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Unknown (on Willow 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. 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 10081169
MRDS ID W032907
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (on Willow Creek)
Alternate or previous names Unknown, Unidentified Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.88162, 42.8452 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9 MILES NORTH OF AFTON, WYOMING. SW of NE of Sec. 14., 750, 750, 750

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(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 033N 118W 14 SW OF NE Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG WILLOW CREEK 1 MILE EAST OF TURNERVILLE, WYOMING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 26 TO 56% BPL
Result 3 PHOSPHATE BEDS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Phosphoria
    Rock description Phosphoria
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.88162, 42.8452
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M

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

    Osterwald and others, GSW BULL 50, P. 149.

  • Deposit

    Mansfield, 1916, USGS BULL 620-0, p. 331-349.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The Phosphoria Formation contains three phosphate beds totaling 5 ft 2 in thick in 41.2 ft of stratigrpahic section. An oolititc phosphate rock 1.7 ft thick at the top of the formation contains 26% to 44% BPI. A second phosphate bed near the middle of the section is a 1.6 ft thick, medium-grained oolitic rock with 45.77% BPI. (Bull. 50, p. 149).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines 0560230160 = newMRDS 10230698
Editor 15-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey 0560230160 = newMRDS 10230698, merged and deleted.

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