Colorado · Rio Blanco County
Producer

Piceance Creek Basin Saline Deposits

Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States
CalciumSodiumAluminumHalite
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Commodities
PrimaryCalcium, Sodium
TertiaryAluminum, Halite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlDepocenter Of Stratigraphic/Structural Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsDawsonite, Nahcolite
GangueHalite
Geology
Host rockOil Shale · Parachute Creek Member Of Green River Formation
StructurePiceance Creek Basin, White River Uplift, Piceance Creek Dome, Red Wash Syncline, Hunter Creek Syncline
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1947
Identification
Deposit ID10014059
MRDS IDD010676
Alternate namesPiceance Creek Basin Nahcolite and Dawsonite Deposits, Piceance Basin Saline Beds, Natural Soda Inc. (Natural Resources USA Corp)
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.95691, -108.3604
References
BEARD, T.N., AND OTHERS, 1974, NAHCOLITE AND DAWSONITE RESOURCES IN THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, PICEANCE CREEK BASIN, COLORADO, IN MURRAY, D.K., ED., ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE PICEANCE CREEK BASIN, COLORADO: RMAG 25TH FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 101-109.DYNI, J.R., 1974, STRATIGRAPHY AND NAHCOLITE RESOURCES OF THE SALINE FACIES OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION IN NORTHWEST COLORADO, IN MURRAY, D.K., ED., ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE PICEANCE CREEK BASIN, COLORADO: RMAG 25TH FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 111-122.FARRIS, C.B., 1980, MARKET POTENTIAL OF THE GREEN RIVER NAHCOLITE/DAWSONITE IN COLORADO, IN SCHWOCHOW, S.D., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: CGS RESOURCE SER. 8, P. 96-104.FARRIS, C.B., AND MAINS, C.J., 1978, DAWSONITE AND NAHCOLITE SURVEY, VOLUME 1--RESERVES, TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS, AND MARKET ASSESMENT: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES RESEARCH INST. (DOE DIV. INDUS. ENERGY CONSERV. CONTRACT NO. EC-77-S-07-1683).HITE, R.J., AND DYNI, J.R., 1967, POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF DAWSONITE AND NAHCOLITE IN THE PICEANCE CREEK BASIN, NORTHWEST COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 62, NO. 3, P. 25-38.NIELSEN, IRVIN, 1980, DEVELOPMENT OF NAHCOLITE-RICH OIL SHALES, IN SCHWOCHOW, S.D., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: CGS RESOURCE SER. 8, P. 89-95.SMITH, J.W., AND MILTON, C., 1966, DAWSONITE IN THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION OF COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 61, P.1029-1042.YOUNG, N.B., AND SMITH, J.W., 1970, DAWSONITE AND NAHCOLITE ANALYSES OF GREEN RIVER FORMATION OIL-SHALE SECTION, PICEANCE CREEK BASIN, COLORADO: USBM RI-7445.CASHION, W.B., 1973, GEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURE MAP OF THE GRAND JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-736.ROWLEY, P.D., AND OTHERS, 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VERNAL 1X2 QUADRANGLE, COLORADO, UTAH, AND WYOMING, USGS MAP MF-1163.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1993, WORLD OF MINERALS- USA: NO. 304, P. 17.The Denver Post, 2011, Colo. baking soda maker doubling its capacity: Denver Post, Sept. 6, 2011.FARRIS, 1980; BEARD AND OTHERS, 1974; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1993.