Clarkson Hill

The Clarkson Hill is a titanium-heavy minerals mine located in Natrona county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Clarkson Hill

Commodity

Primary: Titanium-Heavy Minerals
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Thorium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Natrona

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: Wyoming Basin

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

Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE

Comment (Deposit): ASSAYS OF TWO SAMPLES AVERAGED 9.7% TIO2, 1.3% ZRO2, 29.6% FE, AND 0.04% EQUIVALENT THO2. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 65.0 OPAQUES, 3.0 ZRO2, AND 32.0 LIGHTER HEAVY MINERALS INCLUDING AMPHIBOLE, BIOTITE, CHLORITE, SPHENE, GARNET, AUGITE, AND TOURMALINE. THIS IS THE ONLY WYOMING DEPOSIT WITH SUCH A HIGH PERCENT OF LIGHTER HEAVY MINERALS. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE CLARKSON HILL, 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 (Deposit): MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM EXPOSURE.

Comment (Production): DEPOSIT HAS NEVER PRODUCED.

References

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., 1966, Bull. 50, p. 195.

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. 98-101.

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