Salt Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Salt
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400424
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Canyon Prospect

Comments on the site identification

  • Both a surface prospect and a brine prospect at the same location.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.966, 42.467 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029N 119W 26 SW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.966, 42.467

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Martin, Clay M., 1994, Abandoned mine lands inventory of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming: USBM unpublished report for US Forest Service (3-ring binder, 34 p. text, 28 2-page site reports, some with photos).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "The site consists of a naturally occurring salt spring and associated salt deposits. Shallow bulldozer scrapes and water diversion trenches are the only evidence of the limited surface mining in the area." (Martin, 1994, p. 30)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2010-07-30 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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