| Deposit ID | 10279284 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560070445 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unknown |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.71735, 42.23606 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2133 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Beaver Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Shirley Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pathfinder-Seminoe Reservoirs(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 26N | 083W | 12 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gemstone | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Jade | Ore |
| Ore Body (1) | -106.71735, 42.23606 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560070445 |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 138.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "Black jade occurs in an epidote-monzonite inclusion in pre-Cambrian granite. The inlcusion, which is about 60 ft. long and 20 ft. wide, strikes north-eastward. X-ray analysis indicates that the jade is actinolite." |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-1983 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 14-NOV-2008 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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