Key Claims

The Key Claims is a uranium mine located in Campbell county, Wyoming.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Key Claims
Secondary: Key
Secondary: Key Group

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Campbell
District: Pumpkin Buttes Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: North American
Info Year: 1958

Owner Name: NORTH AMERICAN JC ARCHER

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Uranophane
Unknown: Phosphuranylite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite

Comments

Comment (Development): Inactive as of 1958.

Comment (Production): Produced more than 500 tons.

References

Reference (Deposit): WYO GS MAS,AEC PRELIM FIELD INV, AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES, MRAK [from deleted record MAS 0560050219 = newMRDS 10132271]

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-27-1961

Reference (Deposit): Gruner, J.W., and Knox, J.A., 1957, Annual Report for April 1, 1956 to March 31, 1957: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3148, p. 43.
Pages: p. 43.

Reference (Deposit): MRAK, VERNON A., 1958, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY SEDIMENTS OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL ASSOICATION 13TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK, P. 233-240.
Pages: p. 236.

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