Shanton Prospect

The Shanton Prospect is a iron mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Shanton Prospect
Secondary: Shanton Deposit
Secondary: Shanton Mine area
Secondary: Shanton Creek
Secondary: Laramie Range

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Titanium, Metal

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Iron Mountain District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Lone Star Mining Co.
Info Year: 1966
Years: 1964 - 1964

Owner Name: Anaconda Copper Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Maxwell Mining Co.
Home Office: Wyoming
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: U.S. Aggregate

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1850
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Name: largest of 5 bodies

Name: largest of 5 bodies

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Anorthosite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Anorthosite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: IRON CONTENT VARIES BETWEEN 49.3% AND 53.0%. TIO2 BETWEEN 15.6% AND 22.4%. V2O5 0.66 - 0.86 %. P2O5 0.01 - 0.08%. ANOTHER ANALYSIS IS SIO2 = 0.26%, AL2O3 = 5.13%, FE2O3 = 38.34%, FEO = 32.66%, MGO = 2.93%, CAO = 0.10%, NA2O = 0.54%, K2O = 0.40%, H2O = 0.02%, H2O+ = 0.34%, TIO2 = 19.56%, MNO = 0.14%, S = 0.03%, P2O5 = 0.01%, V2O5 = 0.40%

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Ilmenite
Gangue: Olivine
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Spinel
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IRON MOUNTAIN

Comment (Deposit): FIVE BODIES OF MAGNETITE-ILMENITE. THE'ORE' IS QUITE UNIFORM.

Comment (Workings): 71 SAMPLES FROM 5 FT JACKHAMMER HOLES

Comment (Deposit): RE-REC 050-AREA MINED MAGNETITE-ILMENITE DURING 1958,63,64,6 ,68,69,70,71,72,73,74.ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION OF HE REGATE-27200 M.T. MINING FOR METALLURGICAL PURPOSESINFEASIBLE DUE TO MILLING P RESERVES BASED ON SAMPLING AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE, DIEMER [copied from deleted record 10229701=MAS 0560010038]

References

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., 1966, Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, P. 106.

Reference (Deposit): WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979

Reference (Deposit): Diemer, R.A., 1941, Titaniferous magnetite deposits of the Laramie Range, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 31, p. 11-13.

Reference (Deposit): Harrer, C.M., 1966, Wyoming iron-ore deposits: USBM IC-8315, p. 14-16.

Reference (Deposit): Dow, V.T., 1961, Magnetite and ilmenite resources, Iron Mountain area, Albany County, Wyoming: U.S. BUR. MINES IC-8037, P. 5-10, 18-21, 24, 25, 36-39

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