The Lovell is a zirconium, thorium, and titanium-heavy minerals mine located in Big Horn county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium-Heavy Minerals
Lat, Long: 44.75944, -108.34833
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Lovell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lovell
Secondary: Little Dry Creek
Secondary: Sand Draw
Secondary: Lovell Deposit #3
Commodity
Primary: Zirconium
Primary: Thorium
Primary: Titanium-Heavy Minerals
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Big Horn
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
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
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Anatase
Unknown: Rutile
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO EROSIONAL REMNANTS, ONE SMALL AND INCONSPICUOUS. ONE 50-LB SAMPLE ASSAYED PERCENTAGES OF 1.6 TIO2, 0.1 ZRO2, AND 17.6 FE. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 87.0 OPAQUES, 5.6 ZIRCON, 5.1 GARNET, 1.0 EACH TOURMALINE, RUTILE, AMPHIBOLE, EPIDOTE, AND SPHENE, AND TRACES OF CHLORITE, BIOTITE, AND STAUROLITE. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE LOVELL, ARE 21,873,000 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 5.22 TIO2, 0.55 ZRO2, 24.75 FE, AND 0.15 EQUIVALENT THO2. (2).
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE
Comment (Deposit): TWO EROSIONAL REMNANTS, LOCATED IN THE MESAVERDE FM OF LATE CRETACEOUS AGE IN LIGHT BUFF FINE GRAINED SANDSTONE. [FROM DELETED RECORD 10205659]
References
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: WGS Bull. 50, p. 194.
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.
Reference (Deposit): HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 79-82.
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