| Deposit ID | 10206338 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560370273 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sweetwater |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.20239, 41.18216 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1981 |
| Relative position | Location could be off by as much as 20 miles. There is a thin band of zeolite in the Washakie Formation. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sweetwater(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Prehistoric Rim(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kinney Rim(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Snake(hydrologic unit)
White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)
White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Sweetwater |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zeolites | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Clinoptilolite | Ore |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.20239, 41.18216 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Addwest Minerals International |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560370273 |
Roehler, H.W., 1973, Mineral resources in the Washakie Basin, Wyoming and Sand Wash Basin, Colorado, in Schell, E.M., McAuslan, E.R., Renfro, A.F., and Walker, R.E., eds., Symposium and core seminar on the geology and mineral resources of the Greater Green River Basin: WGA GUIDEBOOK No. 25, p. 54, 55.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | USGS Mineral Information Team (formerly a part of the now defunct U.S. Bureau of Mines) lsits a Sweetwater Mine zeolite property at almost this exact location. (There is a mill by the same name, owned by the same company, 3 townships N and 3 ranges west also listed in that database). There is no indication of any ground disturbance at the location (coordinates under Location) or within several miles of it. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-1983 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.