West Branch, Hams Fork Creek

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 10133653
MAS/MILS ID 560230138
Record type Site
Current site name West Branch, Hams Fork Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -110.7858, 42.2408 (WGS84)
Elevation 2440
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position MINOBRAS locates in secs. 12 and 13. Coordinates are for near the center of sec. 13, probably computed digitally., 2500, 2500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nugent Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blacks Fork(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 026 N 117.5 W 12, 13 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -110.7858, 42.2408

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES

  • Deposit

    Wyoming Industrial Minerals, 1975, MINOBRAS, p. 43.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-23 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2010-07-16 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references