The Afton area (vanadiferous zone) is a phosphorus-phosphates and vanadium mine located in Lincoln 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, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 42.71667, -110.78333
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Afton area (vanadiferous zone) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Afton area (vanadiferous zone)
Secondary: Phosphoria
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Selenium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Permian
Age Old: Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: V205 = 0.86%
Analytical Data: MO (WITH SE AND V) = 0.05 TO 0.1% MOO3
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Corrected name, commodity, and reference information. Northern extent begins 2 mi. east of Afton at Swift Creek Road. Continues SSE about 8 mi to Cottonwood Creek Road. Because this is a Vanadium "prospect" found in a phosphate-rich zone, the phosphate is also listed as a commodity, however there are many more specific records for phosphate in this area. Other metals are found in this zone, but in trace quantities.
Comment (General): This "deposit" covers a fairly large area. It is not a single mine site. It is really just a geochemical anomaly. There is a vanadiferous zone in the Phosphoria Fm. extending about 8 miles from Swift Creek Road (going east out of Afton) south to the Cottonwood Creek Road.
Comment (Location): Anomalous area covers a zone about 8 mi. N-S, by about 2 1/2 mi. at the widest point E-W. Most of the sections at least partially covered are listed in the PLSS based on visual comparison with rock outcrops on the State Geologic map versus Love's sketch map in PP-424-C.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOVE, J., 1961, VANADIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN THE AFTON AREA, WESTERN WYOMING: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-C, p. 279-282.
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