| Deposit ID | 10230622 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560310027 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cassa Area |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.97774, 42.44362 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1487 |
| Relative position | Centered in sec. 34, but extends into secs. 33, 35, and north into 25, 26, 27. Coordinates are for center of N2 of Sec. 35. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Platte(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cassa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Torrington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Glendo Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Platte |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 029N | )69W | 33, 34 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silica | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| |||||
| Ore Body (1) | -104.97774, 42.44362 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Silica Co. |
| Home office | Frederick, MD |
| Year | 2008 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560310027 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560310028 | =newMRDS 10278639 |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: WGS BULL. 50 [rev], p. 78.
Harris, R.E., 1988, The Cassa silica rock deposit, Platte County, Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 42, 38 p.
U.S. Geological Survey, 2011, The Mineral industry of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey 2008 Minerals Yearbook, 8 p. http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/state/2008/myb2-2008-wy.pdf
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "A 70 ft thick, white, medium-grained, soft, porous Jurassic sandstone is a potential source of glass sand." (Bull. 50, p. 78) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 12-JUL-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted duplicate record 0560310028=newMRDS 10278639 |
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