| Deposit ID | 10090629 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001897 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560110273 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Mineralized Area | Bear Lodge Mountains area |
| Current site name | Bear Lodge Mountains area |
| Alternate or previous names | Bear Lodge, Bear Lodge Property |
| Point of reference | Approximate |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.44278, 44.49139 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | Location given is for top of Bull Hill in the vicinity of the most intense exploration activity. 90 unpatentented mining claims plus a 640-acre lease covers 2,100 acres. Most of the claims are in Secs. 17, 18, 21, and 33. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Crook(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sundance West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sundance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)
Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)
Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Black Hills National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Crook |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 52N | 063W | mostly in 17, 18, 21, 33 (and others) | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Primary |
| Thorium | Secondary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Model code | 27 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 11 |
| Deposit model name | Alkaline complexes |
| Approximate (1) | -104.44278, 44.49139 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Mining method | Open Pit |
| District name | Bear Lodge Mountains |
|---|---|
| District name | Sundance |
| Type of mineral rights | State Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Black Hills National Forest |
| Ownership category | State |
| Area name | State of Wyoming |
| Type | Lessee |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rare Earth Element Resources |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | 325 Howe St, Suite. 410 Vancouver, BC V6C 1Z7 Canada |
| Year | 2009 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001897 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560110273 | =newMRDS 10303568, merged and deleted |
PARKER, R. L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE US, USGS MAP MR-36, scale 1:3,168,000, 8 p. pamphlet.
Nobel, A.C., 2009, Technical report on the mineral resources of the Bear Lodge Rare-Earths Project: Prepared for Rare Element Resources Ltd., by Alan C. Nobel, Ore Reserves Engineering, in association with James G. Clark and Donald E. Ranta, Rare Element Resources Ltd., April 10, 2009, 171 p. [43-101 compliant technical report filed with Sedar.com, April 14, 2009]
Staatz, M.H., 1983, Geology and description of thorium and rare-earth deposits in the southern Bear Lodge Mountains, northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 10-49-D, 52 p, 1 plate, scale 1:24,000.
Wilburn, D.R., and Stanley, K.A., 2013, Exploration Review: Mining Engineering, v. 65, no. 5, p. 39.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Deleted 2 newly entered records for this same deposit after determining they were duplicates. 10400348 and 10400349. |
| Deposit | "Niobioum and rare-earth minerals in iron-manganese-rich veins in Tertiary igneous rocks." (MR-36, p. 7) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1975-04-01 | Parker, Raymond L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 1995-03-02 | Unknown | U.S. Bureau of Mines | Very poor record had no reference or any other way to verify the information. |
| Editor | 2010-01-07 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | revised 01-jun-2010, 03-aug-2011 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.