The Morton Ranch Uranium Mine is a uranium mine located in Converse county, Wyoming.
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Morton Ranch Uranium Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morton Ranch Uranium Mine
Secondary: Morton Ranch Uranium Project
Secondary: Morton Ranch
Secondary: North Morton Mine
Secondary: South Morton Mine
Secondary: Morton Ranch-No.2
Secondary: Morton Ranch-No.1
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Converse
District: Southern Powder River Basin District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: T. V. A.
Home Office: Tennessee Valley Authority, TN
Owner Name: United Nuclear Corp./ Homestake Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated
Physiographic Detail: Powder River Basin - Highland Flats
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Identification): South Morton Mine indicated MSHA 4801117 as the same deposit. That is for the Golden Eagle Mine which is about 4 miles east of the North Morton Mine. The Golden Eagle is NOT part of the Morton Ranch property.
Comment (Identification): Identification and location are problematic. There are 2 old Morton Ranches on USGS maps of the area (see USGS Bull. 1147-d, Plate 1, south half), Morton Ranch (T72W, R33N, approx. Sec. 24-25) and Morton Ltd. (T71W, R36N, approx. Sec. 31). Very little is known about the original tiny prospects called Morton Ranch and their locations. Most information pertains to the much larger projects.
Comment (Identification): Morton Ranch is a huge uranium project. The northern parcel is 3500 acres, the southern parcel is 21,500 acres. In addition there are smaller scattered tracts of land. The northern parcel is mostly in T36N, R73W, Secs. 11 S2), 12, 13, 14, 23 (N2), 24 (N2). Southern parcel is mostly in T35N, R71W, Secs. 7 (S2), 18, 19, and 30; T35N, R72W, Secs. 1-16, 22-26, 35; T35N, R73W, Secs. 1, 2, 11, 12; T36N, R72W, Secs. 31-35, T36N, and R73W, Sec. 36.
Comment (Identification): A well-documented report on the Converse County Uranium Project (NI-43-101, prepared for New Horizon Uranium Corporoation on behalf of Crossroads Explorations Inc, May 23, 2006, revised Dec. 22, 2006 by RW Rozelle (Gustavson Associates) uses the name Morton Ranch as a precursor to "Scott Ranch". This is clearly not the same Morton Ranch. Scott Ranch area is in The SW part of T32N, R70W. This is well south of the T35N pf the southern/main parcel.
Comment (Location): ALONG HIGHLAND LOOP ROAP; LOCATION FROM GSW WYOMING MAP.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT 1 MILLION - 3 MILLION TONNES / YR.
Comment (Workings): PROPOSED MINE AND MILL, 2000 TPD (1979). CONVENTIONAL MINING TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED.
Comment (Development): MINE AND MILL PLANNED TO PRODUCE BUT SOLD TO T. V. A. IN 1979.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHARP,ET AL,1964,USGS,BULL 1147.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP,ET AL,1964,USGS,BULL 1107.
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM FIELD INV. AIRBORNE ANOMALIES
Reference (Deposit): AEC RESERVE ESTIMATE 1973
Reference (Deposit): REV BY MILS 9-79 (MAS 0560090114)
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING, WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULL. 50, PP. 205-206.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1979, Final Environmental Statement related to the United Nuclear Corporation Morton Ranch, Wyoming Uranium Mill (Converse County, Wyoming): U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG-0532, 256 p.
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