Tosi Creek

Occurrence in Sublette county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080842
MRDS ID W032222
MAS/MILS ID 560350042
Record type Site
Current site name Tosi Creek
Alternate or previous names Tosi, Rock and Lime Creeks, Section 56, Section 64, Section 65, Reserve Blocks V and Vi, Lot No. 1333, Tosi Creek Area, Tasi Creek Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07667, 43.33444 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position BEGINS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOSI PEAK, Several Miles Along The Creeks

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klondike Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(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

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 Sublette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 039N 110W 17 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SECS. 15, 21, R110W, T38N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE P205 CONTENT 22.2% (1911)

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.95M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIVI, W. J., 1940, THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION OF WESTERN WYOMING WITH NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PHOSPHATE. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING UNPUBLISHED M.A. THESIS

  • Deposit

    Sheldon, 1963, USGS PP 313-B, p. 55, #56, p. 200-203.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Several sections (Tosi, Rock, and Lime Creek) were all lumped together in one record. ABWilson separated them.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-12-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2010-07-21 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey ABW split 2 records into 3 distinct sections and added the missing record. Merged and deleted 10133039 (MAS 0560350042) Merged and deleted MAS 0560350042 = newMRDS 10133039.
Reporter 1993-03-19 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560350042 = newMRDS 10133039

Beyond USGS

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

External references