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Gas Hills Mines

Past Producer in Natrona county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Uranium
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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 10080550
MRDS ID W031830
Record type Deposit
Current site name Gas Hills Mines

Comments on the site identification

  • ABW notes that this is a deposit or district record and thus recoded it as deposit as a district record already exists. The district and deposit records could/should be combined.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.50068, 42.84717 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES NE OF JEFFREY CITY, WY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(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)

Lower Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Natrona
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 033N 089W Wyoming
6th Principal 033N 090W Wyoming
6th Principal 032N 090W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1952 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE FIRST 4 ORE MINERALS (carnotite, coffinite, liebigite, tyuyamunite) ARE MOST COMMON IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE. THE NEXT TWO (uraninite, uranophane)ARE MOST COMMON IN THE UNOXIDIZED ZONE. THE OTHERS ARE PRESENT IN THE AREA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Liebigite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.50068, 42.84717
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure, Permeability, Faults, Carbonaceous Material, Feo2, Caco3

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Neil Mcneice

Mining district

District name Gas Hills District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    Home office P. O. Box 5100, Gas Hills Stations, Riverton, Wy. 82501
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • PLANT HAS CAPACITY OF 1,100 TPD. GRADING AT .20 DEGREES AND .25% U3O8

Comments on development

  • UNION CARBIDE HAS GAS HILLS EAST AND WEST MINES IN THIS DISTRICT. THIS RECORD COMBINES THE TWO CREATING A MAJOR MINES ENTRY. [ABW notes that this is a deposit or district record and thus recoded it as deposit as a district record already exists. The district and deposit records could/should be combined.]

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: GSW BULL. 50, P. 201, 207-208.

  • Deposit

    GSW REPRINT 35, P. 309

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.

  • 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-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines 0560130939 = newMRDS 10254816 and MAS 0560130938 = newMRDS 10278930.
Editor 11-APR-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey 0560130939 = newMRDS 10254816 and MAS 0560130938 = newMRDS 10278930, merged and deleted.

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