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Rankin Area

Occurrence in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279096
MAS/MILS ID 560070377
Record type Site
Current site name Rankin Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.09861, 41.86778 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 3 mi. NE of Brown's canyon.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sinclair(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 22N 86W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Some location confusion. Site was plotting in T23N. Moved closer to center of T22N, R86W. There is a lake within 1/4 mile of the new location. Unable to determine where Brown's canyon is exactly. The ridge to the SW is Brown's Canyon Rim. Original location described in Schultz (Bull. 430, p. 577) says "3 miles northeast of Browns Canyon".

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Tertiary
Sodium Sulfate Primary
Sodium Carbonate Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • "The sodium sulfate and carbonate deposits cover several acres and are usually under water."

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.09861, 41.86778
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 164.

  • Deposit

    Schultz, 1910, USGS Bull. 430, p. 577.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2009-12-02 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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