Mineral Resource Map
Mine detail: 3 - 10 Mine
Previously called 'Section 3 - 10 Uranium Mine'
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Location
| Lat / long: | 43.20078, -105.62006 |
Resource(M)
| Primary: | Uranium |
| Tertiary: | Vanadium |
| Ore: | Carnotite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1950 |
Production
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1979 |
Geology
| Host rock: | Wasatch Formation |
| Host type: | Sandstone |
| Alteration processes: | Red Ferruginous Sandstone |
References
| MRDS | W031623 |
| DEP | 10080433 |
| Reference | {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 | Barari, Rachel A. |