Mine detail: Gros Ventre Range Combined

Previously called 'Gros Ventre Range'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.41662, -110.25078

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Uranium
Other material: Apatite, Calcite, Dolomite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Gypsum, Illite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphene, Tourmaline, Zircon

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

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Reference{Deposit:: CLABAUGH, P. S., 1946, PERMIAN PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF MONTANA, IDAHO, WYOMING, AND UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINER. INV. PRELIM. MAP 3-198, 1 SHEET.}{Deposit:: GARRAND CORPORATION, 1975 (?), PHOSPHATE RESERVES OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: U.S. DEPT. OF AGR. CONTRACT NO. 50-820, 1102 P.}{Deposit:: HALE, L. A., ED., 1967, ANATOMY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD CONF., 287 P., 3 PLATES.}{Geology:: BLACKWELDER, ELIOT, 1911, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN WYOMING, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470, P. 452-483.}{Geology:: CHENEY, T. M., SHELDON, R. P., WARING, R. G., AND WARNER, M. A., 1954, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN WYOMING, 1951: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 324, 22 P.}{Geology:: HORBERG, LELAND, NELSON, VINCENT, AND CHURCH, VICTOR, 1949, STRUCTURAL TRENDS IN CENTRAL WESTERN WYOMING: GEOL. SOC. OF AMERICA BULL., V. 60, P. 183-216.}{Geology:: LANE, D. W., 1973, THE PHOSPHORIA AND GOOSE EGG FORMATIONS IN WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYO., PRELIM. REPT. 12, 24 P.}{Geology:: LOVE, J. D., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GROS VENTRE JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TETON COUNTY, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT. 75-334, 1 SHEET.}{Geology:: LOVE, J. D., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TETON VILLAGE QUADRANGLE, TETON COUNTY, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE MAP 75-335, 1 SHEET.}{Geology:: LOVE, J. D., REED, J. C., JR., CHRISTIANSEN, R. L., AND STACEY, J. R., 1972, GEOLOGIC BLOCK DIAGRAM AND TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE TETON REGION, WYOMING - IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. INV. MAP I-730.}{Geology:: MCKELVEY, V. E., SWANSON, R. W., AND SHELDON, R. P., 1953, PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO AND WESTERN WYOMING IN INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF PETROLEUM GEOL. GUIDEBOOK, 4TH ANN. FIELD CONF., P 41-47.}{Geology:: RICHMOND, G. M., 1945, GEOLOGY OF NORTHWEST END OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS, SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY OIL AND GAS INV. MAP OM-31.}{Geology:: SHELDON, R. P., 1956, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN THE JACKSON HOLE REGION, WYOMING, IN WYOMING GE ASSOC. 11TH ANN. FIELD CONF. (JACKSON HOLE), P. 66-69.}{Geology:: SHELDON, R. P., 1957, PHYSICAL STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY BULL. 1042-E, P. 105-185, PLATES.}{Geology:: SHELDON, R. P., WARING, R. G., WARNER, M. A., SMART, R. A., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FOR MATION IN WYOMING, 1949-50: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 307, 45 P.}{Geology:: SWANSON, R. W., MCKELVEY, V. E., AND SHELDON, R. P., 1953, PROGRESS REPORT ON INVESTIGATIONS OF WESTERN PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 297, 16 P.}{Geology:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1955, DRIGGS, IDAHO; WYOMING, 1-DEGREE BY 2-DEGREE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY, 1:250,000-SCALE MAP, 1 SHEET.}{Geology:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1960, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF WYOMING: U.S. CONGRESS - SENATE, DOC. 76, P. 14-16, 145-147.}{Geology:: MCKELVEY, V. E., 1959, THE PHOSPHORIA, PARK CITY, AND SHEDHORN FORMATIONS IN THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 313-A, P. 1-47, 3 PLATES.}{Geology:: GULBRANDSEN, R. A., 1967, SOME COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF PHOSPHORITES OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, IN INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD CONF., P. 99-102.}{Ownership:: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1978, STATE OF WYOMING LAND STATUS: U.S. BUR. OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1978, STATE OF WYOMING LAND STATUS: U.s. bUR. OF LAND MANAGEMENT MAP, 1:500,000 SACLE, 1 SHEET.}{Production:: DUNCAN, W. E., AND FISK, H. G., 1957, CENTRAL WYOMING PHOSPHATE ROCK - CHARACTER, PROCESSING, AND ECONOMICS: UNIV. OF WYO. NAT. RES. RESEARCH INST. BULL. 6, 60 P.}{Production:: EBERL, E., 1970, BENEFICIATION OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE BYCALCINATION, THE MATERIAL BALANCE: RUDARSKO - METALURSKI ZBORNIK, NO. 2-3, 1970, P. 275-283.}{Production:: GOKHALE, K. V. G. K., RAO, T. C., AND BISWAS, A. K., 1975, BENEFICIATION STUDIES ON A HIMALAYAN LEAN PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT WITH CALCAREOUS GANGEU, IN SEMINAR ON BENEFICIATION OF LEAN PHOSPHATE WITH CARBONATE GANUE, 11TH INTERNAT. MINERALS PROCESSING CONGRESS, KAGLAIARI, ITALY, APRIL 23-24, 1975, P. 53-54.}{Production:: GOOD, P. C., 1976, BENEFICIATION OF UNWEATHERED INDIAN CALCAREOUS PHOSPHATE ROCK BY CALCINATION AND HYDRATION: U.s. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 8154, 17 P.}{Production:: NEUBERGER, R., 1968, PHOSPHATE ROCK CALCINATION IN ISRAEL: PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO. 35, MAY/JUNE 1968, P. 11-21.}{Production:: RULE, A. R., DAHLIN, D. C., AND FERGUS, A. J., 1978, FLOTATION OF CARBONATE AND SILICATE MINERALS FROM PARTIALLY ALTERED PHOSPHATE ROCK OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, PAPER PRESENTED AT ISMA TECHNICAL/ECON. CONF.; ORLANDO, FLA., OCT. 23-27, 1979, 11 P.}{Production:: RULE, A. R., KIRBY, D. E., AND DAHLIN, D. C., 1977, RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES, PAPER PRESENTED AT S.M.E. FALL MEETING AND EXHIBIT, ST. LOUIS MO., OCT. 19-21, 1977, 17 P.}{Production:: RULE, A. R., KIRBY, D. E., AND DAHLIN, D. C., 1978, RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES; MIN. ENG., JAN. 1978, P. 37-40.}{Reference:: HARRIS, R. A., DAVIDSON, D. F., AND ARNOLD, B. P., 1954, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1018, 89 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: COFFMAN, J. S., AND SERVICE, A. L., 1967, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES - PART 4, WYOMING AND UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MIINES REPT. INV. 6934, 158 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: DE VOTO, R. H., AND STEVENS, D. N., ED., 1979, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY FROM PHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD: SUBCONTRACT 78-177-S TO DEPT. OF ENERGY CONTRACT 50-54-5903 (BENDIX FIELD ENG. CORP.) BY EARTH SCIENCES INC., 1396 P. PLUS PLATES.}{Reserve-Resource:: SHELDON, R. P., 1963, PHYSICAL STRATIGRAPHY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PERMIAN ROCKS IN WESTERN WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 313-B, P. 49-273, PLATES.}{Reserve-Resource:: SIMONS, F. S., LOVE, J. D., KEEFER, W. R., HARWOOD, D. S., KULIK, D.S., AND BIENIEWSKI, C.L., 1988, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GROS VENTRE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, TETON AND SUBLETTE COUNTIES, WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY BULL. 1591, 65 P.}
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