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Wilmington and Wilkesbarre Deposits

Prospect in Natrona county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Salt, Sodium, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278746
MAS/MILS ID 0560250401
Record type Site
Current site name Wilmington and Wilkesbarre Deposits
Included sites Dupont Claims, Independence Group

Comments on the site identification

  • Dupont claims and Berthaton claims together make up the Independence Group. Berthaton is the northern channel, Dupont is the southern.

    Dupont claims include the New York and Philadelphia, Wilmington, Wilkesbarre, and Omaha.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.10706, 42.50495 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2 playa lakes in Secs. 2, 3, 10, 11. Wilmington covers 160 acres, Wilkesbarre covers 20 acres., 1200 Meters

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sanford Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rattlesnake Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Natrona

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029 N 086 W 02, 03, 10, 11 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SECS 2, 3, 10 & 11 T 29N,R 86W. (Not sec. 23 as mis-typed in Bull. 430, p. 577.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary
Sodium Primary
Sodium Sulfate Primary
Sodium Carbonate Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Alluvium and Colluvium
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Schultz, 1910, Deposits of sodium salts in Wyoming: USGS Bull. 430, p. 577.

  • Deposit

    WYO GEO SURVEY BULL 50, 1966, p. 166.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The soda is in solution.
Deposit Alkali deposits of the Independence Group (Berthaton + Dupont) are in 2 old river channels north of the present Sweetwater River. The channels are 3 miles apart and separated by a marked divide. New York and Philadelphia claims are in one lake. Wilmington an Wilkesbarre are lakes containing water thorughout th eyear.
Early Mormon used sodium carbonate and bicarbonate from Omaha for raising bread.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 02-DEC-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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