Hazel Claims

Past Producer in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081145
MRDS ID W032876
Record type Site
Current site name Hazel Claims
Included sites Crooks Gap - Green Mountain uranium area, Sheep Mountain Operations

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.83111, 42.41944 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position (Corrected longitude from -108 to -107)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jeffrey City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(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 028N 092W 08;09 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1957 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Flathead
    Rock description Flathead
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.83111, 42.41944

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crooks Gap - Green Mountain uranium area

Comments on the production information

  • Together, the Hazel and Beatrice mines produced 23 short tons (21 tonnes) ore.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC PROGRESS REPORT NO. 10 FOR PERIOD APRIL 1 TO OCTOBER 1, 1955, (RME-3125), P. 14

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Stephens, J.G., 1964, Geology and uranium deposits at Crooks Gap, Fremont County, Wyoming: USGS Bull. 1147-F, p. 49.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-05-01 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 2010-12-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey revised 28-apr-2011, revised again 14-jan-2013

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.