfate and sodium carbonate deposits.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 2009-11-16 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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