The Black Butte Creek is a titanium-heavy minerals mine located in Sweetwater county, Wyoming.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Titanium-Heavy Minerals
Lat, Long: 41.50611, -108.83333
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Black Butte Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Butte Creek
Secondary: Black Butte Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Titanium-Heavy Minerals
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Iron
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: Surface
Discovery Year: 1954
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
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Anatase
Unknown: Monazite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THICKNESS VARIES FROM 3 TO 4 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE
Comment (Deposit): RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 84.0 OPAQUES, 11.1 ZIRCON, 2.3 GARNET, 1.0 EACH TOURMALINE AND RUTILE, AND A TRACE EACH OF MONAZITE, AMPHIBOLE, STAUROLITE, AND CHLORITE.
Comment (Orebody): DEPOSIT HAS NEVER PRODUCED.
References
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 196.
Reference (Deposit): HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 110-111.
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