Whippet No. 1 Prospect

Prospect in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009181
MRDS ID D001899
MAS/MILS ID 560131145
Record type Site
Current site name Whippet No. 1 Prospect
Alternate or previous names Marion Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.002, 43.409 (WGS84)
Relative position Cluster of 3 prospects on topo in SW of NE sec. 28 fits description of location of Whippet No. 1 from PP-227.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birdseye Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Badwater(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 040N 093W 28 SW of NE Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ONE OF 3 LOCATIONS WITH SAME NAME

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Columbite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Albite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Lepidolite Ore
Tantalite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.002, 43.409

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITES INTRUDE PRE-LAMBRIAN BASIC SCHISTS, AMPHIBOLITES AND GNEISSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLUMBITE APPROX. 48 PER CENT TA2O5, 34 PER CENT NB2O5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-04-01 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-01-13 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-12-01 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560131145 = 10279024

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references