Unknown (on south side of Dry Canyon)

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081170
MRDS ID W032908
MAS/MILS ID 560230108
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (on south side of Dry Canyon)
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Prospect, Dry Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.84944, 42.87139 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF AFTON, WYOMING. (Probably computed from section description).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Lake Peak(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 117W 6 NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF DRY CANYON. Float samples picked up in the area contained 72.7% BPI. (Bull. 50, p. 149)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result FLOAT SAMPLES CONTAINED 72.7% BPL

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Nugget Sandstone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mansfield, 1916, USGS BULL 620-0, p. 340.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, GSW BULL 50, P. 149.

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-06-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560230108
Editor 2010-07-15 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted MAS 0560230108=newMRDS 10133300. merged and deleted MAS 0560230158=newMRDS 10157294.

Beyond USGS

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