Mine detail: Cottonwood Creek

Previously called 'Sand Draw'

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Location: Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.83382, -108.45572
dep_id: 10068533
mrds_id: W001606
mas_id: 560170012
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Titanium-Heavy Minerals
Trace mineral: Iron, Thorium, Zirconium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
other_matl: Anatase, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Reporter: Cooper, Margaret, Wilson, Wilson, Anna B.
hrock_type: Sandstone
disc_yr: 1956
References:
  • Deposit:: HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 94-95.
  • Deposit:: Wilson, W.H., 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 195.
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