The Tosi, Rock and Lime Creeks is a uranium and phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Sublette county, Wyoming.
About the MRDS Data:
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: Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 43.33444, -110.07667
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Tosi, Rock and Lime Creeks MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tosi, Rock and Lime Creeks
Secondary: Section 56
Secondary: Section 64
Secondary: Section 65
Secondary: Reserve Blocks V and Vi
Secondary: Tosi Creek
Secondary: Lot No. 1333
Secondary: Tosi Creek Area
Secondary: Tasi Creek Area
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Sublette
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: Bridger National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phosphorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE P205 CONTENT 22.2% (1911)
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALSO SECS. 15, 21, R110W, T38N.
Comment (General): Several sections (Tosi, Rock, and Lime Creek) were all lumped together in one record. ABWilson separated them.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. A-19.
Reference (Deposit): KIVI, W. J., 1940, THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION OF WESTERN WYOMING WITH NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PHOSPHATE. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING UNPUBLISHED M.A. THESIS
Reference (Deposit): Sheldon, 1963, USGS PP 313-B, p. 55, #56, p. 200-203.
Pages: p. 55, #56, p. 200-203.
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