The Bill Smith Mine is a uranium mine located in Converse county, Wyoming at an elevation of 5,561 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 43.05139, -105.68333
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Bill Smith Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bill Smith Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Converse
District: Highland Flats-Box Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerr-Mc Gee Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: P. O. Box 1120, Glenrock, Wy 82637
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1968
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Powder River Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTER OF N2 TAKEN AS LOCATION
Comment (Workings): OPERATE UNDERGROUND URANIUM MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES OF WYOMING, 1980, P.50
Reference (Deposit): URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOMING, 1976, MINOBRAS, P.8-12
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