Section 102, General Petroleum Corp. Lakeridge No. 43-19-G

Occurrence in Sublette county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080832
MRDS ID W032209
Record type Site
Current site name Section 102, General Petroleum Corp. Lakeridge No. 43-19-G
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Occurrence, No. 43-19-G Well, Section 102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.38244, 42.48743 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES EAST OF MT. THOMPSON, LINCOLN COUNTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sublette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029N 114W 19 SE4 of NW4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 875 FT NORTH OF SOUTH LINE AND 234 FT WEST OF EAST LINE OF NW SEC. 19.
  • 6 MILES EAST OF MT. THOMPSON, LINCOLN COUNTY was in the Relative Position field. However, the coordinates were putting the site in sec. 23, T29N, R114W. Or about 7200 meters too far east. (Old, erroneous, coordinates were 42.4875, -110.382.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.38244, 42.48743

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description 7 1/2 Miles Ne. Of The Northerly Trending Absaroka Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description 2 Miles North Of A Locally East-West Trending Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • FROM TOP DOWN THE WELL CUT THE FOLLOWING: 31.7 FEET OF THE ERVAY TONGUE OF THE PARK CITY FORMATION; 48.6 FEET OF THE TOSI CHERT MEMBER, AND 14.4 FEET OF THE RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION; 91.8 FEET OF THE FRANSON TONgUE OF THE PARK CITY FORMATION; 25.3 FEET OF THE REX CHERT MEMBER AND 57.1 FEET OF THE MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION; 27.7 FEET OF THE WELLS FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on exploration

  • DIREXPL GENERAL PETROLEUM, DRILLING FOR PETROLEU [copied from references]

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-77 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 21-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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