The Lucky Turk Claims is a uranium mine located in Sweetwater county, Wyoming.
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Lucky Turk Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Turk Claims
Secondary: Lucky Turk
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Sweetwater
District: Rock Springs
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: BLACK BUTTES URANIUM CO.
Home Office: ROCK SPRINGS, WYO.
Production
Year: 2010
Mined: 5.000 mt
Material type: 6 short tons X .9071847 = 5.44 mt
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Roll front
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
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION. Center of Sec. 28.
Comment (Geology): ERICKSON FM
References
Reference (Deposit): USAEC-DAO-P-2-2798
Reference (Deposit): Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, scale 1:500,000.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-00-1958
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM. FIELD INV AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES
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