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South Fork North Piney Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Sublette 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  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 10081154
MRDS ID W032888
MAS/MILS ID 560350047
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork North Piney Creek Occurrence
Alternate or previous names South Fork Piney Creek Occurrence, Section 98

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -110.54806, 42.67111 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Probably in Sec. 16.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Schidler(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Afton(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 031N 115W 16 SW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 3.5 MILES NORTH OF MIDDLE PINEY LAKE (probably computed based on center of section. No such description in the cited resources.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -110.54806, 42.67111
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northerly Trending Darby Thrust Fault

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sheldon, 1963, USGS PP 313-B, p. 50, #98.

  • Deposit

    KIVI, W.J., 1940, THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHORIC FORMATION OF WESTERN WYOMING WITH NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PHOSPHATE: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS

  • Deposit

    WYO. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 50, 1966, PAGE 149.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PHOSPHATIC SHALES IN THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION TOTAL 62.5 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-06-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-12-01 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560350047=newMRDS 10279135
Editor 2010-07-20 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560350047=newMRDS 10279135, merged and deleted.

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