The East Gas Hills Mill (Facility) is a uranium mine located in Natrona county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,939 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,939 Feet (2,115 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 42.8458, -107.49030
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East Gas Hills Mill (Facility) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: East Gas Hills Mill (Facility)
Secondary: Union Carbide Corp. Mill (Facility)
Secondary: Gas Hills Operation
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Natrona
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Union Carbide Corp.
Company ID: 4800479
Info Year: 1980
Owner Name: James Massey, General Superintendent
Home Office: Wyoming
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Processing Plant
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 (Location): Deleted duplicate record 10230715 (=MAS 0560130804) gave location as Fremont County, using point of reference as the plant at 42-50-49 107-50-16 NAD27, or 42.84684, -107.83849 WGS84 with accuracy of 10 km.
Comment (General): PO BOX 5100 RIVERTON WYO 82501 457-2311. [from deleted record MAS 0560250274 = newMRDS 10279107]
Comment (General): MILL MAY CLOSE IN 1986. [from deleted record MAS 0560250274 = newMRDS 10279107]
Comment (General): USBM PROD TABS (WASH) OWN/OP: UNION CARBIDE CO
Comment (General): EMJ DIRECTORY OF MINING 1975 CONCENTRATOR FEED CAP: 100
Comment (General): EMPL: 51 "WYOMING URANIUM MINERS SE
Comment (General): ON HIGHER PRODUCTION" EMJ DEC 75 PAGES: 61-85 (GOOD)
References
Reference (Location): MINOBRAS, 1986, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. 31-33.
Reference (Deposit): MSHA M/NM MINE FILE 1-17-80
Reference (Deposit): WYO GEOL SURVEY OPEN FILES.
Reference (Deposit): EMJ DIRECTORY OF MINING 1975
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