Tosi Creek/Bartlett Creek area

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

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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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