Lander Area No. 1 Occurrence, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Lander Area No. 1 Occurrence | Occurrence |
| Fremont Co. | County |
| Wyoming | State |
| USA | Country |
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 42° 49' 30'' North , 108° 40' 60'' West | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 42.82500,-108.68333 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GeoHash: | G#: 9xdewu51w | ||||||||||||||||||
| USGS MRDS Record: | 10278899 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Locality type: | Occurrence | ||||||||||||||||||
| Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate | ||||||||||||||||||
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REF:Deposit:: ONE OF SEVERAL LOCATIONS UNDER SAME NAME
Deposit:: WGS OPEN FILES
Commodities (Major) - Gypsum-Anhydrite
Development Status: Occurrence
Regions containing this locality
| North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
| Rocky Mountains, North America | Mountain Range |
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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| Late Cretaceous 66 - 100.5 Ma ID: 3217600 | Cody Shale Age: Late Cretaceous (66 - 100.5 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Cody Shale Description: Gray, interbedded sandstone and shale; variably grades from lower silty and sandy shales to siltstone and shaly sandstones above; generally slope-forming, although upper sandstones may form cliffs; thickness from 4,000 to 5,000 feet (1,200 to 1,500 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] |
| Cretaceous 66 - 145 Ma ID: 3188592 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Cretaceous (66 - 145 Ma) Lithology: Sandstone,marl,shale 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] |
| Campanian 72.1 - 83.6 Ma ID: 2884414 | Cody Shale Age: Late Cretaceous (72.1 - 83.6 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Cody Shale Description: (Northern Yellowstone area) - Gray to brown shale and siltstone. (North and South Wyoming) - Dull-gray shale, gray siltstone, and fine-grained gray sandstone. 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:{shale,siltstone}, Minor:{sandstone} 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] |
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