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Lucky Mc Mine

Producer in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Uranium, Selenium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072335
MRDS ID W017424
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Mc Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.61291, 42.81689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position ABOUT 26 MILES NE OF JEFFREY CITY, WYOMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gas Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rattlesnake Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muskrat(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 033N 090W 22;23;26;35 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF MILL IN SECTION 22.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Selenium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIRST 4 ORE MINERALS ARE MOST COMMON IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE. THE NEXT TWO ARE MOST COMMON IN THE UNOXIDIZED ZONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Ilsemannite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO CHANNEL SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.24 TO 2.73% SE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wind River
    Rock description Wind River
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.61291, 42.81689
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Normal Faults.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Interface Between Oxidized And Reduced Rock, Structure.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SELENIUM OCCURS AS INTERSTITIAL MATERIAL IN LENSES ABOVE, BELOW AND ADJACENT TO LENSES OF URANIUM ORE IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE. PUDDLE SPRINGS ARKOSE MEMBER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Gas Hills District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pathfinder Mines Corp., P. O. Box 813, Riverton, Wy 82501 .
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • MILL - 1,800 TONS / DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULL 50, P. 208.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPRINT 35, P. 309

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979

  • Production

    ANN. RPT. OF THE STATE INSP. OF MINES FOR YR. ENDING 12/31/80.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Barqari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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