Mine detail: Bald Mountain Thorium-Rare Earth Deposit

Previously called 'Bald Mtn Thorium-Rare Earth DepositBald Mtn Monazite Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.81163, -107.79851

Resource(M)

Primary: REE, Thorium, Titanium
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron, Zirconium
Ore: Monazite
Other material: Garnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Limonite, Magnetite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Quartz, Zircon

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MAS560330016
DEP10230147
Reference{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.}
ReporterDolzani, Roger L., South Dakota School of Mines, Wilson, Anna B.