| Deposit ID | 10068538 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001611 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560010209 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sheep Mountain |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.01917, 41.27889 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | SE4 of sec.tion 10. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Albany(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rex Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Laramie(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Albany |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 15N | 77W | 10 | SE4 | 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 |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Sphene | Unknown |
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Spinel | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| |||
| Ore Body (1) | -106.01917, 41.27889 |
|---|
| Strike | N 30-45 DEG. W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 25-35 DEG. NE |
| Length | 579.12M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Medicine Bow National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001611 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560010209 | =newMRDS 10278692, merged and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560010033 | =newMRDS 10182011, merged and deleted. |
HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 103-106.
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, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: WGS Bull. 50, p. 194.
Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to eht geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COMPOSITE OF 5 SAMPLES FROM OPEN CUTS CONTAINED PERCENTAGES OF 21.0 TIO2, 2.3 ZRO2, 34.0 FE, AND 0.04 EQUIVALENT THO2. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 84.2 OPAQUES, 10.3 ZIRCON, 3.0 GARNET, AND 1.0 EACH EPIDOTE, TOURMALINE, MONAZITE, STAUROLITE, AMPHIBOLE, SPHENE, BIOTITE, AND SPINEL. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING SHEEP MOUNTAIN, 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 | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Reporter | 1984-02-17 | Wilson, | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-12-07 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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