The Tosi Creek Basin is a mine located in Sublette county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,843 feet.
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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: 9,843 Feet (3,000 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.3083, -110.21440
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Tosi Creek Basin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tosi Creek Basin
Secondary: Gros Ventre Range
Secondary: Bridger National Forest
Secondary: Unidentified Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
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: Bridger National Forest
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1966
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
Type: R
Structure: Overthrust belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Age Old: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Geology): OCCURS JUST ABOVE THE DARWIN SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE AMSDEN FORMATION
Comment (Location): ON EAST SIDE OF TOSI CREEK BASIN AND WEST SIDE AT BASE OF HODGES PEAK; ALSO SECS. 24 & 25
References
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING, 1966, BULLETIN NO. 50, P. 117.
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