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Quien Sabe Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Beryllium, Feldspar, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181496
MAS/MILS ID 0560131099
Record type Site
Current site name Quien Sabe Mine

Comments on the site identification

  • Also see Copper Mtn., and Whippet Prospects listed in the same sections (MINOBRAS, 1975, p. 31)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -107.9947, 43.41494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Coordinates are for common section corner of 21, 22, 27, 28.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guffy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lysite(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Arminto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Badwater(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 040 N 093 W 21, 22, 27, 28 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO LOCATED IN SEC. 28, T40N, R93W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -107.9947, 43.41494
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee
    Owner Hepburn T. Armstrong
    Home office Santa Monica CA
    Year 1968
    First year 1953
    Last year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Peter Bruce Mining Co.
    Home office Cheyenne, WY
    Year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • "Past production for glass and ceramics, potash feldspar, tantalite, columbite, beryl in pegmatite." (MINOBRAS, 1975, p. 31)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION FOR GLASS AND CERAMICS, DEPOSIT IN PEGMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 12-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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