Snow King Mountain Trench

The Snow King Mountain Trench is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Teton 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

Name: Snow King Mountain Trench  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Teton

Elevation:

Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates

Lat, Long: 43.45, -110.75361

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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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