Fontenelle Creek Prospect

The Fontenelle Creek Prospect is a uranium and phosphorus-phosphates 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

Name: Fontenelle Creek Prospect  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Lincoln

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

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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

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Materials

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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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