The Gas Hills Project is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,634 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,634 Feet (2,022 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 42.7892, -107.60830
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Gas Hills Project MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gas Hills Project
Secondary: Federal-American Partners Mill (Facility)
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Federal-American Partners
Percent: 60.00
Home Office: Wyoming
Info Year: 1979
Owner Name: AMER NUCLEAR-40%
Percent: 40.00
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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 (General): GAS HILLS ROUTE RIVERTON WYO 82501 856-9263 CONTACT FLOYDE JACKSON
Comment (Ownership): RATIO OF OWNERSHIP:FEDERAL RESOURCES-60% AMER NUCLEAR-40%
Comment (Identification): Comparison of comments (erroneously placed in the references fields) to information in MINOBRAS, 1976 led ABW to determine that this is the description of the Federal-American Partners Mill.
Comment (Production): ALL OUTPUT COMMITTED TO TVA UNTIL 1990
References
Reference (Deposit): WYO GEOL SURVEY OPEN FILES
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. 31-33.
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