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Salt Wells Creek

Occurrence in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068535
MRDS ID W001608
MAS/MILS ID 560370040
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Wells Creek
Alternate or previous names Salt Wells Creek Basin, Titsworth Gap, Laney Rim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.04778, 41.20417 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position SE4 of sec. 7.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Titsworth Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Firehole Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitter(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 14N 103W 7 SE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium-Heavy Minerals Primary
Iron Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anatase Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.04778, 41.20417
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 82 E
    Dip 5 SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 76.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS NEVER PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 108-109.

  • Deposit

    Wilson, W.H., 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 196.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 85.0 OPAQUES, 12.4 ZIRCON, 1.1 GARNET, AND 1.0 EACH RUTILE AND MONAZITE.

Reporter information

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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