Mud Creek

Occurrence in Washakie county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068532
MRDS ID W001605
MAS/MILS ID 560430024
Record type Site
Current site name Mud Creek
Alternate or previous names St. Martin de Caralp-Foix, Cole Group

Comments on the site identification

  • MESA ID-50-00957 [copied from deleted record 10157836]

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.82639, 43.77083 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position center of section 19.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washakie(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henry Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nowater Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Arminto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bighorn(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 Washakie

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 44N 91W 19 C Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anatase Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.82639, 43.77083

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 10 NE
    Length 457.2M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1920

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lazaro Cardenas
    Home office Las Truchas [sic]
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS NEVER PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 88-91.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Wilson, W.H., 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 197.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Dates of production and discovery are problematic. Last production supposedly in 1920 but not discovered until 1955?
Deposit TWO HIGH GRADE ZONES MAKE UP THE DEPOSIT. COMPOSITE OF 3 SAMPLES CONTAINED 8.0% TIO2, 0.5% ZRO2, 30.0% FE, AND 0.02% EQUIVALENT THO2. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 92.2 OPAQUES, 5.0 ZIRCON, 1.1 GARNET, AND 1.0 EACH RUTILE, TOURMALINE, AMPHIBOLE, SPHENE, AND APATITE FOR AN UPPER ZONE SAMPLE, AND 97.4 OPAQUES, 1.7 ZIRCON, AND LESS THAN 1.0 GARNET FOR A LOWER ZONE SAMPLE. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE MUD 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).

Reporter information

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
Editor 2009-12-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references