The 3R Mine is a uranium mine located in Teton county, Wyoming.
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3R Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: 3R Mine
Secondary: 3-R Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Teton
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
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: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (General): E S RUTT MANHEIM PENN [ABW, 01-apr-2011, has no idea what this means. Transferred verbatim from deleted duplicate record 10206151 (MAS 0560390025).
Comment (Geology): SEDIMENTARY URANIUM IN JURASSIC MORRISON FM
Comment (Geology): "Uranium in Morrison sandstone, abundant carbonized plant remains" (MINOBRAS, p. A-23)
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE 0.15% U3O8
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 68 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. A-23.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-00-1958
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM FIELD INV AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES
Reference (Deposit): MRAK 1958 WGS
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