The Mud No. 1 and No. 2 Claims is a uranium mine located in Sweetwater county, Wyoming.
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Mud No. 1 and No. 2 Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mud No. 1 and No. 2 Claims
Secondary: Mud Claims 1 & 2
Secondary: Mad #1 (misspelling)
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: ABRAHAM DEAN
Home Office: ROCK SPRINGS, WYO.
Info Year: 1973
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
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.
Comment (Identification): See also 1025487 (MAS 0560370485). Suspect these are duplicates and one is in the wrong township.
Comment (Identification): Unverifiable record. Unable to correlate with other "Mud" records. Supposedly is in Sec. 2, which is about 5 miles north of the other Mud No. 1 and 2 Claims in Sec. 35. Suspect these are duplicates and one is in the wrong township. Secs. 2 and 35 can be adjacent if they are different townships, so suspect either sec. 35 is in T21N and sec. 2 is in T20N, or Sec. 35 is in T20N, and sec. 2 is in T19N.
Comment (Reference): There is no mention whatsoever of this site in Mrak, 1958. (WGA Guidebook, 1958). The guidebook is for area much farther northwest (Pumpkin Buttes). That report does not cover any of Sweetwater County nor the coordinates.
Comment (Identification): There is no mention of a Mad #1 in Mrak, 1958. There is, however, a Mud #1 and #2 close by. Strongly suspect that this record is a duplicate of the Mud records. As there is no verifiable information in this record, suggest it be deleted.
Comment (Identification): In original "Mad #1" record 10157640 (MAS 0560370063) A.B. Wilson moved comments out of References field: "ERICKSON FM-YELLOW & YELLOW-GREEN URANIUM MINERALS ALONG FRA" "INFOSSIL TREE FRAGS. MRAK,1958,WGS"
Comment (Geology): Geology information is conflicting. MINOBRAS says "Occurrence in carbonaceous shale". Record attributed to Mrak (1958), claims to be in Erickson Form. And info in "ROCKS" field says sandstone.
Comment (General): Reference and comment information provided for 10157640 (MAS 0560370063) is suspect. Mention of Mrak, 1958 is erroneous. Mrak's WGA guidebook article does not cover this area. Mud/Mad is not listed in that article.
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-00-1958
Reference (Deposit): USAEC-DAO-P-2-3056
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. A-22
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM FIELD INV AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES
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