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McDougal's Pass occurrence

Occurrence in Lincoln 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081171
MRDS ID W032909
MAS/MILS ID 560230114
Record type Site
Current site name McDougal's Pass occurrence
Alternate or previous names McDougal Pass

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -110.80833, 42.85083 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF AFTON, WYOMING. On the divide between the heads of Willow Creek and Strawberry Creek., 1600, 1600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Lake Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Afton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(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 117W 9 C Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • MCDOUGALS PASS ON DIVIDE BETWEEN WILLOW AND STRAWBERRY CREEKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 48.86% TO 68.4% BPL
Result 2 PHOSPHATE BEDS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) Phosphoria Formation and Related Rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description 2 Miles West Of The North Trending Absaroka Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 11 W
    Dip 16 W
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 620. (Probably Mansfield, G.R., 1916, A reconnaissance for phosphate in the Salt river Range, Wyoming: USGS Bull. 620-O, p. 331-349.)

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, 1966, P. 148-149.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-06-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560230114 = newMRDS 10157710
Editor 2010-06-21 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted MAS 0560230114 = newMRDS 10157710

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