The 3 - 10 Mine is a uranium mine located in Converse county, Wyoming at an elevation of 5,141 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,141 Feet (1,567 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 43.20083, -105.61944
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3 - 10 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: 3 - 10 Mine
Secondary: Section 3 - 10 Uranium Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Converse
District: South Powder River Basin District, Monument Hill Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerr-Mc Gee Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: P. O. Box 1120, Glenrock, Wy 82637
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1979
Discovery Year: 1950
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Red Ferruginous Sandstone
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): INCLUDES PRODUCTION FROM 28 - 33 MINE.
Comment (Workings): ORE TREATED AT THE MILL AT AMBROSIA LAKE, N. M.
Comment (Development): URANIUN IN THE MONUMENT HILL AREA DISCOVERED BY AEC RADIOMETRIC SURVEY.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULL. 50, P. 206.
Reference (Production): ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80
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