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Poison Creek Occurrence

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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080956
MRDS ID W032497
MAS/MILS ID 560230116
Record type Site
Current site name Poison Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -110.71694, 42.57833 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AFTON, WYOMING, 1600, 1600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poison Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Afton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Greys-Hoback(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 030N 117W 23 (could be sec. 24) Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE HEAD OF POISON CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF GREYS RIVER
  • Coordinates of deleted location given as 42-32-40, -110-39-35.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 68.7% TO 75.8% BPL

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -110.71694, 42.57833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.73M

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

    SWANSON, R.W., 1951, STRATAGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF PHOSPHORIA FORMATION in Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, MEASURED AND SAMPLED IN 1950: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 51-18.

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, 1966, P. 148-149.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 BEDS FROM 1.6 TO 2.4 FEET THICK
General Wilson and Heran attempted to visit this "deposit". Found an old road to the ridge and saddle but no sign of a deposit or any workings.
Deposit "Phosphatic shales strike N11W and dip 16W; the lower phosphate bed is 16 ft above the base and is 2 1/2 ft to 3 ft thick with 48.86% B.P.I. The upper bed, 1 ft thick, is 24 ft above the base and contiais 68.4% B.P.I." (Bull. 50, p. 148-149)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-10-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-23 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560230116 =newMRDS 10254567
Editor 2010-06-21 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560230116 =newMRDS 10254567, merged and deleted. Attempted site visit 10-aug-2010 but unable to locate.

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

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