The Lux Claims Nos. 1-17 is a uranium mine located in Converse county, Wyoming.
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Lux Claims Nos. 1-17 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lux Claims Nos. 1-17
Secondary: Lux Claims #1 Thru #17
Secondary: Lux #4
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Converse
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Russell Larmie, Arthur Johnson, and Lester Ferley, co-owners
Owner Name: YELLOWSTONE URANIUM CO.
Home Office: HARDIN, MT
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): WIND RIVER FM.
Comment (Location): CLAIMS EXTEND N barely inTO SEC 13 but most are in the northwestern three quarters of Sec. 24. Coordinates are for near center of NW4 of sec. 24.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: U. FOUND IN SMALL CLAY LENS.
Comment (Deposit): POSSIBILITY OF FINDING COMMERCIAL ORE WAS CONSIDERED REMOTE. 2 RADIOACTIVE HIGHS REPORTED IN LUX 5, BUT ONLY 2 TIMES BACKGROUND. SAMPLES ASSAYED .28% U OXIDE AND .09% VANADIUM OXIDE. OPERATOR'S SAMPLES REPORTEDLY .11% U OXIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 4716, 1957, 51 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4716_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4716_DMEA.pdf
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-09-1959
Reference (Deposit): DMEA REPORTS
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM FIELD INV AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES
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