The Tosi Creek/Bartlett Creek area is a 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: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 43.25139, -110.20528
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Tosi Creek/Bartlett Creek area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tosi Creek/Bartlett Creek area
Secondary: Bartlett Creek Prospect
Secondary: Section 66
Secondary: Lot No. 1334
Secondary: Bartlett Creek
Secondary: Tosi Creek
Secondary: Bartlett Creek/Tosi Creek area
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.
Administrative Organization: Teton
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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 Trending Nw. With Unknown Subsurface Extent
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 58 TO 62% BPL
Analytical Data: 1 ft bed 57.8% BPI. 2.3 ft bed 62.3% BPI. Not clear which bed is at Tosi and which is Bartlett.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE PLOTTED FOR SEC. 17 AND 18 TOWNSHIP 38 N RANGE 111 W; SECS. 23 AND 25 ALSO IN THE REPORT
Comment (Deposit): This record is a combination of individual ocurrences or stratigraphic sections: Bartlett Creek (MAS 0560350035= newMRDS 10206400) and Tosi Creek (?)
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 313-B, p. 55, #56 and #66, p. 200, 212-213.
Reference (Deposit): SWANSON, R.W., ET AL. 1951, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF PHOSPHORIA FORMATION MEASURED AND SAMPLED IN 1950, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, NOV. 1951
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 149
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