| Deposit ID | 10133516 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032486 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560230131 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Unknown (in Swift Creek area) |
| Alternate or previous names | Swift Creek Area, Unidentified Occurrence |
| Point of reference | Claim |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.89179, 42.73266 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1940 |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | Several MILES EAST OF AFTON, WYOMING. Three separate locations/outcrops within the same township along Swift Creek and vicinity. See the 3 PLSS locations. Moved location to point where Phosphoria crosses Swift Creek. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Afton(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 032 N | 118 W | 28 | NW | Wyoming |
| 6th Principal | 032 N | 118 W | 21 | SW | Wyoming |
| 6th Principal | 032 N | 118W | 23 | NE | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Result | 45.4% BPL (SHALE BED) (Bull. 50, p. 148) |
|---|---|
| Result | 36.0% BPL (PHOSPHATIC CHERT BED) (Bull. 50, p. 148)\n |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| Rock unit name | Phosphoria Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Claim (1) | -110.89179, 42.73266 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 83 W |
| Plunge | 85 E |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Bridger |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560230131 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032486 | = newMRDS 10080945, merged and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560230155 | =newMRDS 10254485, merged and deleted. |
WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES
Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 148.
Mansfield, 1916, A reconnaissance for phosphate in the Salt River Range, Wyoming: USGS Bull. 620-O, p. 331-349, pl. XII.
KIVI, W.J., 1940, STRATIGRAPY OF PHOSPHORIA FORMATION OF WESTERN WYO. WITH NOTES ON OCCURENCE OF PHOSPHATE: University of Wyoming, UNPUBLISHED M.A. THESIS, 59 p.
McKelvey, V.E., 1946, Preliminary report on the stratigraphy of the phasphatic shale memnber of the Phosphoria Formation in western Wyoming, southesastern Idaho, and northern Utah: USGS OFR 47-2, p. 96-103. [available at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr472]
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OOLITIC SHALE BED AND PHOSPHATIC CHERT BED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | South Dakota School of Mines | U.S. Bureau of Mines | 0560230155 = newMRDS 10354485 |
| Editor | 2010-07-15 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | W032486 = newMRDS 10080945 and 0560230155 = newMRDS 10354485, merged and deleted. |
| Reporter | 1977-10-01 | Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) (R) | U.S. Geological Survey | W032486 = newMRDS 10080945 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.