Mine detail: Bald Mountain Thorium-Rare Earth Deposit

Location:	Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long:	44.81163, -107.79851
dep_id:	10230147
mas_id:	560330016
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	REE, Thorium, Titanium
Minor mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Iron, Zirconium
Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Monazite
other_matl:	Garnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Limonite, Magnetite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Quartz, Zircon
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Dolzani, Roger L., South Dakota School of Mines, Wilson, Anna B.
References:	Deposit:: Wilson, W.H., 1966, Mineral Resource of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, p. 220. Geology:: MCKINNEY, A.A. H.W. HORST. DEADWOOD CONGLOMERATE MONAZITE DEPOSIT BALD MOUNTAIN AREA, SHERIDAN AND BIG HORN COUNTIES, WYOMING, RME-3128, USAEC, USBM, MARCH 1953. Geology:: WILSON, W.H. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WYOMING, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING, USBM RI-NO. 7, P. 7. Ownership:: COSGROVE, D. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JAN. 1983 WITH MAS EVALUATOR. Ownership:: NICKERSON, S. DR. CLAIMS HOLDER, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JAN. 1983. Production:: KELLY, F.J. TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF RARE-EARTH METAL AND THORIUM RESOURCES IN COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, AND WYOMING, USBM IC-8124, 1962, PP. 5-10, 25-31. Production:: SHANNON S.S. MONAZITE AND RELATED MINERALS, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, 4TH EDITION, AIME, 1975, PP. 851-859. Reserve-Resource:: BORROWMAN, S.R. J.B. ROSENBAUM, RECOVERY OF THORIUM FROM A WYOMING ORE, USBM RI-5917 PP. 1-8.