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Prospect in Big Horn county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181674
MAS/MILS ID 0560030288
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.30513, 44.97463 (WGS84)
Elevation 1196
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Horn(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sykes Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Powell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Horn Lake(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Big Horn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 058 N 095 W 27 SW Wyoming
6th Principal 058 N 095 W 34 NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Located in SW4 sec. 27 and NW4 of sec. 34.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Himes Member of Cloverly Formation

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -108.30513, 44.97463
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO OVERBURDEN, READILY ASSESSABLE, BEDS CROP OUT AS A WELL EXPOSED DIP SLOPE WITH NO OVERBURDEN. (Bull. 50, p. 78). IN THE LOVELL AREA
  • Sandstone strikes N 32 W, dips 5-15 NW (sic). This can not be correct, but that is how it is printed in Bull. 50.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV BULL #50 1966 P 77-78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A glass sand deposit.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 12-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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