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Unidentified 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 10080826
MRDS ID W032201
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77635, 43.30436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1/4 MILE NORTH OF ASTORIA MINERAL HOT SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Munger Mountain(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 039N 116W 32 NE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result CA3 (P04) 2 CONTENT RANGES FROM 20 TO 68.5%

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) -110.77635, 43.30436
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 15.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANALYSIS OF SECTION AS FOLLOWS: BROWN ROCK 2.5 FEET, 21.2%; SOFT B LACK ROCK, 9 FEET, 68.5%; 00LITIC ROCK 5.8 FEET, 20%; HARD BROWN ROCK, 2.4 FEET, 66.3%; SOFT BLACK ROCK, 3 FEET, 20-30%; SOFT SHALY ROCK, 4. 5 FEET, 29.6%; BLACK GRANULAR ROCK, 12 FEET, 20.3%; SOFT GRANULAR, 12 FEET, 31.2%.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Blackwelder, Eliot

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Teton National Forest

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: EXCELLENT LOGISTICS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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