Pazeka Lake

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Magnesium Compounds
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10205176
MAS/MILS ID 0560010190
Record type Site
Current site name Pazeka Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.92452, 41.93186 (WGS84)
Elevation 2063
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position "16 mi. NE of Medicine Bow (probably part of the Rock Creek group of lakes)." Very poorly located. Vague description. Accuracy could be worse than 10 km.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Tree Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Medicine Bow(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesium Compounds Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epsomite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Chugwater Formation or Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 125000 TONS OF SALT AVAILABLE, 80-90% MIRABILITE, 5-10% EPSO
    [data can not be verified. No such information included in reference, p. 167].
  • "This lake contains 99.5% MgSO4.7H2O" (Epsomite)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON,W.H,GEOL SURV WYO,1966,BULL 50,MINERAL RESOURCES OF W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references