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3 - 10 Mine

Past Producer in Converse county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080433
MRDS ID W031623
Record type Site
Current site name 3 - 10 Mine
Alternate or previous names Section 3 - 10 Uranium Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.62006, 43.20078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1567
Relative position 1/3 MILE NORTHWEST OF BAKER RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Fork Cheyenne(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
037N 073W 03,;10 SW4 OF SW4 OF SW4 OF SW4 (03); NW4 OF NW4 OF NW4 OF NW4 (10) Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Red Ferruginous Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.62006, 43.20078
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Oxidation-Reduction Boundary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1979

Mining district

District name South Powder River Basin District, Monument Hill Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mc Gee Nuclear Corp.
    Home office P. O. Box 1120, Glenrock, Wy 82637
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • INCLUDES PRODUCTION FROM 28 - 33 MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE TREATED AT THE MILL AT AMBROSIA LAKE, N. M.

Comments on development

  • URANIUN IN THE MONUMENT HILL AREA DISCOVERED BY AEC RADIOMETRIC SURVEY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULL. 50, P. 206.

  • Production

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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