Mine detail: Grass Creek Deposits, northern segment

Previously called 'Grass Creek Deposits #1Grass Creek Basin'

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Location: Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.96553, -108.62823
dep_id: 10279068
mas_id: 560170070
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Titanium
Minor mineral: Thorium, Zirconium
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Unknown
ore: Magnetite, Ilmenite, Anatase, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Reporter: South Dakota School of Mines, Wilson, Wilson, Anna B., Cooper, Margaret
hrock_unit: Mesaverde Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
References:
  • Deposit:: Houston, R.S., and Murphy, J.F., 1962, Titaniferous black sandstone deposits of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 49, p. 91-94.
  • Deposit:: Wilson, W.H., 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, p. 194-195.
  • Deposit:: HOUSTON, R.S., AND LOVE, J.D., 1956, TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN MARINE ROCKS OF LATE JURASSIC AGE, NORTHWESTERN WYOMING: WYOMING GEOL. ASSOC. ANN. FIELD CONF., 11TH, GUIDEBOOK, JACKSON HOLE, P. 72-74.
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