Section 105, Trench GGL

Occurrence in Sublette county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080831
MRDS ID W032207
Record type Site
Current site name Section 105, Trench GGL
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Occurrence, Trench Ggl. Section 105

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.5341, 42.43076 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12 MILES EAST OF LAKE ALICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Sublette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028N 115W 07 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Currently plots near center of sec. 7, but probably is in NE corner to be within Permain Phosphoria Fm as mapped on the state geologic map.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

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) -110.5341, 42.43076

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description 4 Mi East Of Northerly Trending Absaroka Thrust And 3.5 Mi West Of N-Trending Hoback Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

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 Bridger National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-77 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 21-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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