The Shawano Poison Basin Mines is a uranium mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Shawano Poison Basin Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shawano Poison Basin Mines
Secondary: Shawano Poison Basin Mine
Secondary: Poison Basin Claim Nos. 5-13
Secondary: North Slope Claims Nos. 8, 8W, 9, 9W
Secondary: Hope Claims Nos. 3-7, 14
Secondary: Matt Claims Nos. 1-6
Secondary: Leah Claims Nos. 19-22
Secondary: Jo Claims Nos. 10-18, 21-29
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Selenium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Shawano Development Corp.
Home Office: 430 Park Ave., NYC, NY (but, a Florida Corp.)
Info Year: 1956
Years: 1955 -
Owner Name: Baggs Uranium Corp.
Home Office: (a Delaware Corp.)
Info Year: 1956
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Comments
Comment (Location): LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION. For 12N, R92W, sec. 3. Record also includes T13N, R92W, Secs. 32-34.
Comment (Identification): DMEA Docket lists Hope, Matt, Poison Basin, North Slope, and Jo claims.
References
Reference (Deposit): DMEA REPORTS
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-00-1959
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 4194, 308 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4194_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4194_DMEA.pdf
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