The Del Oro is a uranium mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.
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Del Oro MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Del Oro
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 2010
Mined: 1858.000 mt
Material type: 2,048 st X 0.9071847 = 1858 mt
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
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 (Production): MS-94 credits Del Oro with having produced 2,048 short tons. Unable to determine the source of this information.
Comment (Production): ABWilson changed development status from producer to past producer. There are no active mines in this area.
Comment (Location): LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): USAEC-DEB-P-2-2647
Reference (Deposit): FINNELL, T.L., AND PARRISH, I.S., 1956, SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWING URANIUM DEPOSITS AND PREINCIPAL ORE-BEARING FORMATIONS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL CORDILLERAN FORELAND REGION: USGS TRACE ELEMENT MEMORANDUM REPORT TEM-953, 26 P. [an overview of Ketchum Buttes area, but no information specific to this property in this report]
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-00-1959
Reference (Deposit): Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, 1:500,000.
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