| Deposit ID | 10068529 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001602 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560030036 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cowley |
| Alternate or previous names | Cowley Siding |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.48111, 44.85833 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | In SW4 of Sec. 1. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Big Horn(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lovell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Powell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Shoshone(hydrologic unit)
Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)
Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Big Horn |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 56N | 97W | 1 | SW | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium-Heavy Minerals | 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) | -108.48111, 44.85833 |
|---|
| Strike | N 60 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 9 SW |
| Thickness | 1.07M |
| Length | 274.32M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001602 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560030036 | =newMRDS 10157473, merged and deleted. |
HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 78-80.
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.
Wilson, W.H., 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 194.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS AN EROSIONAL REMNANT OF LARGER CONCENTRATION. ONE 50-LB SAMPLE ASSAYED PERCENTAGES OF 2.7 TIO2, 0.2 ZRO2, 18.1 FE, AND 0.01 EQUIVALENT THO2. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 89.0 OPAQUES, 4.1 ZIRCON, 5.5 GARNET, AND 1.0 EACH TOURMALINE, RUTILE, AMPHIBOLE, EPIDOTE, AND SPHENE. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE COWLEY, ARE 21,873,000 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 5.22 TIO2, 0.55 ZRO2, 24.75 FE, AND 0.015 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 | 2009-12-08 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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