Mine detail: Union Pass District Magnetite Taconite

Previously called 'Clear Clear Creek Occurrence, Clear Creek Area'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.30826, -109.70493

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Magnetite
Gangue:	Garnet, Pyroxene, Quartz, Amphibole
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss,Amphibolite
Associated type:	Migmatite,Amphibolite
Tectonic:	Overthrust Belt

References

MRDS	W032215
MAS	560350014
DEP	10080837
Reference	{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 110.}{Deposit:: A TACONITE OCCURreNCE IN NORTHERN WIND RIVER RANGE, WYOMING, 1966, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, GSW FILES. [reference not verified by A.B. Wilson, 1-30-2009]}{Deposit:: Wyoming Geological Survey Preliminary Report No. 10, 1968, 15 p. [reference not verified by A.B. Wilson, 3-10-2009]}{Deposit:: Harrer, 1966, Wyoming Iron-Ore Deposits: USBM IC-8315, p. 43.}
Reporter	Wilson, Anna B., Wilson, unknown (NOT Anna B.), Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.)