The Snow King Mountain Trench is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Teton county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Snow King Mountain Trench MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snow King Mountain Trench
Secondary: USGS Lot No. Cp-14
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Chromium
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1966
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: Game Creek Thrust Fault 1 Mile South; Jackson Fault, 1.5 Miles North; Both Trend E-W.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Mercury
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCALLY THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION CONSISTS OF 20, FT. PHOSPHATIC GRAY SS (SHEDHORN SANDSTONE), 30 FT. BLACK PHOSPHATIC SHALE, MUDSTONE, AND CARBONATE ROCK (RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER), 9 FT. PHOSPHATIC CHERTY SS, (SHEDHORN SANDSTONE), 100 FT. GRAY CHERTY DOLOMITE (FRANSON MEMBER OF PARK CITY FORMATION), 20 FT. OF GRAY DOLOMITIC CHERT (REX CHERT MEMBER) AND 45-50 FT. OF BLACK PHOSPHORITE, MUDSTONE, AND SHALE (MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER), WHICH IS THE BASE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED, TRENCH IS LOCATED ON SOUTH FACING SLOPE NORTH OF THE DIVIDE BETWEEN LEEKS CANYON AND WILSON CANYON
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ I-769-A
Reference (Deposit): GERE, W.C., SCHELL E.M., AND MOORE, K.P., 1966, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS AND PHOSPHATE ANALYSES OF PERMIAN ROCKS IN THE TETON RANGE AND PARTS OF THE SNAKE RIVER AND GROS VENTRE RANGES, IDAHO AND WYOMING: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT
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