Mine detail: Laramie Range Anorthosite area

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Location

Lat / long: 41.57997, -105.3306

Resource(B)

Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Calcium, Iron, Silica, Sodium, Titanium, Water, Free
Other material: Hornblende, Ilmenite, Labradorite, Magnetite, Olivine, Orthoclase, Pyroxene
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MAS560010001
DEP10279152
Reference{Deposit:: HAGNER, 1951, Anorthosite of the Laramie Range, Albany County, Wyoming, as a possible source of alumina: GEOL. SURV. OF WYOMING, BULL NO. 43, 15 p.}{Deposit:: Newland, Hagner, and NEWHOUSE, 1957, Geologic map of anorthosite areas, southern part of Laramie Range, Wyoming, USGS MIN. INV. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-119.}{Deposit:: BROWN, 1947, Recovery of alumina from Wyoming anorthosite by the line-soda-sinter process: US BUR MINES REPT. OF INV. 4132, 127 p.}{Deposit:: ST. CLAIR, H.W., and 6 others, 1959, Operation of experimental plant for producing alumina from anorthosite: US BUR MINES BULL. 577, 127 p.}{Deposit:: FOWLER, 1930, The anorthosite area of the Laramie Mountains, Wyoming[parts I and II]: AM. JOUR. SCI. V. 19,P. 305-315, 373-403.}{Deposit:: KLUGMAN 1960 GUIDE TO GEOL OF COLO., GEO SOC AM ANNUAL MEET.}{Deposit:: Lundquist, 1963, Recovery of alumina from anorthosite, San Gabriel Mountains, California, using the lime soda sinter process: US BUreau of MINES REPT of INV 6288, 12 p.}{Deposit:: Lundquist and Singleton, 1962, Some characteristics of iron in the lime soda sinter process for recovering alumina from anorthosite: US BUreau of MINES REPT of INV 6090, 14 p.}{Deposit:: HODGE and others, 1973, Gravity interpretation of the Laramie anorthosite complex, Wyoming: GEOL SOC AMER BULL, V. 84, no. 4, P. 1451-1464.}{Deposit:: PAUL BIGGS-USBM ENERGY RES CENTER, LARAMIE, WYOMING.}{Deposit:: WALTER DUNCAN, NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE, UNIV WYOMING, LARAMie}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau of Mines, Potential Sources of Aluminum: USBM Information Circular 8335, p. 8, 145-146.}
ReporterSteckley, Robert C., Wilson, Anna B.