The Mosquito Creek Trench is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Teton county, Wyoming.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 43.47639, -110.95556
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Mosquito Creek Trench MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mosquito Creek Trench
Secondary: USGS Lot No. Cp-22
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Teton
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Teton National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Teton Uplift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: P205 UP TO 35.55% BPL, V205 UP TO 0.28%. 8.1 FEET WITH AVERAGE GRA DE OF 25.5% P205
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MEADE PEAK MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IS 43.6 FEET THICK AT THE TRENCH SITE
Comment (Geology): MOST OF THE PHOSPHATE-BEARING ROCKS IN THE TETON PASS QUADRANGLE A RE IN THE MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATI ON. PHOSPHATE ROCK ALSO OCCURS IN THE RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER O F THE PHOSPHORIA BUT IT IS USUALLY MUCH LOWER IN AVERAGE P205 CONTENT AS COMPARED TO THE MEADE PEAK.
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE NORTH OF MOSQUITO CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS QUAD MAP GQ-793
Reference (Deposit): GERE, W.C., SCHELL, E.M., AND MOORE, K.P., 1966, STRATIGRAPHIC SECT IONS AND PHOSPHATE ANALYSIS OF PERMIAN ROCKS IN THE TETON RANGE AND PA RTS OF THE SNAKE RIVER AND GROS VENTRE RANGES, IDAHO AND WYOMING: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1966 DIREXPL GERE, W.C., SAMPLING
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