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Mineral Resources of the Bobcat Draw Badlands Wilderness Study Area, Big Horn and Washakie Counties, Wyoming

Description: Abstract: The Bobcat Draw (WY-010-126) Wilderness Study Area includes about 17,150 acres and is located about 45 mi (miles) by road west of Worland in the Bighorn basin. The arid landscape comprises treeless uplands drained by intermittent streams. No identified resources are in the Bobcat Draw Wilderness Study Area. Most of the area is currently under lease for oil and gas. The study area has a high potential for resources of oil and gas and a high potential for subeconomic resources of deeply… more
Date: 1989
Creator: Gibbons, Anthony B.; Carlson, Robert R.; Kulik, Dolores M. & Lundby, William
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Mineral Resources of the Fish Springs Range Wilderness Study Area, Juab County, Utah

Description: Abstract: The Fish Springs Range Wilderness Study Area (UT-050-127) includes most of the Fish Springs Range and is located north of the House Range, about 50 miles northwest of the city of Delta, Utah. A mineral resource study of the 33,840-acre area was completed in 1987 by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Mines. The northwestern and southeastern parts of the wilderness study area contain inferred subeconomic resources of high-purity quartzite. No metallic mineral resources were i… more
Date: 1989
Creator: Lindsey, David A.; Zimbelman, David R.; Campbell, David L.; Bisdorf, Robert J.; Duval, Joseph S.; Cook, Kenneth L. et al.
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Mineral Resources of the Fort Piute Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California

Description: From abstract: The Fort Piute Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-267) is in northeastern San Bernardino County, California, near the boundary between California and Nevada. Mineral surveys were requested for 31,371 acres of the Fort Piute Wilderness Study Area. In this report the area studied is referred to as "the study area". Examination of mines and prospects in the area was accomplished by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1981 and 1982. Field investigations of the area were carried out by the U.S. Geol… more
Date: 1987
Creator: Nielson, Jane E.; Frisken, James G.; Jachens, Robert C. & McDonnell, John R., Jr.
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Mineral Resources of the Whipple Mountains and Whipple Mountains Addition Wilderness Study Areas, San Bernardino County, California

Description: From abstract: At the request of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, approximately 85,100 acres of the Whipple Mountains Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-312) and 1,380 acres of the Whipple Mountains Addition Wilderness Study Area (AZ-050-010) were evaluated for identified mineral resources (known) and mineral resource potential (undiscovered). In this report, the Whipple Mountains and Whipple Mountains Addition Wilderness Study Areas are referred to as simply "the study area."
Date: 1988
Creator: Marsh, Sherman P.; Raines, Gary L.; Diggles, Michael F.; Howard, Keith A.; Simpson, Robert W.; Hoover, Donald B. et al.
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Mineral Resources of the Bull Gulch Wilderness Study Area, Eagle County, Colorado

Description: From summary: The USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) and the USBM (U.S. Bureau of Mines) studied 10,414 acres of the Bull Gulch (CO-070-430) Wilderness Study Area in Eagle County, Colorado. The area has identified, minable sand and gravel deposits; there are no other identified resources. It has moderate mineral resource potential for gypsum and anhydrite, and low potential for all metals, including uranium, coal, oil and gas, and geothermal resources.
Date: 1986
Creator: Soulliere, Sandra J.; Arnold, Mark A.; Hassemer, Jerry R.; Martin, Ronny A.; Kluender, Steven E. & Zelten, Jeanne E.
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Mineral Resources of the Ruby Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Madison County, Montana

Description: From abstract: A mineral resource survey of the Ruby Mountains Wilderness Study Area (MT-076-001) was made in 1984- 85. Thirty-two million tons of subeconomic mineral resources that average 21 percent iron occur in the Kelly iron deposit and constitute an identified resource adjacent to the southeasternmost edge of the study area. Moderate and high mineral resource potential for talc deposits occur within a large body of Archean (see geologic time chart in appendix) marble in the central part o… more
Date: 1987
Creator: Tysdal, Russell G.; Lee, G. K.; Hassemer, Jerry H.; Hanna, W. F.; Schmauch, S. W. & Berg, Richard B.
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