Six Lakes Occurrence

Occurrence in Teton county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080971
MRDS ID W032512
Record type Site
Current site name Six Lakes Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Stratigraphic Sections 51, 52, And 53 In Sheldon, 1963

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.33967, 43.4652 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 24 MILES EAST OF JACKSON, WYOMING, Within The W2 Of The Two Townships

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Darwin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson(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)

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 041N;040N 112W;112W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY ALONG JAGG CREEK, NEAR THE SIX LAKES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.33967, 43.4652

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.43M

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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1963
    Inferred 1967000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 18 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1963
    Uranium U3O8 0.005 wt-pct Uranium Minor 1963

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES RESERVES ABOVE ENTRY LEVEL AND DOWN TO 5000 FT BELOW ENTRY LEVEL. RESERVE BLOCK T-PSMR-149-168. RESERVE BLOCK IV (IN SHELDON, 1963)

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH PROSPECT CONTAINS 4.7 FEET OF 29 PERCENT P2O5. MIDDLE PROSPECT CONTAINS 2.8 FEET OF 33.6 PERCENT P2O5. SOUTH PROSPECT CONTAINS 4.0 FEET OF 28.9 PERCENT P2O5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-78 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.