Lucky Mc Mine

The Lucky Mc Mine is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,499 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Lucky Mc Mine  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Fremont

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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