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Gros Ventre Mountains Prospect

Occurrence in Teton county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Gemstone
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080813
MRDS ID W032187
Record type Site
Current site name Gros Ventre Mountains Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.529, 43.415 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 20 MILES EAST SOUTH EAST OF JACKSON, WYOMING. ABW moved coordinates to be within T40N, R114W, Sec. 21.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Greys-Hoback(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)

Gros Ventre Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 040N 113W 34 NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SWIFT CREEK
  • Was plotting more than 100 km too far south. Moved coordinates to T408N, R114W, Sec. 21.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Nephrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.529, 43.415
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gros Ventre Uplift

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 Teton National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 135

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JADE FOUND ADJACENT TO THE CONTACT BETWEEN LIGHT COLORED GRANITE AND A BIOTITE RICH ULTRA MAFIC ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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