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Unknown (near Medicine Bow)

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400655
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (near Medicine Bow)

Comments on the site identification

  • Assume that these mines shown on the topo are the deposit described in Bull. 50.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Pit -106.284, 41.90387 (WGS84) 10 Pit in NW4 of SW4 of Sec. 3.
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Pit -106.272, 41.89687 (WGS84) 10 Pit in NE4 of NE4 of Sec. 10
Pit -106.29, 41.90987 (WGS84) 10 Middle of 3 pits in NE4 of Sec. 4.
Pit -106.295, 41.91387 (WGS84) 10 Pit in SW4 of SE4 Sec. 33.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Como East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medicine Bow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022N 079W 3, 4, 10 Wyoming
6th Principal 023N R079W 33 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • At least 6 mine symbols are shown on the Como East topo map on strike between the Steele Shale and Mesaverde Formation. The nearest mine symbol is about 3 miles west of Medicine Bow (town) as described in Bull. 50.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Bentonite
    Rock unit name Mesaverde Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, 287 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "One to three miles west of Medicine Bow, an 8 ft. bentonite bed at the base of the Mesaverde formation dips 35 degrees west. This bed was once mined." (Bull. 50, p. 14)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2012-10-24 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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