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Solvay

Producer in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Sodium, Sodium Carbonate, Soda Ash
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181879
MRDS ID W700628
MAS/MILS ID 560370524
Record type Site
Current site name Solvay
Alternate or previous names Tenneco - Trona, Green River Tenneco Mine
Included sites Green River Trona District

Comments on the site identification

  • This location is part of Solvay's holdings. Therefore, it appears that Tennaco's property is now Solvay. Names have been adjusted accordingly.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.78097, 41.48297 (WGS84)
Elevation 1860
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Used a location near the center of the mine buildings area on Google Earth and Microsoft Maps. Ponds and surface disturbance are about 1 1/2 to 2 miles farther SW. Mine has mineral rights to about 60 square miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Knoll NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Firehole Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blacks Fork(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 017 N 109 W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Mine controls about 60 square miles of mineral rights in the BLM known Sodium Lease Area (as of 2005). www.wma-minelife.com/trona/tronmine/graphics/KSLA2005.pdf

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Sodium Carbonate Primary
Soda Ash Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Trona Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.78097, 41.48297
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Green River Trona District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tenneco Inc.
    Home office Texas

Comments on the production information

  • GREEN RIVER TENNACO MINE (W700628): ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-12-01 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 1989-08-01 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2009-11-30 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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