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Laramie Range Kyn Occurrence

Occurrence in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Kyanite
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069813
MRDS ID W007518
Record type Site
Current site name Laramie Range Kyn Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.51728, 41.99997 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dodge Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024N 071W 35 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • NO PUBLISHED TOPO MAP, AND NONE PLANNED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Sillimanite Ore
Cordierite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Cordierite Mica Schist
    Rock description Cordierite Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.51728, 41.99997
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • S-Shaped Drag Folds And Shear Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • KYANITE AND SILLIMANITE ARE DISSEMINATED IN MICA SCHIST AND ALSO REPLACE SHEAR PLANES IN HORNBLENDE - PLAGIOCLASE ROCKS; CORDIERITE ALSO PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Laramie Range

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OR MORE OF KYANITE

Comments on development

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAGNER, A. F., 1953, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LARAMIE RANGE, WYO., IN GUIDEBOOK, EIGHTH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE: WYOMING GEOL. ASSOC. AND UNIV. WYOMING, P. 116

  • Reserve-Resource

    HAGNER, A.F., 1953, GUIDEBOOK, EIGHTH ANN. FIELD CONF., WYOMING GEOL. ASSOC., P. 116.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STUDIED BY HAGNER?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

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