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Unknown (on S. Fork of Swift Creek)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080947
MRDS ID W032488
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (on S. Fork of Swift Creek)
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Occurrence, Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.7855, 42.71604 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES EAST OF AFTON, WYOMING. (Probably computed from section).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Top Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 032N 117W 33 C Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER SEC. 33 AND JUST EAST OF THE HEAD OF THE SOUTH FORK OF SWIFT CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 69% BPI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Phosphoria
    Rock description Phosphoria
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.7855, 42.71604
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mansfield, 1916, USGS Bull. 620-O, p. 331-349, pl. XII.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, GSW BULL 50, P. 148.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "Phosphate rocks form ledges just east of the head of South Fork Swift Creek and contain 69% B.P.I." (Bull. 50, p. 148)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-77 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 15-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 0560230154= newMRDS 10278603
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines 0560230154= newMRDS 10278603

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

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