| Deposit ID | 10278849 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 560370304 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unknown (Black Rock Creek area) |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.2611, 41.8728 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2042 |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | near the head of Black Rock Creek. Used location near the center of the township. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sweetwater(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red Lake SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Red Desert Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic unit)
Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Divide-Upper Green(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 |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 022N | 096W | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sodium Sulfate | Primary |
| Sodium Carbonate | Primary |
| Potassium, Potash | Secondary |
| Ore Body (1) | Dune sand and loess |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560370304 |
Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS BULL. 50, p. 155, 166.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "A brine layer 20 ft. thick under a playa lake at the head of Black Rock Creek contains 7.7% total salts--K2O with 20% or slightly more Na2O." (Bull. 50, p. 166). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-11-24 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | And again 03-May-2013. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.