The Helmer is a uranium mine located in Crook county, Wyoming at an elevation of 3,560 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,560 Feet (1,085 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 44.67861, -104.09194
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Helmer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Helmer
Secondary: Helmer Ranch
Secondary: C. Helmer Property
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Crook
District: Aladdin uranium district
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Unknown
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (General): Unable to confirm exactly which mine on the ground is the Helmer. There are a number of diggings in the vicinity. Reference (MINOBRAS, p. 40) lumps all 4 mines (Helmer, Nelson, Heetland, and Sisson) into one brief description: "Uranium minerals in gray to buff sandstone (Fall River Formation), abundant carbonized plant life."
Comment (Identification): ABW combined and deleted duplicate Helmer records: 10256497 (C. Helmer Property) and 10303591 (Helmer Ranch). Neither had a verifiable reference source, nor any information specific to a point on the ground.
Comment (Ownership): Owner Operator of deleted 10303591 listed as "Helmer Brothers". Type of ownership of 10256497 not specified but listed as "Chris Helmer, Aladdin, Wyo." Helmer Ranch is labeled on the topo in W2 Sec. 20.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYO., 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. 40.
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): AEC PRELIM FIELD INV.,AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES
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