Mine detail: Poison Spider

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Location

Lat / long:

42.86523, -106.84927

Resource(M)

Primary:	Titanium-Heavy Minerals
Tertiary:	Iron, Zirconium, Thorium
Other material:	Anatase, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Discovery year:	1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Lewis Shale
Host type:	Shale

References

MRDS	W001610
MAS	560250084
DEP	10068537
Reference	{Deposit:: HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 101-103.}{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.}{Names:: Wilson, W.H., 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 195.}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret, Wilson, Wilson, Anna B.