| Deposit ID | 10068531 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001604 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560430023 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dugout Creek |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.50556, 43.815 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | Deposit trends NE from sec. 11 to 2, to 34 to 36. Sketch map in Bull. 49, p. 83. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washakie(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Deadline Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nowater Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Arminto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nowood(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 | Washakie |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 044N | 089W | 02, 11 | Wyoming | |
| 6th Principal | 045N | 089W | 34, 35 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Zirconium Critical | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anatase | Unknown |
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Monazite | Unknown |
| Rutile | Unknown |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| |||
| Ore Body (1) | -107.50556, 43.815 |
|---|
| Strike | N 15 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 3-5 NW |
| Length | 4345.11M |
| Width | 457.2M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001604 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560430023 | =newMRDS 10157586, merged and deleted |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560430053 | =newMRDS 10132999, merged and deleted |
1. HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 82-88.
DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, J. V., 1961, RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5860, 52 P.
Wilson, W.H., 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 197.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ASSAYS OF SAMPLES TAKEN ALONG OUTCROPS AVERAGED 4.2% TIO2, 0.4% ZRO2, 26.1% FE, AND 0.01% EQUIVALENT THO2. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 91.0 OPAQUES, 5.0 ZIRCON, 3.0 GARNET, 1.0 EACH TOURMALINE, RUTILE, AMPHIBOLE, EPIDOTE, SPHENE, AND MONAZITE, AND A TRACE OF SPINEL AND BIOTITE. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE DUGOUT CREEK, ARE 21,873,000 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 5.22 TIO2, 0.55 ZRO2, 24.75 FE, AND 0.15 EQUIVALENT THO2 (2). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1972-11-01 | Cooper, Margaret | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 1984-02-27 | Wilson | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | South Dakota School of Mines | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-12-08 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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