Viola No. 1 Prospect, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Viola No. 1 Prospect | Prospect |
| Fremont Co. | County |
| Wyoming | State |
| USA | Country |
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 42° 51' 26'' North , 108° 15' 26'' West | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 42.85722,-108.25722 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GeoHash: | G#: 9xe5b9cmr | ||||||||||||||||||
| USGS MRDS Record: | 10157389 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Locality type: | Prospect | ||||||||||||||||||
| Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate | ||||||||||||||||||
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REF:Deposit:: AEC PRELIM FIELD INV AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES
Deposit:: WIND RIVER FM
Deposit:: PAUL, ANDREWS,& OLIVER,RIVERTON,WYO1973
Commodities (Major) - Uranium
Development Status: Prospect
Regions containing this locality
| North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
List of minerals for each chemical element
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Eocene 33.9 - 56 Ma ID: 3190876 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Eocene (33.9 - 56 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Eocene 33.9 - 56 Ma ID: 2764471 | Wind River Formation Age: Eocene (33.9 - 56 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Wind River Formation Description: Northwest Wyoming (Jackson Hole) - Variegated red and white claystone and siltstone; largely nontuffaceous except near the top; lenticular coal unit in middle. At base locally includes equivalent of Indian Meadows Formation. Central Wyoming - Variegated claystone and sandstone; lenticular conglomerate. Age of tuff at top 49 Ma. Comments: Original map source: Green, Gregory N., and Drouillard, Patricia H., 1994, The Digital Geologic Map of Wyoming in ARC/INFO Format: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-0425, scale 1:500,000. Lithology: Major:{claystone}, Minor:{siltstone,sandstone,conglomerate}, Incidental:{coal} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
| Early Eocene 47.8 - 56 Ma ID: 3217638 | Wind River Formation Age: Eocene (47.8 - 56 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Wind River Formation Description: Yellowish-gray to variegated mudstone, sandstone, and conglomerate in lenticular beds; sandstones are commonly poorly sorted and feldspathic to arkosic; thickness from 0 to greater than 2,400 feet (0 to 730 m) Reference: Johnson, J.F. and W.M. Sutherland. Geologic Map Of The Lander 30' X 60' Quadrangle, Fremont County, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 87. [157] |
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