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Buck Creek Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080962
MRDS ID W032503
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Creek Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Section 60 In Sheldon, 1963

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.58829, 43.26964 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF BRYAN FLAT FOREST SERVICE STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(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 Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 038N 115W 12 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • IN BUCK CREEK CANYON, ONE FOURTH OF A MILE SOUTH OF HOBACK FOREST CAMP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Secondary

Analytical data

Result MAXIMUM GRADES OF 33.2 PERCENT P2O5 AND 0.020 PERCENT URANIUM OBSERVED IN 1.5 FEET OF THE MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATE SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit Is On The Overthrust Block Of The Bear Creek Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 15 S
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Teton

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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

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