The Longshot Claim is a uranium mine located in Sublette county, Wyoming at an elevation of 10,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,699 Feet (3,261 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 43.46056, -109.78278
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Longshot Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Longshot Claim
Secondary: Union Peak
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Sublette
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Shoshone National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Comments
Comment (Geology): "A uranophane-like mineral occurs as coatings on fractures in, and a crystalline black mineral is impregnated in, a dark gray pre-Cambrian granite gneiss on the east side of the mountain." (RI-7, p. 27)
Comment (Deposit): RECORD REPORTED BY CONSU. DIV. IN 1974 AND BY HARRY SUEKAWA (FOREST SERVICE) IN 1977 AND UPDATED BY RACHEL BARARI IN 1982. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): Gruner, J.W., and others, 1956, Annual report for April 1, 1955 to March 31, 1956, Part II: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3137 (Pt. II), 24 p.
Pages: p. 14.
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., Radioactive mineral deposits of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Report of Investigations 7 (RI-7), p.
Pages: p. 27
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOMING, 1976, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. A-19.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-00-1961
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966 (revised by W.H. Wilson), Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, 287 p.
Pages: p. 217.
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