L lacustr<strong>in</strong>e 1, 39 lamproite 39 lamprophyre 16 lanthanide series 1, 3, 5 lanthanum 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 39, 46, 50, 51, 52, 55, 61 Laramie Anorthosite Complex 27 Laramie Range 21, 27, 33 laterites 11 latite 16 LCT pegmatite 21 lead 6, 7, 11, 24, 63, 65 Leucite Hills 39 leucoxene 52 light <strong>rare</strong> <strong>earth</strong> <strong>elements</strong> (LREE) 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 34, 36, 37, 39, 44, 45, 46, 51, 54, 60 Lime Buttes 16 limestone 58, 60, 61, 64 limonite 24, 25, 31, 32, 36, 42, 45, 48, 52, 54, 55, 58, 62, 63, 65 l<strong>in</strong>eament 34, 36, 37 lithium 21, 33, 58 loparite 11 Lost Muffler fault 64 Lovell 51 Lulu claims 57 lutetium 5, 7, 26, 27, 31, 38, 52 M madupite 39 mafic dike 26, 38, 41, 44, 45 magmatism 16 malachite 38, 62, 63 manganocolumbite 13 Many Values area 21, 32 marble 34 mar<strong>in</strong>e 1, 39, 41, 48, 50 mass spectrometry 3 mckelveyite 12, 57 Medic<strong>in</strong>e Bow Mounta<strong>in</strong>s 15, 21, 29, 33 Medic<strong>in</strong>e Bow National Forest 27, 32 Mesaverde Formation 15, 39, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54 metabasalt 64 metagreywacke 64 metamict 13, 14, 29 metavolcanic 62, 63, 64 microcl<strong>in</strong>e 15, 21, 29, 31, 32 misch metal 5, 7 Missouri Buttes 16 molybdenum 14, 61 Molycorp 1, 9 78
monazite 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 29, 31, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 54 monzonite 24, 26, 36, 37 Moonstone Formation 64 Moonstone Formation Reefs 64 Mud Creek 48, 51 mudstone 1, 54, 55, 58, 60, 61, 64, 65 Mullen Creek complex 29 Mullen Creek-Nash Fork shear zone 29 muscovite 29, 31, 32, 33 n National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) 31 Natrona County 33, 37, 46, 48, 55, 64 neodymium 5, 7, 8, 10, 15, 26, 46, 60 nephel<strong>in</strong>e syenite 16 NI 43-101 19 nickel 61, 65 niobium 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54 North Granite Mounta<strong>in</strong>s Fault 64 NYF pegmatite 21 o Oakie Trail 48 oil shale 58 orendite 39 Owl Creek Mounta<strong>in</strong>s 33 P paleoplacer 1, 11, 14, 15, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 54 parisite 12, 13, 18 pegmatite 1, 13, 14, 15, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41 Pegmatite #1 24, 25, 26, 27 Pegmatite #2 25 Pegmatite #3 24, 26 Pegmatite #4 26, 27 perthite 31 phonolite 16 phosphate 11, 13, 14, 15, 39, 55, 56, 57, 61 Phosphoria Formation 15, 60, 61, 62 Pilot Butte 39 P<strong>in</strong>yon Conglomerate 47 placer 1, 3, 11, 13, 14, 15, 34, 39, 45, 46, 47, 48, 52, 54 Platt 15, 29, 31, 32 polycrase 13 Porcup<strong>in</strong>e Creek 46 Powder River Bas<strong>in</strong> 16 praseodymium 7, 8, 10, 15, 25, 46 prices 7, 8, 9, 10, 14 79
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