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Buck Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Teton county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080819
MRDS ID W032193
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.58829, 43.27992 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON, WYOMING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Greys-Hoback(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 038N 115W 01 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • BUCK CREEK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Phosphoria
    Rock description Phosphoria
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.58829, 43.27992
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bear Thrust 1 Mile East
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Syncline, Axis N-S

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.82M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Teton National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 149

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R.W., ET. AL., 1950, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF PHOSPHORIA FORMATION MEASURED AND SAMPLED IN 1950: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, NOV. 19 51

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL SWANSON, SAMPLING AND ANALYSI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BEDS, 2.0 AND 2.7 FEET THICK, CONTAINING 45.3% BPL AND ONE BED 2.5 FEET THICK CONTAINING 61.0 TO 66.5% BPL

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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