Cliff Creek Deposit

The Cliff Creek Deposit is a titanium, metal mine located in Sublette county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cliff Creek Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Titanium, Metal
Secondary: Zirconium
Secondary: Thorium
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Sublette
District: Cliff Creek

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Titaniferous Black Sandstone Paleoplacer Deposit
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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 Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A SAMPLE OF DARK RED SANDSTONE CONTAINED 20.15% TIO2 AND 54.93% FE AS FE2O3. A SAMPLE OF FERRUGINOUS OOLITIC SANDSTONE CONTAINED 7.66% TIO2 AND 13.40% FE AS FE2O3. SAMPLES OF FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE AND GREENISH-BROWN OOLITIC SANDSTONE CONTAINED RESPECTIVLY 0.70 AND 0.74% TIO2 AND 5.70 AND 7.06% FE AS FE2O3.
Analytical Data: Four samples varied from 0.70% to 20.15% TiO2 and 5.7% to 54.935 total Fe2O3. (Bull. 50, p. 196)

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Rutile
Ore: Anatase
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Zircon

Comments

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

Comment (Location): CENTER OF SOUTH SECTION LINE

Comment (Deposit): FOSSIL PLACER - BEACH AND MARINE; LIES 19.8 FT BELOW THE TOP OF THE STUMP SANDSTONE.

Comment (Production): Deposit has never produced.

Comment (Orebody): Information copied from deleted record 10281477 (MAS 0560350012): depth to top 0 m thickness 1 m type of orebody #1 placer [probably means paleoplacer] shape of orebody #1 tabular type of orebody #2 sedimentary shape of orebody #2 lenticular primary mode of origin sedimentation primary ore control lithology secondary ore control bedding degree of wallrock alteration moderate type of wallrock alterat. #1 other minimum depth to top 0 m Ave. and min thick. unconsol. mat. 0 Date of last modificaton 780213

References

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 196.

Reference (Deposit): HOUSTON, R.S., AND LOVE, J.D., 1956, TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN MARINE ROCKS OF LATE JURASSIC AGE, NORTHWESTERN WYOMING: WYOMING GEOL. ASSOC. ANN. FIELD CONF., 11TH, GUIDEBOOK, JACKSON HOLE, P. 72-74

Reference (Location): Harris and others, 1985, Metals and Industrial minerals map of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Map Series 14, scale 1:500,000.

Reference (Deposit): HOUSTON, R.S., AND MURPHY, J.F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, P. 120

Reference (Deposit): Houston and Murphy, 1962, Titaniferous black sandstone deposits of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 49, p. 114-115.

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