Teton Canyon Occurrence

Occurrence in Teton county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Bentonite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  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 10080823
MRDS ID W032197
Record type Site
Current site name Teton Canyon Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06133, 43.60298 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheridan Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 042N 110W 16 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 10 MILES SOUTH OF TOGWOTEE PASS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06133, 43.60298

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

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

    USGS PRELIM. GEOL. MAP 92

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-77 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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