| Deposit ID | 10132357 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560070305 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Carlton, Big Chief, Pinyon and Pardelco Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Big Chief # 1&2, Carlton Group, Big Chief Nos. 1 and 2, Pinyon Claims, Pardelco Claim |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.75342, 41.16886 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2469 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | Near the head of cottonwood Creek, about 5 mi. east of the Union Pacific Railroad at Encampment., Shaft at junction of road s in NW4 of Sec. 20. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Encampment(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Federal(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 14N | 83W | 20 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Kyanite | Primary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Vermiculite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Kyanite | Ore |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Main Entrance (1) | -106.75342, 41.16886 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560070305 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560070311 | =10230029, merged and deleted. |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 123 & 133
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 110-111, 119.
Hauff, Jeffrey L., and others, 1986, Final report of cultural resource investigations, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Abandoned Mine Lands Project #4, Albany and Carbon Counties, Wyoming: Wyoming State Archeologist, Wyoming Recreation Commission, P.O. Box 3431, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, Project No.Wy-59-83 (draft), 229 p. 131-136.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Four claims include Carlton, Big Chief, Pinyon, and Pardelco. Also stated as Carlton Group, Big Chief Nos. 1 and 2, Pinyon Claims. |
| Deposit | Only the Big Chief Nos. 1 and 2 are listed on p. 133 (Bull 50) as having micas but the general description of all 4 claims describes mica. |
| Deposit | Carlton Group: Kyanite rock contains from 13% to 68% kyanite by volume as white to very pale-blue coarse-textured flat-bladed crystals. The kyanite is associated with a brown mica and vermiculite. A high rate of recovery may be possible by screening, crushing and tubing. |
| Deposit | Big Chief Nos. 1 and 2: Cornflower-blue kyanite crystals up to 6 in long (avg. 1 in) are abundant in muscovite-kyanite schist. The muscovite is of roofing grade, and the rock contains from 40% to 50% kyanite. Associated with the muscovite-kyanite schist is a light blue kyanite in a pegmatitic matrix with some light green tourmaline (?). |
| Deposit | Pinyon Claims: Disseminated emerald-green kyanite within an acidic rock matrix is present in prospect holes. High grade sericite is also present. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 21-OCT-08 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted 10230029 (0560070311) on 6/14/2010. |
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