Mine detail: Cottonwood Creek

Previously called 'Sand Draw'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.83382, -108.45572

Resource(M)

Primary: Titanium-Heavy Minerals
Tertiary: Iron, Thorium, Zirconium
Other material: Anatase, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Discovery year: 1956

Production

Operation type: Surface
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Sandstone

References

MRDSW001606
MAS560170012
DEP10068533
Reference{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.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Wilson, Wilson, Anna B.