The Reserve Mine is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,070 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,070 Feet (2,155 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 42.3908, -107.81920
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Reserve Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reserve Mine
Secondary: Crooks Gap - Green Mountain uranium area
Secondary: Sheep Mountain Operations
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Western Nuclear
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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): As of May, 1969 the Reserve Mine was producing about 75 tons of ore per day (Bailey, 1969, p. 114).
References
Reference (Deposit): OPERATOR WESTERN NUCLEAR
Reference (Deposit): Bailey, R.V., 1969, Uranium deposits in the Great Divide Basin--crooks Gap Area, Fremont and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming, in R.B. Parker, ed., Contributions to Geology--Wyoming Uranium Issue, v. 8, no. 2, pt. 1, p. 105-120.
Pages: p. 108, 114.
Reference (Deposit): WYO G.S. FOR MAS
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Urannium guidebook for Wyoming
Pages: p. 29-31.
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