| Deposit ID | 10068539 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001612 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560370039 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Richards Gap |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.22083, 41.00667 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | NE4 Sec. 22, about half a mile northeast of the pint wher eRed creek crosses the WY-CO State line. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sweetwater(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Richards Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Firehole Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(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 | Sweetwater |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12N | 105W | 22 | NE4 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium Critical | 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) | -109.22083, 41.00667 |
|---|
| Strike | EAST-WEST |
|---|---|
| Dip | 20 DEG. N |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001612 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560370039 | =newMRDS 10157268, merged and deleted. |
HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 106-108.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DENSE MINEALIZATION LIMITED TO 125 FT. |
| Deposit | FIVE SAMPLES CONTAINED AN AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF 25.5 TIO2, 1.5 ZRO2, 15.4 FE, AND 0.04 EQUIVALENT THO2. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 82.8 OPAQUES, 13.7 ZIRCON, 2.4 GARNET, 1.0 EACH TOURMALINE AND RUTILE, AND TRACES OF BIOTITE, EPIDOTE, CHLORITE, STAUROLITE, AND MONAZITE. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING RED 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 | |
| Editor | 2009-12-11 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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