Pine Mountain area

Prospect in Sweetwater 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278999
MAS/MILS ID 0560370175
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Mountain area
Alternate or previous names Pine Mtn Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -108.89381, 41.04165 (WGS84)
Elevation 2228
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Approximate location to represent T12N R102W, T13N R102W, and T13N R103W. (See fig. 4 of WGA 25, p. 54)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Four J Rim(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kinney Rim(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Vermilion(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012 N 102 W Wyoming
6th Principal 013 N 102 W Wyoming
6th Principal 013 N 103 W Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock type qualifier The mineralized rocks are variegated mudstones and siltstones in the lower 300 feet of the Cathedral Bluffs Tongue of the Wasatch Formation.
    Rock unit name Cathedral Bluffs tongue of the Wasatch Formation

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -108.89381, 41.04165

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • From WGA Guidebook 25, p. 53:
    "Love (1964, p. E37) stated that the mineralized zone at Pine Mountain "is locally the richest in both uranium (0.3 percent) and P2O5 (19 percent) known in Eocene rocks of Wyoming." He estimated that the area would contain 1,470 tons of uranium and 146,000 tons of phosphate per square mile."

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    Roehler, H.W., 1972, Geologic map of the Four J Rim quadrangele, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, and Moffat County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1002.

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED AT T13N R102W

  • Deposit

    Roehler, H.W., 1973, Mineral resources in the Washakie Basin, Wyoming and Sand Wash Basin, Colorado: WGA GUIDEBOOK 25, p. 47-56.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Based on a cryptic citation in these references, A.B.Wilson was able to locate the intended reference (p. 53 of WGA Guidebook 25) and added the references cited therein.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 04-JAN-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Corrected and added references. Confirmed that this is a valid occurrence.

Beyond USGS

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

External references