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Gros Ventre Slide Occurrence

Occurrence in Teton 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080821
MRDS ID W032195
Record type Site
Current site name Gros Ventre Slide Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.55468, 43.63075 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES NORTHEAST 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

Shadow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gros Ventre(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 042N 114W 05 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • AT GROS VENTRE SLIDE GEOLOGIC SITE BELOW LOWER SLIDE LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result IN LOWER PART OF PHOSPHORIA FORMATION A 2.5 FOOT BED CONTAINS 54.3 % TO 67.4% BPL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Phosphoria
    Rock description Phosphoria
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.55468, 43.63075
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.73M

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 Teton National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 150.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R.W., ET. AL., STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION OF PHOSPHORIA FORMATI ON MEASURED AND SAMPLED IN 1950: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, NOV., 1951

Reporter information

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

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

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