The Union Pacific No. 2 is a mine located in Sweetwater county, Wyoming.
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Union Pacific No. 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Union Pacific No. 2
Secondary: Nonnes Ranch Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Sweetwater
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Anatase
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ASSAYS OF 3 SAMPLES AVERAGED 22.2% TIO2, 1.4% ZRO2, 18.4% FE, AND 0.06% EQUIVALENT THO2. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE UNION PACIFIC NO. 2, ARE 21,873,000 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 5.22 TIO2, 0.55 ZRO2, 24.75 FE, AND 0.05 EQUIVALENT THO2.
Comment (Deposit): THICKNESS IS AN AVERAGE. WIDTH VARIES FROM 50 TO 100 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE
References
Reference (Deposit): DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, J. V., 1961, RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5860, 52 P
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