Mud Creek

The Mud Creek is a mine located in Washakie 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

Name: Mud Creek  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Washakie

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 43.77083, -107.82639

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Mud Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mud Creek
Secondary: St. Martin de Caralp-Foix
Secondary: Cole Group


Commodity

Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Washakie


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Lazaro Cardenas
Home Office: Las Truchas [sic]
Info Year: 1974


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1955
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

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Anatase
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWO HIGH GRADE ZONES MAKE UP THE DEPOSIT. COMPOSITE OF 3 SAMPLES CONTAINED 8.0% TIO2, 0.5% ZRO2, 30.0% FE, AND 0.02% EQUIVALENT THO2. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 92.2 OPAQUES, 5.0 ZIRCON, 1.1 GARNET, AND 1.0 EACH RUTILE, TOURMALINE, AMPHIBOLE, SPHENE, AND APATITE FOR AN UPPER ZONE SAMPLE, AND 97.4 OPAQUES, 1.7 ZIRCON, AND LESS THAN 1.0 GARNET FOR A LOWER ZONE SAMPLE. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE MUD CREEK, 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 (Identification): MESA ID-50-00957 [copied from deleted record 10157836]

Comment (Production): DEPOSIT HAS NEVER PRODUCED.

Comment (General): Dates of production and discovery are problematic. Last production supposedly in 1920 but not discovered until 1955?


References

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 197.

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. 88-91.


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