The East Shoal Creek and Dell Creek Prospect is a uranium and phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Sublette county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 43.335, -110.31200
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East Shoal Creek and Dell Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: East Shoal Creek and Dell Creek Prospect
Secondary: Section 54 and 55
Secondary: Reserve Block Viii
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: Teton National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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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: L
Description: Surface Fault Of Unknown Subsurface Extent. 2 Mi Ne Of A Nw Trendi Ng Thrust Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phosphorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (General): Stratigraphic sections described in PP-313B, p. 199-200. [Table 1 on p. 55 gives approx. location by section, township, and range.] 1911 RECON BLACKWELDER, ELIOT-MEASURED SECTION in 1911.
Comment (Location): ALSO SECS. 26 AND 27. Locations in 313B, Table 1 given as secs. 17 and 20. Coordinatates are for a location east of Dell Creek close to the boundary between secs. 17 and 20.
Comment (Geology): SECTION AS FOLLOWS: 123 FEET OF THE DINWOODY FORMATION; 29 FEET OF THE UPPER TONGUE OF SHEDHORN SANDSTONE; 42 FEET OF THE TOSI CHERT MEMBER AND 37.8 FEET OF THE RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION; 46.8 FEET OF THE FRANSON TONGUE OF THE PARK CITY FORMATION; 73.4 FEET OF THE REX CHERT MEMBER AND 5.6 FEET OF THE MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION; AND 110 FEET OF THE TENSLEEP SANDSTONE, UPPER BEDS ONLY
References
Reference (Deposit): Sheldon, R.P., 1963, Physical stratigraphy and mineral resources of Permain rocks in western Wyoming: USGS PP 313-B, p. 199-200.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 470 [Probably Richards, R.W., and Mansfield, G.R., 1911, Bull. 470-H, p. 371-483.]
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