The Jenkins Project is a uranium mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,129 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,129 Feet (2,173 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 42.3917, -106.18030
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Jenkins Project MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jenkins Project
Secondary: Uranium Supply
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Uranium Supply Services Corp.
Company ID: 4801132
Home Office: Wyoming
Info Year: 1978
Production
Year: 2011
Time Period: lifetime (unknown)
Mined: 479522.000 mt
Material type: 528,582 short tons X 0.9071847 =
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
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 (General): ABWilson changed the development status from producer to past producer. However, there is no evidence or reference to even suggest that this "mine" has ever produced.
Comment (Production): Gregory and others, 2010, credit this mine as having produced 528,582 short tons of uranium ore. (mulitply by 0.9071847 to get metric tons).
Comment (Ownership): Uranium Services Supply Corp. (USSC) owned by Houston Light & Power (Houston, TX). Jenkins Project was jointly managed by Kerr-McGee and Getty Petroleum Co.
Comment (General): Unable to find any literature about this "mine."
References
Reference (Deposit): Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D, 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, scale 1:500,000.
Reference (Deposit): WYO GEO SURVEY OPEN FILES
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