Paine Deposit

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Vermiculite, Mica
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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303175
MAS/MILS ID 0560070372
Record type Site
Current site name Paine Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.73144, 41.26606 (WGS84)
Elevation 2249

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cow Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(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

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15N 83W 9 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sericite Ore
Vermiculite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.73144, 41.26606

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 173, 234.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 156, 213.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Probably an extension of Union Asbestos and Rubber Co. deposit.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 06-FEB-2009 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references