Helen May

The Helen May is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Helen May
Secondary: Helen May Mine
Secondary: Sheep Mountain Operations
Secondary: Crooks Gap - Green Mountain uranium area
Secondary: Helen May Group
Secondary: Wyoming Uranium Corporation Annex I

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Fremont

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Wyoming Uranium Corporation
Info Year: 1957

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (General): Copied from references section of deleted record 10254579: WYO GS FOR MAS, AEC PRELIM FIELD INV, AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES WYOMING U CORP. H.I.,ARMSTRONG

Comment (Location): SECTION from Bull. 1147-F, pl. 1 and text p. F46.

References

Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 3817, 220 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3817_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3817_DMEA.pdf

Reference (Deposit): USAEC PROGRESS REPORT NO. 10 FOR PERIOD APRIL 1 TO OCTOBER 1, 1955, (RME-3125), P. 15

Reference (Deposit): Stephens, J.G., 1964, Geology and uranium deposits at Crooks Gap, Fremnot County, Wyoming: USGS Bull. 1147-F, p. 46-48.
Pages: p. 46-48, pl. 1 (1:48,000)

Reference (Deposit): Bailey, R.V., 1969, Uranium deposits in the Great Divide Basin--Crooks Gap Area, Freemont and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming, in Parker, R.B., ed., Contributions to Geology Wyoming uranium issue, v. 8, no. 2, pt. 1, p. 105-120.
Pages: p. 105-120.

Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 3462, 115 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3462_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3462_DMEA.pdf

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. 29-31.

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