| Deposit ID | 10068537 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001610 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560250084 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Poison Spider |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.84861, 42.86528 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | extreme NE4 of Sec. 1 and extreme SE4 of Sec. 36. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Natrona(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Poison Spider(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Casper(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle North Platte-Casper(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(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 | Natrona |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 033N | 084W | 1 | Wyoming | |
| 6th Principal | 033N | 084W | 36 | SE4 SE4 SE4 | Washington |
| 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 > Shale | ||
| Rock unit name | Lewis Shale | ||
| |||
| Ore Body (1) | -106.84861, 42.86528 |
|---|
| Strike | N 42 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70 SW |
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001610 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560250084 | =newMRDS 10230727, merged and deleted. |
HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 101-103.
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. 195.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS TYPE REPORTED IN LEWIS SHALE. THREE SAMPLES CONTAINED AVERAGE PERCENTAGES OF 7.3 TIO2, 0.7 ZRO2, 35.9 FE, AND 0.03 EQUIVALENT THO2. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 84.0 OPAQUES, 6.2 ZIRCON, 8.2 GARNET, AND 1.0 EACH TOURMALINE, EPIDOTE, SPHENE, STAUROLITE, RUTILE, AND MONAZITE. A SAMPLE FROM A 17-FT DEPTH CONTAINED 7.9% TIO2 AND 63.7% TOTAL IRON (FE2O3) WHILE AN AVERAGE OF 13 SAMPLES FROM WEATHERED ROCK HAD 5.2% TIO2 AND 21.7% FE2O3. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE POISON SPIDER, ARE 21,873,000 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 5.22 TIO2, 0.55 ZRO2, 24.75 FE, AND 0.15 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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