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Unknown (in Snake River Canyon)

Occurrence in Teton 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133611
MAS/MILS ID 0560230162
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown (in Snake River Canyon)
Alternate or previous names Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.77679, 43.30432 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position On the north bank of Snake River, above Snake River Canyon in NE4 of Sec. 32.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Munger Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(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 Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 039 N 116 W 32 NE Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Misidentified as being in Lincoln County in Bull. 50 (see p. 149). This deposit is in Teton county (see p. 150).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.77679, 43.30432
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GEO SURVEY BULL 50,APRIL,1966,P 149

  • Deposit

    Schultz, A.R., 1914, Geology and geography of a portion of Lincoln County, Wyoming: USGS Bull. 543, p. 133.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "Near the base of the Phosphoria formation, a black shale bed contains phosphate." (Bull. 50, p. 149). Schultz (1914, p. 133) notes that this was misidentified as a coal bed for a long time.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 19-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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