Cliff Creek Deposit

Occurrence in Sublette county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069136
MRDS ID W002554
MAS/MILS ID 560350012
Record type Site
Current site name Cliff Creek Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.51944, 43.20833 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Est to be within 100 m.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clause Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Greys-Hoback(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sublette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 038N 114W 33 Center of south line of Sec. 33. Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SOUTH SECTION LINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Secondary
Zirconium Critical Secondary
Thorium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anatase Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE OF DARK RED SANDSTONE CONTAINED 20.15% TIO2 AND 54.93% FE AS FE2O3. A SAMPLE OF FERRUGINOUS OOLITIC SANDSTONE CONTAINED 7.66% TIO2 AND 13.40% FE AS FE2O3. SAMPLES OF FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE AND GREENISH-BROWN OOLITIC SANDSTONE CONTAINED RESPECTIVLY 0.70 AND 0.74% TIO2 AND 5.70 AND 7.06% FE AS FE2O3.
Result Four samples varied from 0.70% to 20.15% TiO2 and 5.7% to 54.935 total Fe2O3. (Bull. 50, p. 196)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Stump Sandstone
    Rock description Stump Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.13M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Information copied from deleted record 10281477 (MAS 0560350012): depth to top 0 m thickness 1 m type of orebody #1 placer [probably means paleoplacer] shape of orebody #1 tabular type of orebody #2 sedimentary shape of orebody #2 lenticular primary mode of origin sedimentation primary ore control lithology secondary ore control bedding degree of wallrock alteration moderate type of wallrock alterat. #1 other minimum depth to top 0 m Ave. and min thick. unconsol. mat. 0 Date of last modificaton 780213

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cliff Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • Deposit has never produced.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOSSIL PLACER - BEACH AND MARINE; LIES 19.8 FT BELOW THE TOP OF THE STUMP SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1972-11-01 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1982-07-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1984-02-27 Wilson U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-12-12 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Do not confuse reporter Wilson of the USBM with Editior Wilson of the USGS. They are not the same person. Revised 8-jul-10

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references