The Virginia 26 is a uranium mine located in Crook county, Wyoming.
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Virginia 26 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia 26
Secondary: Virgina 16
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Crook
District: Northern Black Hills Elkhorn Creek uranium mining district
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Surface
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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: INTERBEDDED SS AND MUDSTONE
Comment (Deposit): UP TO .16% U OXIDE
Comment (Identification): Revised probably typo in name from Virgina 26 to Virginia 16, and assigned district based on MS-94.
References
Reference (Identification): 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): USAEC-DAO-P-2910
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-15-1961
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