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Occurrence in Natrona county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Sodium Sulfate
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278909
MAS/MILS ID 0560250403
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.40457, 42.46935 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Secs. 19 and 20. Soda Lake is shown exactly here on the 100k Baroil topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bucklin Reservoirs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(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 088 W 19, 20 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Sulfate Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mirabilite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.40457, 42.46935

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "A small mud lake has a thin crust of Na2SO4 which covers about 100 acres but only 6 acres contain salts to an "appreciable depth." Impure mirabilite with about 25% sand and mude makes up most of the deposit." [Bull. 50, p. 166]

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 13-NOV-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Prospect. See p. 166.

Beyond USGS

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