Wyoming · Sweetwater County
Occurrence

Black Butte Creek

Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States
Titanium-Heavy MineralsThoriumZirconiumIron
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Commodities
PrimaryTitanium-Heavy Minerals
TertiaryThorium, Zirconium, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Other materialsAnatase, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10068540
MRDS IDW001613
Alternate namesBlack Butte Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates41.48306, -108.85361
References
{Deposit:: HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 110-111.}{Deposit:: Wilson, W.H., 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 196.}