The Lucky Mc Mine is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 42.81694, -107.61222
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Lucky Mc Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Mc Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
District: Gas Hills District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Pathfinder Mines Corp., P. O. Box 813, Riverton, Wy 82501 .
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Normal Faults.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO CHANNEL SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.24 TO 2.73% SE
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Ilsemannite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF MILL IN SECTION 22.
Comment (Development): MILL - 1,800 TONS / DAY.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT
Comment (Commodity): FIRST 4 ORE MINERALS ARE MOST COMMON IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE. THE NEXT TWO ARE MOST COMMON IN THE UNOXIDIZED ZONE.
Comment (Geology): SELENIUM OCCURS AS INTERSTITIAL MATERIAL IN LENSES ABOVE, BELOW AND ADJACENT TO LENSES OF URANIUM ORE IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE. PUDDLE SPRINGS ARKOSE MEMBER.
References
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979
Reference (Production): ANN. RPT. OF THE STATE INSP. OF MINES FOR YR. ENDING 12/31/80.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULL 50, P. 208.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPRINT 35, P. 309
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