| 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 |
| 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). |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 033N | 115W | 29 | SW OF SE | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| 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 or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| Ore Body (1) | -110.615, 42.80083 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.46M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Bridger-Teton |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032846 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560230124 | =new MRDS 10254833, merged and deleted |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560230156 | =newMRDS 10157732 |
Osterwald and others, 1966, GSW BULL 50, P. 148.
Sheldon, 1963, USGS PP 313-B, p. 235, and p. 55, #97.
| 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. |
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.