The Smaller Deposit #15-Iron Mtn Area is a titanium and iron mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,700 feet.
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: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Titanium, Iron
Lat, Long: 41.48611, -105.38694
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Smaller Deposit #15-Iron Mtn Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smaller Deposit #15-Iron Mtn Area
Secondary: Unidentified Prospect
Secondary: Deposit No. 15
Commodity
Primary: Titanium
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Iron Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Anorthosite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): "A lens of magnetite-ilmenite in anorthosite resembles Iron Mountain 'ore.' The lens is 50 ft. long by 2 ft. to 3. ft. wide. Contacts between the lens and anorthosite are not visible in the field."
Comment (Deposit): A LENS OF MAGNETITE-ILMENITE IN ANORTHOSITE
References
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, p. 108.
Reference (Deposit): Diemer, R.A., 1941, Titaniferous magnetite deposits of the Laramie Range, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 31, p. 18.
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