| 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: | -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. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Fremont |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 040N | 093W | 28 | SW of NE | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Primary |
| Tantalum Critical | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Columbite | Ore |
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Albite | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Lepidolite | Ore |
| Tantalite | Ore |
| (1) | -108.002, 43.409 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Copper Mountain District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001899 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560131145 | = 10279024, merged and deleted. |
DMEA Docket No. 3345, 41 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3345_DMEA.pdf
Osterwald and others, 1966, WYO GEOL SURV BULL 50 [rev.], p. 37, 72.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COLUMBITE APPROX. 48 PER CENT TA2O5, 34 PER CENT NB2O5 |
| 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 |
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