The Moore Claim is a uranium mine located in Niobrara county, Wyoming.
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Moore Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moore Claim
Secondary: Floyd and Frank Moore, Lance Creek
Secondary: Moore Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Niobrara
District: Lance Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Floyd and Frank Moore
Home Office: Lance Creek
Owner Name: MOORE, MOORE, STOREY & CROWFOOT
Home Office: LUSK,WYO.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (General): Complete info in RME-3125: "Moore Claim, S.25-36-65, White River Formation, Metazippeite II, [sample nos.] 1323, 1379" Complete info in RME-3137: "Moore Claim, S.25-36-65, Metazippeite II, [sample nos.] 1323, 1379"
Comment (Geology): Metazippeite II identified in sample by AEC.
References
Reference (Deposit): Gruner, J.W., Smith, D.K., Jr., and Knox, J.A., 1956, Annual REPORT FOR APRIL 1, 1955 TO MARCH 31, 1956. Part II: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3137, Part II, 24 p.
Pages: p. 13.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-05-1967
Reference (Deposit): Gruner, J.W., and Smith, D.K., Jr., 1955, PROGRESS REPORT NO. 10 FOR PERIOD APRIL 1 TO OCTOBER 1, 1955: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3125, 19 p.
Pages: p. 18.
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM FIELD INV. AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES
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