The Poison Creek is a uranium mine located in Crook county, Wyoming.
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Poison Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poison Creek
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Crook
District: Barlow Canyon Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Unknown: Zeunerite
Unknown: Sabugalite
Comments
Comment (Location): LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION. Deposit is somewhere in Section 12.
Comment (Geology): zeunerite and sabugalite in sandstone (MINOBRAS, p. A-10).
References
Reference (Location): Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series MS-94, scale 1:500,000.
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. A-10.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-15-1961
Reference (Deposit): USAEC-AP 1, 1956, RME 3137, P. 7.
Pages: p. 7.
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