The Quien Sabe Mine is a niobium (columbium), feldspar, and beryllium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 43.415, -107.99400
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Quien Sabe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quien Sabe Mine
Commodity
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Tantalum
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hepburn T. Armstrong
Home Office: Santa Monica CA
Info Year: 1968
Years: 1953 - 1958
Owner Name: Peter Bruce Mining Co.
Home Office: Cheyenne, WY
Info Year: 1953
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION FOR GLASS AND CERAMICS, DEPOSIT IN PEGMATITE
Comment (Location): ALSO LOCATED IN SEC. 28, T40N, R93W
Comment (Production): "Past production for glass and ceramics, potash feldspar, tantalite, columbite, beryl in pegmatite." (MINOBRAS, 1975, p. 31)
Comment (Identification): Also see Copper Mtn., and Whippet Prospects listed in the same sections (MINOBRAS, 1975, p. 31)
References
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1975, WYOming INDUSTRIAL MINeralsS directory, 65 p.
Pages: p. 31.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 3174, 76 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3174_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3174_DMEA.pdf
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