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Arrowhead Mine

Past Producer in Fremont 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081142
MRDS ID W032871
MAS/MILS ID 560130368
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Copper Mountain mining district
Current site name Arrowhead Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Mo Mine, Arrowhead No. 1 Claim, Arrowhead #1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -107.896, 43.41 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Coordinates are for formerly mined area in E2 of E2 of NE4 as viewed from satellite imagery.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guffy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lysite(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Arminto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Badwater(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 040N 092W 29 E2 of E2 of NE4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Bull. 50 and MINOBRAS puts mine in NW4 of Sec. 29. RME-3137 and RME-3125 put it in Sec. 29. Anomaly is in SE4 of NE4 of Sec. 29. Deleted and merged records also say Sec. 28. Largest surface disturbance in the area is on the boundary of Sec. 28 and 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Meta-Autunite Ore
Marcasite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Wind River
    Rock description Wind River
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock type qualifier decomposed and deeply weathered granitic rock. includes pods of clay, hornblend-biotite schist, and pegmatite.
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Precambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock
    Rock type qualifier decomposed arkosic eluvial and clayey material with abundant grnitic boulders.
    Rock unit name Tepee Trail (?) Formation

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -107.896, 43.41
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1964
Production years began in 1955. ceased in 1964.

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain uranium mining district
District name Copper Mountain Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Western Nuclear Inc.
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Susquehannah-Western Inc.
    Year 1966
    Last year 1964
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Little Missouri Mining Co. (Little Mo)
    Year 1966
    First year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Gruner, J.W., and Smith, D.K., Jr., 1955, PROGRESS REPORT NO. 10 FOR PERIOD APRIL 1 TO OCTOBER 1, 1955: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3125, 19 p.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, 287 p.

  • Deposit

    USAEC-PRR-DEB-P-2-2202

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-00-1958

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM FIELD INV.,AIRBORNE RA ANOM.

  • Deposit

    Gruner, J.W., Smith, D.K., Jr., and Knox, J.A., 1956, Annual REPORT FOR PERIOD APRIL 1, 1955 TO March 31, 1956. Part II: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3137, part II, 24 p.

  • Deposit

    DMEA Docket No. 4709, 1957, 654 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4709_DMEA.pdf

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-05-01 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560130368 = newMRDS 10133617 and MAS 0560130369 = 10184323
Reporter 1974-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey DC05885 = newMRDS 10108460
Editor 2011-04-29 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Merged and deleted 3 duplicate records. Revised 20-jan-2012 and adjusted location based on claim map in DMEA-4709.

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