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Casper Mountain Mine

Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsActinolite, Chlorite, Chromite, Talc, Tremolite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1911
Identification
Deposit ID10254356
Alternate namesCasper Mountain Chromite
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.73605, -106.32394
References
HORTON,F.W.,& ALLSMAN,P.T., INVESTIGATION OF CASPER MOUCHROMITE DEPOSITS, NATRONA COUNTY, WYO.; US BUMINES RI 451CASPER MOUNTAIN DEPOSITS, PROJECT 202, NATRONA COUNTY,US BUMINES WAR MINERAL REPORT, CHROMITE, FEB. 1945. (ORIGIWITH APPENDIX)KINGSTON,G.A.,ET AL., AVAILABILITY OF US CHROMIUM RESOUUS BU MINES IC 8465, 1970.MATERIALS SURVEY CHROMIUM; US DEPT. OF COMMERCE, 1962.ChROMIUM MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILES, MCP-1 BUREAU OF MINES. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, MAY 1977.WILLIAMS,F. CHROMITE MILL. NOTES ON PROPOSED BENEFICIATION METHOD AND COSTS. (FORMER MAS EVALUATOR) WESTERN FIELD OPERATION CENTER, 1975.Wilson, W.H., 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, p. 25.