The Flat Creek Occurrence No. 2 is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Teton county, Wyoming.
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Flat Creek Occurrence No. 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flat Creek Occurrence No. 2
Secondary: Stratigraphic Sections 50 A and 50 B In Sheldon
Secondary: 1963
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: Uranium
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
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
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INCLUDES RESERVES ABOVE ENTRY LEVEL. RESERVE BLOCK T-PSMR-153-169. BLOCK IX (IN SHELDON, 1963)
Comment (Deposit): NORTH PROSPECT CONTAINS 3.6 FEET OF 32.4 PERCENT P2O5. SOUTH PROSPECT CONTAINS 4.1 FEET OF 27.1 PERCENT P2O5 WITH 0.008 PERCENT URANIUM AND 2.7 FEET OF 32.4 PERCENT P2O5 WITH 0.010 PERCENT URANIUM.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 313-B
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