The Big Eagle Mine is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 42.34167, -107.78500
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Big Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Eagle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
District: Crooks Gap - Green Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Pathfinder Mines Corp., P. O. Box 450, Jeffrey City, Wy. 82310
Years: 1980 -
Owner Name: Lucky Mc Uranium
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1978
Discovery Year: 1953
Discovery Method: Other
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: Asymmetric Anticlines And Thrust Faults In Pre-Tertiary Rocks, And Gentle Folds And Normal Faults In Tertiary.
Type: L
Description: A Northward Dipping Thrust Fault Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN THE NE QUARTER OF THE TOWNSHIP.
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS LISTED ARE THOSE FOUND IN THE MINING AREA.
Comment (Deposit): URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN A NORTHERNLY TRENDING BELT 4 MILES LONG AND 2 MILES WIDE.
Comment (Workings): PATHFINDER IS THE LARGEST URANIUM PRODUCER IN THE STATE. WEAK URANIUM MARKET FORCED PATHFINDER TO LAYOFF 30% OF ITS STAFF IN OCT. 80. PRODUCTION CUT IN 1981.
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY PRIVATE AIRBORNE RAIDOACTIVE SURVEY.
Comment (Location): Large mine is visible on aerial images such as Google Earth. Site visited by Wilson and Heran (USGS), 9-12-2009.
References
Reference (Deposit): REV BY MILS 6-79 (copied from deleted record 10157492)
Reference (Production): ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING, MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 207.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PI CIRC. 7, PP. 7 - 8.
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