Tosi Creek Basin

Occurrence in Sublette county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230634
MRDS ID W032205
MAS/MILS ID 560350013
Record type Site
Current site name Tosi Creek Basin
Alternate or previous names Gros Ventre Range, Bridger National Forest, Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.2144, 43.3083 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOSI CREEK BASIN JUST ABOVE THE DARWIN SANDSTONE MEMBER AND ALSO ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOSI CREEK BASIN AT THE BASE OF HODGES PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tosi Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(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)

Gros Ventre Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 039 N 111 W 30, 31 Wyoming
6th Principal 039N 112W 36 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF TOSI CREEK BASIN AND WEST SIDE AT BASE OF HODGES PEAK; ALSO SECS. 24 & 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Amsden Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.2144, 43.3083

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Overthrust belt

Ore body information

  • Length 2376M
    Width 3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N22W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURS JUST ABOVE THE DARWIN SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE AMSDEN FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS NEVER PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING, 1966, BULLETIN NO. 50, P. 117.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-10-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey old MRDS W032205 = newMRDS 10096574, merged and deleted.
Reporter 1983-04-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey Reporter for W032442 (newMRDS 10080912). This record has been merged and deleted.
Reporter 1984-02-27 Wilson U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2010-02-02 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 10096574 (old MRDS W032205)

Beyond USGS

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

External references