[en] Mineral surveys conducted in 1978 show that the Sierra Ancha Wilderness has demonstrated resources of uranium, asbestos, and iron; probable and substantiated resource potential for uranium, asbestos, and iron; and a probable resource potential for fluorspar. Uranium resources occur in vein and stratabound deposits in siltstone that underlies much of the wilderness. Deposits of long-staple chrysotile asbestos are likely in parts of the wilderness adjacent to known areas of asbestos production. Magnetite deposits in the wilderness form a small iron resource. A fluorite resource may exist in the northern part of the wilderness east of a notable fluorite that is located in a comparable geologic setting 1.4 mi west of the wilderness boundary. No fossil fuel resources were identified in this study