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Plumbago Creek silica sand deposit

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400644
Record type Site
Current site name Plumbago Creek silica sand deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.529, 41.664 (WGS84)
Relative position Coordinates for approx. center of sec. 36, which is approx. centroid of deposit (see fig. 2, p. 3, RI-40)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sybille Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 020N 073W 36 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Coordinates are for center of sec. 36, near center of deposit.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.529, 41.664
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Harris, R.E., 1988, The Plumbago Creek silica sand depoist, albany county, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Report of Investigations No. 40, 32 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2012-01-26 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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