Unknown (on Sheep Creek/South Cottonwood Creek Divide)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081124
MRDS ID W032846
MAS/MILS ID 560230156
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (on Sheep Creek/South Cottonwood Creek Divide)
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Occurrence, Sheep Creek Divide

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.615, 42.80083 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF AFTON, WY (Not described this way in the references--probably computed based on where it was erroneously plotting).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Triple Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Afton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 033N 115W 29 SW OF SE Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ON DIVIDE BETWEEN SOUTH COTTONWOOD AND SHEEP CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result 1.5 ft bed at top of phosphatic shale member of Phosphoria Frm: 0.01% V2O5 and 70.9% B.P.I.\n1.3 ft upper phosphate bed oolitic layer: 0.02% V2O5 and 70.9% B.P.I.\n1 ft siltstone and 1 ft. oolite and clay shale: 0.17% V2O5 and 42.1% B.P.I.\n0.5 ft shale with 0.02% V2O5 and 78% B.P.I.\nThick phosphate beds at base of vanadiferous zone 54.6% B.P.I.\n1.3 ft lower phosphate bed 0.02% V2O5 and 70.9% B.P.I.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.615, 42.80083

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.46M

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 Bridger-Teton

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS BEDS OF SHALE AND PHOSPHATE ROCK CONTAINING 0.01% TO 0.17% V205 AND 42% TO 78% BPL. See analytical data.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-05-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2010-07-15 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 10254833 (MAS 0560230124) and 10157732 (MAS 0560230156)
Reporter 1983-11-18 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560230124= newMRDS 0560230124 and MAS 0560230156 = newMRDS 10157732

Beyond USGS

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