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Unknown (in Francis Canyon)

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205917
MAS/MILS ID 560230148
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (in Francis Canyon)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.0242, 42.2292 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Sec. 19 in Francis Canyon. See location comment. Based on Mansfield, 1927., 250, 250, 250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Border(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 026 N 119 W 19 NW of NE. (very close to center of bounding section line of 18 and 19) Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Location from Mansfield's pl. 53, puts this site almost on the sec. 18/19 line. The prospects shown on the Border topo are just over the line in Sec. 18. This is described as being in NW of NE of Sec. 19.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 28 in. bed 71.8% B.P.I. and a 40 in. bed 71.2% B.P.I.

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.0242, 42.2292
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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 Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GEO SURVEY BULL 50,APRIL,1966,P 147

  • Deposit

    Mansfield, G.R., 1927, USGS Prof. Paper 152, p. 290.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 28 in. bed 71.8% B.P.I. and a 40 in. bed 71.2% B.P.I. (Mansfield, 1927, p. 290 and Bull. 50, p. 147.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2010-07-13 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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