Orenda Mesa

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181920
MAS/MILS ID 560370169
Record type Site
Current site name Orenda Mesa

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.0042, 41.8647 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Springs(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 032N 102W 19, 20, 29, 30 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium, Potash Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.0042, 41.8647

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • "The rock is orendite." (Bull. 50, p. 154)

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 BULL 50, 1966

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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.