The Fontenelle Creek Prospect is a uranium and phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Lincoln county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 42.28389, -110.57000
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Fontenelle Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fontenelle Creek Prospect
Secondary: Section 108 In Sheldon
Secondary: 1963
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
District: Hams Fork Coal Region
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: Bridger National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
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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: R
Description: Northerly Trending Absaroka Fault And 1 Mile West Of Lazeart Syncli Ne
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): 1952 DIREXPL SHELDON, 15.3 FT OF 20.2% P20
Comment (Deposit): SECTION MEASURED AS FOLLOWS: DINWOODY FORMATION, 33.2 FT.; RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, 28.3 FT.; FRANSON TONGUE OF THE PARK CITY FORMATION, 110.2; REX MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, 27.7 FT.; MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, 73.9 FT.; GRANDEUR TONGUE OF THE PARK CITY FORMATION, 51.7 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT, SAMPLES FROM TWO BULLDOZER TRENCHES, A HAND TRENCH, AND A NATURAL OUTCROP.
Comment (Commodity): P205 CONTENT RANGES FROM .2 TO 34.3%. EU CONTENT FROM 0.001 TO 0.0 14%
Comment (Location): SOUTH SIDE OF FONTENELLE CREEK, LOT 1379; 3 MILES E-NE OF INDIAN MOUNTAIN
References
Reference (Deposit): Sheldon, 1963, USGS PP 313-B, pl. 6; table 1, #108, p. 55; p. 245-250.
Reference (Deposit): KIVI, W. J., 1940, THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION OF WESTERN WYOMING WITH NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PHOSPHATE. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING UNPUBLISHED M.A. THESIS
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