The Whiskey Mtn. Min. Co. #1 is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Whiskey Mtn. Min. Co. #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whiskey Mtn. Min. Co. #1
Secondary: Whiskey Mountain
Secondary: Whiskey Mtn Mining Co #1 & #6
Secondary: Whiskey Peak Mining Co Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
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
Owner Name: Whiskey Mountain Mining Co (or Whiskey Peak Mining Co.?)
Home Office: Dubois, WY
Info Year: 1973
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Location): LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION. [Calculated to center of section, but original record plsced record in SE4)
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-00-1958
Reference (Deposit): USAEC, 10/1/55, RME 3125, P. 17
Reference (Deposit): FILES, USGS
Reference (Deposit): USAEC, 4/1/55, RME 3020, P. 31
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM FIELD INV AIR RA ANOMALY
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