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South Fork Gypsum Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Sublette county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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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 10080843
MRDS ID W032223
MAS/MILS ID 560350038
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Gypsum Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Section 75, Gypsum Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -109.92853, 43.25191 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES SW OF GREEN RIVER LAKE. (Not stated in the reference materials, probably computed from previous estimated coordinates based on center of section). In NW4 sec. 22, in Permian Phosphoria Fm.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Sheep Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gannett Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(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)

Bridger Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 038N 109W 22 NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH FORK OF GYPSUM CREEK; BRIDGER WILDERNESS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • P205 CONTENT RANGES FROM 9.5 TO 19.7%. URANIUM FROM 0.001 TO 0.004 %

Analytical data

Result Maximum of 29.2% B.P.I.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -109.92853, 43.25191
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Large Fault Partly Repeats The Section Sampled.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wind River Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N10W
    Dip 80W

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sheldon, 1963, USGS PP 313-B, p. 55, #79, p. 225-229.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 149.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS STRIKE AN AVERAGE OF N10W AND DIP FROM 80W TO 45E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-12-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-12-01 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560350038 = newMRDS 10254431.
Editor 2010-07-20 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560350038 = newMRDS 10254431, merged and deleted.

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