| Deposit ID | 10068540 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001613 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560370038 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Butte Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Black Butte Deposit |
| Point of reference | Geographic coordinates: | Elevation | UTM | Precision | Relative position | Point location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Body | -108.83333, 41.50611 (WGS84) | 1000 | Larger deposit is in SE4 of Sec. 30. | |||
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| Ore Body | -108.85361, 41.48306 (WGS84) | 1000 | Smaller of the two deposits is somewhere in sec. 1, east of ungraded road. | |||
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sweetwater(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Point of Rocks SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Red Desert Basin(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Sweetwater |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18N | 101W | 30 | SE4 | Wyoming | |
| 6th Principal | 017N | 102W | 1 | 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) | -108.83333, 41.50611 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ore Body (2) | -108.85361, 41.48306 |
| Strike | N 40 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 7 SE |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Length | 457.2M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1954 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001613 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560370144 | =newMRDs 10135651, merged and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560370038 | =newMRDS 10303231, merged and deleted. |
HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 110-111.
Wilson, W.H., 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 196.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THICKNESS VARIES FROM 3 TO 4 FT. |
| Deposit | RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 84.0 OPAQUES, 11.1 ZIRCON, 2.3 GARNET, 1.0 EACH TOURMALINE AND RUTILE, AND A TRACE EACH OF MONAZITE, AMPHIBOLE, STAUROLITE, AND CHLORITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1972-11-01 | Cooper, Margaret | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| 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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