The Jet Claims, Modern Claims is a uranium mine located in Big Horn county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Jet Claims, Modern Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jet Claims, Modern Claims
Secondary: Modern Mining
Secondary: Modern Mines
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Big Horn
District: Little Mtn.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Modern Mining Co.
Info Year: 1957
Owner Name: Modern Mines Development Co.
Home Office: Yakima, WA
Info Year: 1957
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS SPOTTY, LOW GRADE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 0.40 PERCENT U3(O8), COATINGS IN CAVERN FILL. AND VUGS
Comment (Location): MINOBRAS lumps Modern Mines with many others and shows location as bein gon the 23/26 section line. This is not accurate compared with the maps supplied in DMEA Docket 4564.
References
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 4564, 1957, 652 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4564_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4564_DMEA.pdf
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming.
Pages: p. 52-53.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA REPORTS
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-27-1959
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