The Unknown is a uranium mine located in Lincoln county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phosphorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): .028% U OXIDE
Comment (Location): Unable to confirm anything about this deposit, supposedly in Sec. 33 (according to the original MRDS record). Coordinates place this in Sec. 31. Sec. 33 is more than 3500 meters east of this point. Probably belongs at Rocky Point. Wyoming Map Series 14, places a U deposit where the Phosphate is, but classifies the deposit as Marine Phosphate in Phosphoria Formation. Therefore, ABW moved the point to the same location as the Rocky Point Phosphate deposit (#10181986).
References
Reference (Location): Harris, R.E., Hausel, W.D., and Meyer, J.E., 1985, Metallic and industrial minerals map of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Map Series 14, scale 1:500,000.
Reference (Deposit): USGS FILES
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