The Bison Basin Project is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,241 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,241 Feet (2,207 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 42.28459, -108.35289
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Bison Basin Project MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bison Basin Project
Secondary: Bison Basin mine
Secondary: West Alkali Creek (proposed)
Secondary: Ogle
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
District: Great Divide Basin
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: Wildhorse Energy Ltd
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Level 21, Allendale Square 77 St George's Terrace Perth WAU 6000 Australia
Info Year: 2008
Owner Name: Ogle Petroleum
Home Office: (data circa 1980)
Production
Year: 2010
Mined: 62051.000 mt
Material type: 68,400 st X .9071847 = 62,051 mt
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: roll front
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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): Laurence (Larry) P. James, Golden CO (visited USGS, Lakewood, April, 12, 2011) worked on this property. Suggests contacting Malcom Shannon, in Aurora CO, for more information.
Comment (Identification): West Alkali Creek is really the newer name, but no one knows it by that name.
Comment (Other Database): wise-uranium.org lists NRC Docket No. 40-9076.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): wise-uranium.org gives the following Reserves and Resources: Proven Reserves 1,323,000 tons U, Probable Reserves 653,000 tons U. Indicated Resources 1,623,000 tons U, Inferred Resources 420,000 tons U.
Comment (General): OPERATION SUSPENDED IN 1988.
Comment (General): Deleted MRDS record DE00263 (10021588) suggested that this was a past producer based on the comment "operation suspended in 1988). No proof that this was a productive mine.
Comment (Location): Location discrepancy. MINOBRAS clearly locates Bison Basin Project in Sec. 15, T26N, R96W in Sweetwater County, but this is not correct according to Larry James. Buffalo Basin itself is about 11 km (6 mi) to the NE of the coordinates given for this deposit. http://wise-uranium.org/uousawy.html (p. 14 of 14), gives location of Bison Basin Project ISL as being in Fremont County. (Location given for Bison Basin mine, deleted MRDS record, was completely erroneous. Do not attempt to use that record to locate the mine.) In a visit by Laurence (Larry) James, to Anna Wilson on Jan. 31, 2012 at USGS, Larry located the Bison Basin on the Sulphur Bar Spring topo. It is clearly in Sec. 25, T97W, R27N. Many prospects shown on the topo in the SE4 of Sec. 25. Larry says at one time there was a power plant on the site, but it is fully reclaimed. Possibly just a concrete pier remains. Bison Basin is in Fremont County, not Sweetwater.
References
Reference (General): Wildhorse Energy Ltd, 2008, Report for the Quarter Ending 30 June, 2008: available from http://www.wildhorse.com.au/images/stories/announcements/449.pdf, as of 07-apr-2011.
URL: http://www.wildhorse.com.au/images/stories/announcements/449.pdf
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): MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 52.
Pages: p. 52.
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOMING.
Pages: p. A-20.
Reference (Deposit): http://www.wise-uranium.org/uousawy.html, p. 14 of 14.
Pages: p. 14.
URL: http://www.wise-uranium.org/uousawy.html
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