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Talbot Canyon Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081152
MRDS ID W032886
Record type Site
Current site name Talbot Canyon Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.01024, 43.52964 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES NORTHWEST 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

Victor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rexburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Teton(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Jedediah Smith 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 041N 118W 09 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 1/3 MILE UP THE CANYON AND ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHERE TETON ROAD CROSSES THE STATE LINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.01024, 43.52964
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.85M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IS 38 FT THICK AT THIS LOCATION

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 Targhee

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPROXIMATELY 10 LAYERS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK 56.9% BPL AVERAGE; 64.5% BEST BPL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey

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