Mineral resources of the Buffalo Hump and Sand Dunes Addition Wilderness Study Areas, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

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OSTI ID:6539706

Gibbons, A B; Barbon, H N; Kulik, D M ^[1]; McDonnell, Jr, J R ^[2]

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1. Geological Survey, Reston, VA (USA)
2. US Bureau of Mines (US)

The authors present a study to assess the potential for undiscovered mineral resources and appraise the identified resources of the Buffalo Hump and Sand Dunes Addition Wilderness Study Areas, southwestern Wyoming, There are no mines, prospects, or mineralized areas nor any producing oil or gas wells; however, there are occurrences of coal, claystone and shale, and sand. There is a moderate resource potential for oil shale and natural gas and a low resource potential for oil, for metals, including uranium, and for geothermal sources.

• OSTI ID: 6539706
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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