South Fork Fall Creek Trench Cp-57

Occurrence in Teton county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  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 10080825
MRDS ID W032200
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Fall Creek Trench Cp-57

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.9258, 43.34548 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 2/3 MILES NE. OF NORTH INDIAN CREEK PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Observation Peak(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result IN THE TRENCH A 2-FOOT-THICK BED AT THE TOP OF THE MEADE PEAK ASSA YED 31.69 PERCENT P205 AND A 1-FOOT THICK BED AT THE BASE ASSAYED 33.7 1 PERCENT P205. V205 CONTENT UP TO .32 PERCENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Phosphoria
    Rock description Phosphoria
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.9258, 43.34548

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description 1/2 Mile West Of The St. John Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Teton National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP GQ-1081

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 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.