Crystal Creek Prospect No. 2

Occurrence in Teton 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080952
MRDS ID W032493
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Creek Prospect No. 2
Alternate or previous names Stratigraphic Section 44a In Sheldon, 1963

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.40578, 43.56492 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 20 MILES NE. OF JACKSON, WYOMING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grizzly Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gros Ventre(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)

Gros Ventre Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 042N 113W 34 S2 OF NW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Secondary

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 20 E
    Thickness 2.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer R.P. Sheldon

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Teton

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1963
    Inferred 4527000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 18 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1963
    Uranium U3O8 0.005 wt-pct Uranium Minor 1963

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES RESERVES ABOVE ENTRY LEVEL AND DOWN TO 5000 FT BELOW ENTRY LEVEL. RESERVE BLOCK T-PSMR-184-166. RESERVE BLOCK II (IN SHELDON, 1963)

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT CONTAINS 7.2 FEET OF 25.9 PERCENT P2O5 AND 3.0 FEET OF 31.5 PERCENT P2O5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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