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Wyoming Range Combined

Prospect 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133470
MAS/MILS ID 0560230032
Record type Deposit
Mineralized Area Wyoming Range Combined
Current site name Wyoming Range Combined
Alternate or previous names Wyoming Range

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.56339, 42.73089 (WGS84)
Elevation 3050
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Approx. location in main belt of Phosphoria on east flank of Wyoming Range.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Schidler(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Afton(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 032 N 116 W 25 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • This is not a site record. It is for the entire Wyoming Range. Coded as a district, but that isn't entirely correct either.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Illite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 243
USGS model code 34c
Deposit model name Phosphate, upwelling type

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.56339, 42.73089
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60M
    Length 50000M
    Width 50M
    Depth to top 50M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 801027
  • Thickness 60M
    Length 50000M
    Width 50M
    Depth to top 50M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 801027
  • Thickness 60M
    Length 50000M
    Width 600M
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 20
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 801027
  • Thickness 60M
    Length 50000M
    Width 6000M
    Depth to top 1000M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 6
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 100
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 801027
  • Thickness 60M
    Length 50000M
    Width 30000M
    Depth to top 2300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 7
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 1524
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 300
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 801027
  • Area 2000HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2000
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IS SUBDIVIDED INTO FIVE MEMBERS BY MCKELVEY (BIBLIOGRAPHY REF. L010), TWO OF WHICH (THE MEADE PEAK AND RETORT MEMBERS) CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS. IN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING, THE MEADE PEAK MEMBER, AND IN CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN WYOMING, THE RETORT MEMBER CONTAIN THE DEPOSITS OF POTENTIAL INTEREST. THE PARK CITY FORMATION OF UTAH AND CENTRAL WYOMING AND THE SHEDHORN SANDSTONE OF NORTHWESTERN WYOMING ARE STRATIGRAPHIC EQUIVALENTS OF AND INTERTONGUE WITH THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION. THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION AND EQUIVALENT FORMATIONS ARE UNDERLAIN BY EITHER THE TENSLEEP SANDSTONE, WEBER QUARTZITE, WELLS FORMATION, OR DIAMOND CREEK SANDSTONE AND ARE OVERLAIN BY EITHER THE WOODSIDE OR DINWOODY FORMATIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Western Phosphate

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Dist Of Columbia
    Year 1979

Comments on the ownership information

  • PHOSPHATE LANDS MAY BE LEASED FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, ALTHOUGH THE FUTURE LEASING SITUATION IS UNCERTAIN DUE TO THE RARE II CLASSIFICATION OF MUCH OF THE AREA (SEE COMMENTS 031-034). CURRENTLY, THERE ARE NO ACTIVE LEASES OR PROSPECTING PERMITS WITHIN THE DEPOSIT AREA.

Comments on the production information

  • RECOVERIES IN THE YIELD DATA SET FOR TWO-PRODUCT MILLS ARE CALCULATED FROM THE TOTAL FEED TO THE MILL AND ARE NOT ACTUAL RECOVERIES WITHIN EACH ORE STREAM. WITHIN _ORE-STREAM RECOVERIES FOR TWO-PRODUCT MILLS PROPOSED IN THIS EVALUATION ARE 89.5 PERCENT FOR MILL K1, DEV SCH 1&2, 87.5% FOR MILL K3, DEV SCH 1, AND 78% FOR MILL K3, DEV SCH 2. EXACT RECOVERIES USED IN CALCULATING PRODUCT OUTPUT TONNAGES FOR TWO PRODUCT MILLS PROPOSED IN THIS EVALUATION ARE 80.6945 PERCENT FOR PRODUCT A, DEV SCH 1&2; 8.8055 % FOR PRODUCT F, DEV SCH 1&2; 26.5321 PERCENT FOR PRODUCT C, DEV SCH 1; 60.9679 PERCENT FOR PRODUCT H. DEV SCH 1; 23.6515 PERCENT FOR PRODUCT C, DEV SCH 2; 54.3485 % FOR PRODUCT H, DEV SCH 2.
  • PRODUCTS A, B, C, D, AND E, WHERE PROPOSED IN THIS EVALUATION, ARE ACID GRADE PRODUCTS, AND PRODUCTS F, G, H, I, AND J, ARE FURNACE GRADE PRODUCTS. NOT ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE USED IN THIS EVALUATION.
  • THE EXACT YEAR OF DISCOVERY OF PHOSPHATE IN THE WYOMING RANGE IS NOT KNOWN, BUT WAS AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. EXPLORATION IN THE AREA HAS BEEN CONFINED MOSTLY TO GEOLOGIC MAPPING, AND NO PRODUCTION HAS OCCURRED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1954
    Inferred 201700000mt ore
    Total resources 201700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 18 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1954
    Water, Free H2o 0 wt-pct Water, Free Trace 1954
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1954
    Inferred 399500000mt ore
    Total resources 399500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 24 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1954
    Water, Free H2o 0 wt-pct Water, Free Trace 1954
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 452700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 18 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1967
    Water, Free H2o 0 wt-pct Water, Free Trace 1967
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 144200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 24 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1967
    Water, Free H2o 0 wt-pct Water, Free Trace 1967

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPLIT INTO THREE SEPARATE DEPOSITS FOR SUPPLY ANALYSIS WITH SEQ NOS. 0560230175, 0560230176, AND 0560230177 THAT ARE RESPECTIVELY NAMED WYOMING RANGE NO 1, WYOMING RANGE NO 2, AND WYOMING RANGE NO 3. REFER TO THESE DEPOSITS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL RESERVES AND PRODUCTION DATA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 300HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .67
    Percent Waste Rock 95.9
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 4000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 11.79
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 300HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .67
    Percent Waste Rock 95.9
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 4000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 16.28
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7300M
    Overall depth 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 3
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .67
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 88
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 1000
    Number of Adits 1
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 8.23
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7300M
    Overall depth 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 3
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .67
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 56
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 1000
    Number of Adits 1
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 10.08
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2

Comments on the workings information

  • ABBREVIATION FOR MINING DISTRICT: WEST. PHOSPHATE = WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD.

Comments on other economic factors

  • Mining and beneficiation costs for each proposed operation were obtained by applying one of 34 basic mine models and 5 basic mill models developed for evaluating Utah and Wyoming phosphate deposits. Site-specific cost adjustments were made for land acquisition, infrastructure, unusual haulage distance to mill, the presence of multiple beds requiring mining of waste, and mill feed grade and recovery. All costs are in January 1980 dollars. The schedule of costs is based on the assumption that each proposed operation will be independently developed as soon as technically possible after the official January 1979 base date for the current phosphate study. Thus, land acquisition, exploration, and infrastructure capital costs are assumed to begin in 1979. Mine and mill capital costs include a contingency allowance of 15 percent of all other capital costs except working capital. Mine and mill working capital is estimated at 60 days of operating cost. A Bureau costing manual (bibliography data set ref. I030) was used to estimate surface and underground mine exploration, development, reclamation, plant, and equipment capital costs; underground mine operating costs; capital and operating costs for the calcining-hydration mill (if used) and for the flotation sections of other mills; costs of transporting products from proposed mills to existing final processing plants; and access road construction cost. Surface mine operating costs are size-scaled, using scaling factors from Bennett (bibliography data set ref. I001), and others (U.S. office of audit and investigation) for Idaho phosphate mines in 1976 and 1977. Infrastructure capital costs assigned to each proposed mine consist of only those railroad, transmission line, and access road costs which are needed for development of each mine. Railroad cost is estimated by the Richardson rapid construction cost estimating system (bibliography data set ref. I020). Transmission line cost is estimated from typical industry costs (A.W. Watts, 1980, Water and Power Resources Services, personal communication). Access road costs are estimated by using the capital and operating cost estimating handbook (bibliography data set ref. I030). Land acquisition costs are based on typical competitive bids for leases in southeastern Idaho, adjusted for specific deposit grade and thickness. Lease rentals and royalties are based on current rates for federal leases in the western phosphate field. Capital and operating costs for all mills, excepting the calcination-hydration mill (if used) and flotation sections of other mills, are size-scaled, using scaling factors from Bennett (bibliography data set ref. I001), from costs given for a sizing and calcining mill described by de Voto, et al. (bibliography data set ref. R030), vol. 2, appendix d. Site-specific cost adjustments for mill feed grade and recovery are made, using relative cost factors calculated from average cost and recovery curves for altered and unaltered ores (bibliography data set ref. I010).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    COFFMAN, J. S., AND SERVICE, A. L., 1967, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES - PART 4, WYOMING AND UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 6934, 158 P.

  • Deposit

    CLABAUGH, P. S., 1946, PERMIAN PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF MONTANA, IDAHO, WYOMING, AND UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINER. INV. PRELIM. MAP 3-198, 1 SHEET.

  • Production

    DUNCAN, W. E., AND FISK, H. G., 1957, CENTRAL WYOMING PHOSPHATE ROCK - CHARACTER, PROCESSING, AND ECONOMICS: UNIV. OF WYO. NAT. RES. RESEARCH INST. BULL. 6, 60 P.

  • Reference

    HARRIS, R. A., DAVIDSON, D. F., AND ARNOLD, B. P., 1954, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1018, 89 P.

  • Deposit

    GARRAND CORPORATION, 1975 (?), PHOSPHATE RESERVES OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: U.S. DEPT. OF AGR. CONTRACT NO. 50-820, 1102 P.

  • Production

    EBERL, E., 1970, BENEFICIATION OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE BY CALCINATION, THE MATERIAL BALANCE: RUDARSKO - METALURSKI ZBORNIK, NO. 2-3, 1970, P. 275-283.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DE VOTO, R. H., AND STEVENS, D. N., ED., 1979, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY FROM PHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD: SUBCONTRACT 78-177-S TO DEPT. OF ENERGY CONTRACT 50-54-5903 (BENDIX FIELD ENG. CORP.) BY EARTH SCIENCES INC., 1396 P. PLUS PLATES.

  • Production

    GOKHALE, K. V. G. K., RAO, T. C., AND BISWAS, A. K., 1975, BENEFICIATION STUDIES ON A HIMALAYAN LEAN PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT WITH CALCAREOUS GANGUE, IN SEMINAR ON BENEFICIATION OF LEAN PHOSPHATE WITH CARBONATE GANGUE, 11TH INTERNAT. MINERALS PROCESSING CONGRESS, KAGLIARI, ITALY, APRIL 23-24, 1975, P. 53-54.

  • Deposit

    HALE, L. A., ED., 1967, ANATOMY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD CONF., 287 P., 3 PLATES.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SHELDON, R. P., CRESSMAN, E. R., CARSWELL, L. D., SMART, R. A., 1954, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN WYOMING, 1952: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 325, 24 P.

  • Production

    GOOD, P. C., 1976, BENEFICIATION OF UNWEATHERED INDIAN CALCAREOUS PHOSPHATE ROCK BY CALCINATION AND HYDRATION: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 8154, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1955, PRESTON, IDAHO; WYOMING, 1-DEGREE BY 2-DEGREE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY, 1:250,000-SCALE MAP, 1 SHEET.

  • Geology

    MCKELVEY, V. E., 1946, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN WESTERN WYOMING, SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO, AND NORTHERN UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUB. REPT., 162 P. OBTAINED FROM U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPT. OF CONSERV. OFFICE IN ROCK SPRINGS, WYO.

  • Production

    NEUBERGER, R., 1968, PHOSPHATE ROCK CALCINATION IN ISRAEL: PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO. 35, MAY/JUNE 1968, P. 11-21.

  • Deposit

    Spangenberg, D.R., Carey, E.F., and Takosky, P.M., 1983, Minerals availability commodity directory on phosphate: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular IC-8926, 678 p.

  • Production

    RULE, A. R., DAHLIN, D. C., AND FERGUS, A. J., 1978, FLOTATION OF CARBONATE AND SILICATE MINERALS FROM PARTIALLY ALTERED PHOSPHATE ROCK OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, PAPER PRESENTED AT ISMA TECHNICAL/ECON. CONF.; ORLANDO, FLA., OCT. 23-27, 1979, 11 P.

  • Production

    RULE, A. R., KIRBY, D. E., AND DAHLIN, D. C., 1977, RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES, PAPER PRESENTED AT S.M.E. FALL MEETING AND EXHIBIT, ST. LOUIS MO., OCT. 19-21, 1977, 17 P.

  • Production

    RULE, A. R., KIRBY, D. E., AND DAHLIN, D. C., 1978, RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES: MIN. ENG., JAN. 1978, P. 37-40.

  • Geology

    KING, D. L., 1949, SURFACE STRIP PHOSPHATE MINING AT LEEFE, WYOMING, AND MONTPELIER, IDAHO, IN SYMPOSIUM ON WESTERN PHOSPHATE MINING, SAN FRANCISCO, FEB. 1949: REPR. IN A.I.M.E. MIN. TRANS., V. 184, P. 284-287.

  • Geology

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING, 1978, THE WYOMING MINERAL INDUSTRY: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYO. PUBLIC INF. CIRC. 8.

  • Geology

    LINES, G. C., AND GLASS, W. R., 1975, WATER RESOURCES OF THE THRUST BELT OF WESTERN WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HYDROL. INV. ATLAS MAP HA-539.

  • Geology

    HORBERG, LELAND, NELSON, VINCENT, AND CHURCH, VICTOR, 1949, STRUCTURAL TRENDS IN CENTRAL WESTERN WYOMING: GEOL SOC. OF AMERICA BULL., V. 60, P. 183-216.

  • Geology

    MCKELVEY, V. E., 1959, THE PHOSPHORIA, PARK CITY, AND SHEDHORN FORMATIONS IN THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 313-A, P. 1-47, 3 PLATES.

  • Geology

    GULBRANDSEN, R. A., 1967, SOME COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF PHOSPHORITES OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, IN INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD CONF., P. 99-102.

  • Ownership

    U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1978, STATE OF WYOMING LAND STATUS: U.S. BUR. OF LAND MANAGEMENT MAP, 1:500,000-SCALE, 1 SHEET.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM EVALUATION WAS DONE AS PART OF A 1980 STUDY OF UTAH AND WYOMING PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS BY THE INTERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, DENVER, COLORADO. THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE DEPOSIT EXTENDS INTO SUBLETTE COUNTY. DOMAIN - ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE OUTCROP AREA IS CLASSIFIED AS POTENTIALLY UNAVAILABLE ROADLESS AREA REVIEW AND EVALUATION (RARE II) LAND WITH THE REMAINING 10 PERCENT OR SO CLASSIFIED AS NATIONAL FOREST LAND. MINERAL HOLDINGS - ALL PHOSPHATE MINERAL RIGHTS IN THE DEPOSIT AREA ARE HELD BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
General PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPLIT INTO THREE SEPARATE DEPOSITS FOR SUPPLY ANALYSIS WITH SEQ NOS. 0560230175, 0560230176, AND 0560230177 THAT ARE RESPECTIVELY NAMED WYOMING RANGE NO 1, WYOMING RANGE NO 2, AND WYOMING RANGE NO 3. REFER TO THESE DEPOSITS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL RESERVES AND PRODUCTION DATA. {In effect, these are duplicate records and should be considered for possible deletion. ABWilson, 6-22-10]

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-96 B,D,D,S,Ww U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 24-APR-95 Drescher, Theodore A. U.S. Bureau of Mines newMRDS 10205999, 10278663, 10184226 or old MAS 0560230175, 176, 177. All merged and deleted. Very poor location (within 10,000 meters), no references.
Editor 08-FEB-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted newMRDS 10205999, 10278663, 10184226 (old MAS 0560230175, 176, 177). All had the same very poor location (+/- 10,000 meters) and no references. No information in these 3 records that isn't in the Combined record.
Updater 15-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added Model

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