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Pratt Sodium Mine

Past Producer in Natrona county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Sodium Sulfate
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303683
MAS/MILS ID 0560250254
Record type Site
Current site name Pratt Sodium Mine

Comments on the site identification

  • Another original MAS record 0560250388 (newMRDS #10157384) was listed as being at N-42-54-30 NAD27(42.9083 WGS 84), W-106-11-58 NAD27 (-106.1994 WGS84), and in T34N, R78W. But this is 60 km to the east on the east side of Casper. Perhaps coincidence, it was about 7.5 km SSW from Pratts Soda Lakes. There was no verifible source in that record other than "WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES". Recommended that record be deleted. Even if it is a valid record the information is unusable without verification.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.87281, 43.06831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Unverifiable location. Moved location a few hundred feet west per Google Maps or Microsoft Maps images to disturbed ground and small pond. Changed accuracy from 100 m to 1000 m.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natrona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Midwest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Arminto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Platte-Casper(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 036 N 083 W 31 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • There is indeed a lake in Sec. 31. And town on the highway is called Sodium. About 2 1/2 mi. west of Natrona.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Sulfate Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.87281, 43.06831
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1992

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. William Pratt
    ID 4800153
    Home office 721 Swanton,\nCasper, Wyoming 82609 \n[from MSHA database as of 1992]
    Year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • "William E. Pratt of Casper produced 1,329 tons of sodium sulfate from saline deposits in the region around natrona in 1963" (Osterwald, 1966, p. 161). However, this could apply to the other Pratt record which is currently plotting east of Casper but as there are no published references, that location can not be verified. It is possible that that record is mislocated and could potentially be a duplicate.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA M/NM MINE FILE 1-17-80

  • Reference

    Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 161. [Not certain this entry pertains to this record although location near Natrona makes sense.]

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Rdm U.S. Bureau of Mines [12-nov-2009, ABW has no idea what "Rdm" means]
Editor 12-NOV-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey revised 3-aug-2011
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/07/1992
MSHA mine ID4800153
Mine name (MSHA)Sodium
Current operatorPratt Sodium
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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