East Fork Sheep Creek (glass sand occurrence)

The East Fork Sheep Creek (glass sand occurrence) is a silica mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 10,466 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: East Fork Sheep Creek (glass sand occurrence)
Secondary: East Fork Sheep Creek #1

Commodity

Primary: Silica

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Fremont

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Unknown

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Jurassic
Age Old: Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): "A white, soft, medium-grained, non-ferruginous bed of sand more than 100 ft thick crops out in the Jurassic Morrison formation along the creek, and may be traced some distance along the strike." (Bull. 50, p. 78)

Comment (Deposit): A reported glass sand occurrence.

Comment (Location): Accuracy is in question. The deposit is somewhere in the Township. Therefore, could be off by as much as 3 mi. if coordinates are for center of township.

References

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 78.

Reference (Deposit): ONE OF TWO LOCATIONS WITH SAME NAME

Reference (Deposit): WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES

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