The Shanton Prospect is a iron mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.
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Shanton Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shanton Prospect
Secondary: Shanton Deposit
Secondary: Shanton Mine area
Secondary: Shanton Creek
Secondary: Laramie Range
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Titanium, Metal
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Iron Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lone Star Mining Co.
Info Year: 1966
Years: 1964 - 1964
Owner Name: Anaconda Copper Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Maxwell Mining Co.
Home Office: Wyoming
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: U.S. Aggregate
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1850
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Name: largest of 5 bodies
Name: largest of 5 bodies
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Anorthosite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Anorthosite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IRON CONTENT VARIES BETWEEN 49.3% AND 53.0%. TIO2 BETWEEN 15.6% AND 22.4%. V2O5 0.66 - 0.86 %. P2O5 0.01 - 0.08%. ANOTHER ANALYSIS IS SIO2 = 0.26%, AL2O3 = 5.13%, FE2O3 = 38.34%, FEO = 32.66%, MGO = 2.93%, CAO = 0.10%, NA2O = 0.54%, K2O = 0.40%, H2O = 0.02%, H2O+ = 0.34%, TIO2 = 19.56%, MNO = 0.14%, S = 0.03%, P2O5 = 0.01%, V2O5 = 0.40%
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Ilmenite
Gangue: Olivine
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Spinel
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IRON MOUNTAIN
Comment (Deposit): FIVE BODIES OF MAGNETITE-ILMENITE. THE'ORE' IS QUITE UNIFORM.
Comment (Workings): 71 SAMPLES FROM 5 FT JACKHAMMER HOLES
Comment (Deposit): RE-REC 050-AREA MINED MAGNETITE-ILMENITE DURING 1958,63,64,6 ,68,69,70,71,72,73,74.ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION OF HE REGATE-27200 M.T. MINING FOR METALLURGICAL PURPOSESINFEASIBLE DUE TO MILLING P RESERVES BASED ON SAMPLING AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE, DIEMER [copied from deleted record 10229701=MAS 0560010038]
References
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., 1966, Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, P. 106.
Reference (Deposit): WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979
Reference (Deposit): Diemer, R.A., 1941, Titaniferous magnetite deposits of the Laramie Range, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 31, p. 11-13.
Reference (Deposit): Harrer, C.M., 1966, Wyoming iron-ore deposits: USBM IC-8315, p. 14-16.
Reference (Deposit): Dow, V.T., 1961, Magnetite and ilmenite resources, Iron Mountain area, Albany County, Wyoming: U.S. BUR. MINES IC-8037, P. 5-10, 18-21, 24, 25, 36-39
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