Mine detail: Big Eagle Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.32606, -107.8068

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Coffinite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Discovery year:	1953

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1978

Geology

Host rock:	Battle Spring (Lower Member)
Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Structure:	Asymmetric Anticlines And Thrust Faults In Pre-Tertiary Rocks, And Gentle Folds And Normal Faults In Tertiary., A Northward Dipping Thrust Fault Zone.

References

MRDS	W031622
DEP	10080432
Reference	{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 207.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PI CIRC. 7, PP. 7 - 8.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING, MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979.}{Deposit:: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80.}{Production:: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A.