The South Fork Gypsum Creek Prospect is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Sublette 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: 43.25191, -109.92853
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South Fork Gypsum Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Fork Gypsum Creek Prospect
Secondary: Section 75
Secondary: Gypsum Creek
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Uranium
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.
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
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: R
Description: Wind River Mountains
Type: L
Description: Large Fault Partly Repeats The Section Sampled.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phosphorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: Maximum of 29.2% B.P.I.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): P205 CONTENT RANGES FROM 9.5 TO 19.7%. URANIUM FROM 0.001 TO 0.004 %
Comment (Location): SOUTH FORK OF GYPSUM CREEK; BRIDGER WILDERNESS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Deposit): BEDS STRIKE AN AVERAGE OF N10W AND DIP FROM 80W TO 45E.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT
References
Reference (Deposit): Sheldon, 1963, USGS PP 313-B, p. 55, #79, p. 225-229.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 149.
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