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Mosquito Creek Trench

Occurrence in Teton county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080816
MRDS ID W032190
Record type Site
Current site name Mosquito Creek Trench
Alternate or previous names USGS Lot No. Cp-22

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95636, 43.47631 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 11 MILES WEST OF JACKSON, WYOMING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teton Pass(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 041N 118W 36 NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE NORTH OF MOSQUITO CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result P205 UP TO 35.55% BPL, V205 UP TO 0.28%. 8.1 FEET WITH AVERAGE GRA DE OF 25.5% P205

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.95636, 43.47631
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Teton Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N70W
    Dip 84S
    Thickness 13.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE PHOSPHATE-BEARING ROCKS IN THE TETON PASS QUADRANGLE A RE IN THE MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATI ON. PHOSPHATE ROCK ALSO OCCURS IN THE RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER O F THE PHOSPHORIA BUT IT IS USUALLY MUCH LOWER IN AVERAGE P205 CONTENT AS COMPARED TO THE MEADE PEAK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Teton National Forest

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MEADE PEAK MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IS 43.6 FEET THICK AT THE TRENCH SITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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