Casper Mountain Chromite

The Casper Mountain Chromite is a chromium mine located in Natrona county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,959 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Casper Mountain Chromite
Secondary: Casper Mountain Mine

Commodity

Primary: Chromium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Natrona
District: Casper Mountain Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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: Fee Ownership
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: City Of Casper
Home Office: Wyoming
Info Year: 1975
Years: 1975 -

Owner Name: Wyoming Baptist Convention
Home Office: Wyoming
Info Year: 1975
Years: 1975 -

Owner Name: Consolidated Mining Co.
Home Office: Wyoming
Info Year: 1975
Years: 1975 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Gravity
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern 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: Talc
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Actinolite

Comments

Comment (Ownership): OWNERS: CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., WYOMING BAPTIST CONVENTION. AND CITY OF CASPER.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE RESOURCE IN MATRIX 1 COULD BE ESTABLISHED WITH A 75% PROBABILITY DOWN TO 100 FEET OF MINERALIZATION AND WITH AT LEAST 10% PROBABILITY DOWN TO 500 FEET.

Comment (Deposit): ANALYSIS OF CHROMITE CONCENTRATES FROM CASPER MTN. FROM R.I. CR2O3 44.74 % FE2O3 18.22 % AL2O3 12.28 % FEO 18.05 % MGO 5.24 % MNO 0.19 % CAO 0.20 % SIO2 0.64 % TIO2 0.24 % RECORD 040 - DOMAIN. THE LAND SURROUNDING THE DEPOSIT IS OWN BOTH PRIVATELY AND BY THE CITY OF CASPER.

References

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, p. 25.

Reference (Deposit): CHROMITE DEPOSITS, NATRONA COUNTY, WYO.; US BUMINES RI 451

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS,F. CHROMITE MILL. NOTES ON PROPOSED BENEFICIATION METHOD AND COSTS. (FORMER MAS EVALUATOR) WESTERN FIELD OPERATION CENTER, 1975.

Reference (Deposit): US BUMINES WAR MINERAL REPORT, CHROMITE, FEB. 1945. (ORIGI

Reference (Deposit): CASPER MOUNTAIN DEPOSITS, PROJECT 202, NATRONA COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): HORTON,F.W.,& ALLSMAN,P.T., INVESTIGATION OF CASPER MOU

Reference (Deposit): ChROMIUM MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILES, MCP-1 BUREAU OF MINES. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, MAY 1977.

Reference (Deposit): MATERIALS SURVEY CHROMIUM; US DEPT. OF COMMERCE, 1962.

Reference (Deposit): US BU MINES IC 8465, 1970.

Reference (Deposit): WITH APPENDIX)

Reference (Deposit): KINGSTON,G.A.,ET AL., AVAILABILITY OF US CHROMIUM RESOU

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