The Laymon Lease is a uranium mine located in Crook county, Wyoming at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 44.466, -104.76900
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Laymon Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laymon Lease
Secondary: Shannon Lease
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Crook
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Shannon Oil Co
Home Office: Denver, CO
Info Year: 1955
Owner Name: BALBOA MINING,A.F.STOIC OR SUSQUEHANNA WESTERN
Owner Name: Balboa Mining and Development Company
Home Office: Grand Junction, CO
Info Year: 1958
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Ownership): Shannon Oil is a partnership of R.S. Shannon Jr (46.85%), W.J. Quinlin (6.25%), K.E. Scoville (31.25%), and P.L. Warnick (15.64%). [DMEA-3762, p. 29 of 289.]
Comment (Deposit): "Uraninite occurrence, in Lakota Form. at a depth of 175 to 275 feet, carbonized plant remains." (MINBRAS, 1976, p. 42)
References
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 3762, 289 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3762_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3762_DMEA.pdf
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming.
Pages: p. 42.
Reference (Deposit): WYO.G.S.FOR MAS
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 4889, 1958, 752 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4889_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4889_DMEA.pdf
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