Mine detail: Bear Creek

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Location: Converse County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.28134, -105.61452
dep_id: 10080650
mrds_id: W031985
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Coffinite, Uraninite
orebody_fm: STACKED FRONTS
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Leaching
ore_ctrl: Geochemical Front That Precipited The Minerals Along A Facies Change From Coarse To Fine Clastic Sediments.
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_unit: Wasatch Formation
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Year first produced: 1977
References:
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING, WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979.
  • Deposit:: WYOMING GEOL. ASSOC. GUIDEBOOK 1976, P. 231-234.
  • Deposit:: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80.
  • Deposit:: URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM, AND THE GROWTH OF NUCLEAR POWER, 1980-2030, ROSKILL INFO. SERV. LONDON, ENGLAND, PUBLISHER.
  • Production:: LINE 1: SEE REFERENCE 3
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