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Fontenelle Creek Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096579
MRDS ID W032224
Record type Site
Current site name Fontenelle Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Section 108 In Sheldon, 1963

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -110.57, 42.28389 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position In sec. 35.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coal Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 027N 116W 35 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF FONTENELLE CREEK, LOT 1379; 3 MILES E-NE OF INDIAN MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • P205 CONTENT RANGES FROM .2 TO 34.3%. EU CONTENT FROM 0.001 TO 0.0 14%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -110.57, 42.28389
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northerly Trending Absaroka Fault And 1 Mile West Of Lazeart Syncli Ne

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N15W
    Dip 55 SW
    Thickness 4.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hams Fork Coal Region

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECT, SAMPLES FROM TWO BULLDOZER TRENCHES, A HAND TRENCH, AND A NATURAL OUTCROP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIVI, W. J., 1940, THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION OF WESTERN WYOMING WITH NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PHOSPHATE. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING UNPUBLISHED M.A. THESIS

  • Deposit

    Sheldon, 1963, USGS PP 313-B, pl. 6; table 1, #108, p. 55; p. 245-250.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECTION MEASURED AS FOLLOWS: DINWOODY FORMATION, 33.2 FT.; RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, 28.3 FT.; FRANSON TONGUE OF THE PARK CITY FORMATION, 110.2; REX MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, 27.7 FT.; MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, 73.9 FT.; GRANDEUR TONGUE OF THE PARK CITY FORMATION, 51.7 FT. ; 2 UNPUB REPT
General 1952 DIREXPL SHELDON, 15.3 FT OF 20.2% P20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-12-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2010-06-25 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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