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Buffalo Fork Prospect

Occurrence in Teton county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080818
MRDS ID W032192
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Fork Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.44996, 43.84075 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MILES EAST OF JACKSONHOLE, WYOMING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 045N 113W 29 NE OF NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 30 MILES SE OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result 4-7% COPPER SULFIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.44996, 43.84075
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Teton National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF SHAFTS AND DRIFTS HAVE BEEN DUG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey

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