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Dry Creek Phosphate Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Selenium, Vanadium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096566
MRDS ID W032133
MAS/MILS ID 560230153
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Creek Phosphate Mine
Alternate or previous names Unknown (in Dry Creek, East of Osmond), Dry Creek Prospect, Unidentified Occurrence, Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -110.86889, 42.68972 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI SOUTHEAST OF AFTON, WY. Deposit extends along Dry Creek, east of Osmond, in NW4 Sec. 10.

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 031N 118W 10 NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG DRY CREEK ROAD, UPPER SNAKE RIVER, SALT RIVER RANGE. EAST OF OSMOND. Deleted MAS record 0560230153 notes that this may also be in Sec. 2, however, the occurrence in Sec. 2 has it's own entry.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Selenium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 72.7% P. P. L.: GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES RANGED FROM 188 PPM SE AND 0.12% V205 TO 680 PPM SE AND 2.12% V205

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -110.86889, 42.68972
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 1.17M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPhATIC SHALE MEMBER. Phosphate rock contains 72.7% B.P.I. (Bull. 50, p. 148)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • Martin (1994, p. 30) notes that "A completely collapsed mine portal and an extensive phosphate dump in the bed of Dry Creek are the only signs of past mining at the site. Other workings reported in the vicinity are so collapsed and eroded as to be virtually indistinguishable from the surronding countryside.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMER JOUR BOT, VOL 26, P. 257-269.

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 36 (Beath, O.A., Hagner, A.F., and Gilbert, C.S., 1946, Some rocks and soils of high selenium content: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 36, p. 1-23.)

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 148.

  • Deposit

    AMER JOUR BOT, VOL 30, P. 698-707.

  • Deposit

    1946 GEOCHEM GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING SE AND V205 ANOMALIES

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Martin, Clay M., 1994, Abandoned mine lands inventory of Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming: unpublished USBM report prepared for the US Forest Service (3-ring binder, 34 p., and 28 2-page site reports, most with photos).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-11-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2010-07-14 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted newMRDS 10080949 = W032490 and MAS 0560230153= 10133698
Reporter 1983-12-01 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560230153= 10133698

Beyond USGS

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