The Vickers Mine (Kay) is a uranium mine located in Crook county, Wyoming.
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Vickers Mine (Kay) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vickers Mine (Kay)
Secondary: Vickers Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Crook
District: Elkhorn Creek uranium mining district
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1957
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Location): Location from Bull. 50's location in NW4 correponds with workings on topo.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: UNIDENT. BLACK MINERALIZATION, 3-4 FT THICK.
Comment (Location): Mining district from MS-94.
Comment (Geology): Uraninite, 3" to 4" thick in upper Fall River Formation (Cretaceous). Past Production.
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 212-213.
Pages: p. 211-213.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50 [original], p. 194.
Pages: p. 194.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-15-1961
Reference (Location): Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series MS-94, scale 1:500,000.
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. 39.
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