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Cumberland Gap Area

Occurrence in Uinta county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093331
MRDS ID W001614
MAS/MILS ID 560410011
Record type Deposit
Current site name Cumberland Gap Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.57361, 41.52917 (WGS84)
Relative position Covers 31/2 sections east of The Hogback.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uinta(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kemmerer(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Uinta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 18N 117W 25 W2 Wyoming
6th Principal 18N 116W 18, 19, 30 Wyoming

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result Lower Sandstone:\n7.1% TiO2, 27% total iron expressed as Fe2O3. Average U concentration 0.014%.\nUpper Sandstone: \n9.5% TiO2, 20% total iron expressed as Fe2O3. Average U concentration 0.002%.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.57361, 41.52917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 42 DEG. E
    Dip 15 DEG. NW
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Info from merged record 10132934 (from old MAS 0560410011): 180 M length, 0 M depth to top, strike 42NE, Dip 15W Type of Orebody #1: Placer 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 Walrock Alter: Moderate Type of Wallrock Alter. #1: other Avg. Thick. Unconsol. mat.: 0 Min. Thick. Unconsol. mat.: 0 Date of Last Modification : 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
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1. HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 111-114.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 196-197.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Combined 6 separate records that cover 3 1/2 sections into one record, as described in Bull. 50, p. 196-197. Each of the sections is now separately listed in the PLSS location table. This is a mini "district" containing several small discontinuous deposits. But, coded this as a deposit, because it isn't really a district, just a report of Ti-potential.
Deposit SAMPLES ALONG OUTCROPS HAD AVERAGE PERCENTAGES OF 1.7 TIO2, 0.1 ZRO2, 10.0 FE, AND LESS THAN 0.01 EQUIVALENT THO2. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT, AS SHOWN BY 5 SAMPLES, ARE 78.4 OPAQUES, 10.6 ZIRCON, 7.2 CHLORITE (INCLUDING ALL MICACEOUS MINERALS), 1.6 ANATASE, AND 1.0 EACH GARNET, RUTILE, TOURMALINE, APATITE, MONAZITE, EPIDOTE, AND SPHENE. THESE ARE THE ONLY KNOWN DEPOSITS WHERE ANATASE OCCURS AS DISCRETE GRAINS AND IS PROBABLY AUTHIGENIC. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE CUMBERLAND GAP AREA, 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).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1972-11-01 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2008-12-19 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey revised 8-jul-10
Reporter 1983-12-01 SDSM South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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