The Whippet No. 8 Prospect is a beryllium and tantalum mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming.
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Whippet No. 8 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whippet No. 8 Prospect
Secondary: Marion Mine
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Tantalum
Secondary: Feldspar
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
District: Copper Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Tantalite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Trace: Petalite
Unknown: Feldspar
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Deleted MAS record suggest that Feldspar was primary importances, Beryllium, Gemstones, and Tantalum were secondary, and Niobium was tertiary. This is not supported by text in PP-227 (p. 111-112).
Comment (Location): ONE OF SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITH SAME NAME
Comment (Geology): PEGMATITES INTRUDE PRE-CAMERIAN BASIC SCHISTS,AMPHIBOLITES, AND GNEISSES.
Comment (Geology): TOURMALINE (Bull. 50, p. 197)
Comment (Production): "About 250 lbs of tantalite and some beryl have been sold in the past, and estimated reserves total about 2,250 tons of tantalite-bearing pegmatite" (p. 72, Bull. 50)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): "About 250 lbs of tantalite and some beryl have been sold in the past, and estimated reserves total about 2,250 tons of tantalite-bearing pegmatite" (p. 72, Bull. 50)
References
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942 - 44, USGS PROF. PAPER 227, p. 109-112.
Pages: p. 109-112.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 3345, 41 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3345_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3345_DMEA.pdf
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, WYO GEOL SURV BULL 50 [rev.], P. 37, 72.
Pages: p. 37, 72.
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