Wyoming · Sublette County
Occurrence

Sheep Mountain and Gypsum Creek Prospects

Sublette County, Wyoming, United States
Phosphorus-Phosphates
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBLANKET
Geology
StructureNumerous Localized Faults, Wind River Mountains
Tectonic settingOverthrust Belt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10080830
MRDS IDW032206
Alternate namesSections 76 and 77 Respectively, Sheep Mountain and Gypsum Creek Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.28972, -109.9125
References
Sheldon, 1963, USGS PP 313-B, p. 55, # 76 and 77, p. 224-225.Blackwelder, 1911, USGS Bull. 470, p. 452-481.Baker, C.L., 1946, Geology of the northwestern Wind River Mountains, Wyoming: Geological Society of America Bull., v. 57, p. 565-596.Richmond, G.M., 1945, Geology of the northwest end of the Wind River Mountains, Sublette County, Wyoming: USGS Oil and Gas Investigations Map 31.