Mineral resources of the Devils Playground and Twin Buttes Wilderness study areas, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

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OSTI ID:7307794

Van Loenen, R E; Bryant, W A ^[1]; Lane, M E ^[2]

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1. US Geological Survey (US)
2. US Bureau of Mines (US)

The Devils Playground and Twin Buttes Wilderness Study Areas are contiguous, covering an area totalling 26,800 acres in Southwest Wyoming. The study areas have been withdrawn from mining claim location because of the rich oil shale deposits in the region. In addition, Minerals management Service considers the areas to have moderate development potential for sodium (trona), with as much as 1.2 billion tons of inferred resources. The study areas are classic sites for vertebrate fossils, yielding many thousands of specimens now in museums. Chert beds are common, and it is prized by collectors for its banded appearance. The study area shave a high resource potential for undiscovered natural gas. The study areas have a moderate potential for zeolites. A low potential exists for coal resources (coal is present at great depths) and for undiscovered metallic minerals.

• OSTI ID: 7307794
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Bulletin B 1759-C
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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