| Deposit ID | 10157190 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560170071 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Grass Creek Deposit, southern segment |
| Alternate or previous names | Grass Creek Deposits #2 |
| Included sites | Grass Creek Deposit, Grass Creek Deposits, Grass Creek Basin |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.60963, 43.91103 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1665 |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | Somewhere In sections 33 and 34., 1700 Meters |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hot Springs(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Thermopolis(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Hot Springs |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 046 N | 098 W | 33, 34 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium Critical | Primary |
| Thorium | Secondary |
| Zirconium Critical | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Anatase | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Rutile | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Mesaverde Formation | ||
| |||
| Ore Body (1) | -108.60963, 43.91103 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560170071 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W002541 | =newMRDS 10069125, split and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560170013 | =newMRDS 10181946, split and deleted. |
Wilson, W.H., 1966, Mineral resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, p. 194-195.
Houston, R.S., and Murphy, J.F., 1962, Titaniferous black sandstone deposits of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 49, p. 91-94.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "The southern segment is poorly exposed and broken up by {...] small normal fauts. Black sandstone crops out sporadically over a distance of more than 1,600 ft" and has a maximum exposed thikckness of 3.5 ft. near its east edge. |
| Deposit | RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE OPAQUES, ZIRCON. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-83 | South Dakota School of Mines | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Wilson | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 11-DEC-09 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 01-NOV-72 | Cooper, Margaret | U.S. Geological Survey |
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