The Irigaray Mine is a uranium mine located in Johnson county, Wyoming.
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Irigaray Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Irigaray Mine
Secondary: Christiansen Ranch
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Johnson
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Uranium One
Info Year: 2011
Owner Name: Wyoming Mineral Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Box 1038, Buffalo, Wy 82834
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: stratabound
Operation Type: Well
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (General): Duplicate record 10254157 (MAS 0560190066) was very poorly located. Gave erroneous PLSS as 44N, 81W at 43-46-26, -106-30-45, NAD27.
Comment (Location): NORTH HALF OF TOWNSHIP, mostly secs. 8 and 9.
Comment (Ownership): Former owners include: Wyoming Mineral Corp, a subsidiary of Westinhouse Electric Corp. 1978. Malapai Resources Co, a subsidiary of ARizona Public Service. 1987. Electricite de France (EdF), operated by Total Minerals Corp (TOMIN), 1990. COGEMA Mining Inc acuired EdF and Malapai properties in 1993. Uranium One USA, Inc. purchased COGEMA. 2010. (http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/materials/uranium/licensed-facilities/is-christensen-ranch.pdf)
Comment (Workings): IN-SITU MINE and surface mining in the past.
References
Reference (Deposit): http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/materials/uranium/licensed-facilities/is-christensen-ranch.pdf
Pages: p. 1-4.
URL: http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/materials/uranium/licensed-facilities/is-christensen-ranch.pdf
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES OF WYOMING, 1980, P.53.
Pages: p. 53.
Reference (Production): ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES OF WYOMING, 1980, P.53.
Pages: p. 53.
Reference (Deposit): WYO. GEO. SURVEY OPEN FILES
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