Pedro Area #1

Occurrence in Weston county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Bentonite
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 10256617
MAS/MILS ID 0560450114
Record type Site
Current site name Pedro Area #1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.33029, 43.89216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1270
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weston(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pedro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Weston

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 045 N 062 W 08 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Niobrara Formation and Carlile Shale

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONE OF SEVERAL LOCATIONS UNDER SAME NAME

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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