Deposit

Raymond Canyon

Raymond Canyon is a rare earth occurrence in Wyoming, recorded in the USGS USMIN rare earth element occurrence database (ver. 4.0, June 2019).

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 12, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Wyoming, United States (42.273, -111.022 approx.)

Commodities: phosphate; rare earth elements

Deposit model: unclassified · upwelling type phosphate deposits

Geology

Thirty-one samples of phosphorite and phosphate-rich rock were taken across 106 stratigraphic feet in the Meade Peak Member here. The section contained 0.002 to 0.30 eU, 10.73 to 36.32 percent P2O5, 50 to 700 ppm La, 50 to 1,000 ppm Y, and up to 700 ppm Nd. (Sutherland and Cola (2016))

Record imported from USGS USMIN ver. 4.0 (June 2019). Developments after that date appear on facility records, not here; see the methodology.

Sources

U.S. Geological Survey · published Jun 1, 2019 · retrieved Aug 12, 2026 · archive unavailable: Wayback snapshot 20260427015518 of the ScienceBase item exists but the archive service returned 503 on verification 2026-08-12; recheck on a weekly pass