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Unknown (on Afton Creek)

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080946
MRDS ID W032487
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (on Afton Creek)
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Occurrence, Afton Creek

Comments on the site identification

  • Supposedly along Afton Creek, however no creek of that name is labeled on USGS 24k topo of Afton or the adjacent Red Top Mountain quads.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -110.8294, 42.73104 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES EAST OF AFTON, WYOMING. (There is no way to verify this information. It appears to be based on the assumption that the site is in Sec. 25 as published in Bull. 50. It does not take into account that the source of that information could not be verified., Several Miles or MORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Top Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Afton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 032N 118W 25 NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG AFTON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 67.4% BPI

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -110.8294, 42.73104
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Economic information

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 Bridger

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Schultz, 1914, Geology and geography of a portion of Lincoln County, Wyoming: USGS BULL 543, p. 62. (In spite of the citation to this publication in Bull. 50, p. 148, it is erroneous. There is no mention in Bull. 543 of any phosphate in Afton Creek).

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 148.

  • Deposit

    WYO. GEOL. SURVEY OPEN-FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Description in Bull. 50, p. 148 cites Shultz, USGS Bull. 543, p. 62. However, there is no mention of this "deposit" anywhere in that publication, least of all on p. 62 (which lists some fossils in the Frontier Fm.). Number 62 on plate 1 is a coal site in an entirely different part of the county. Therefore, this is an unreliable and unverified record.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-77 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560230103 =newMRDS 10157086
Editor 15-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560230103 =newMRDS 10157086, merged and deleted.

Beyond USGS

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

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