The Coldspot is a uranium mine located in Campbell county, Wyoming at an elevation of 4,908 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,908 Feet (1,496 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 43.6706, -105.93720
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Coldspot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coldspot
Secondary: Coldspot Claim
Secondary: Coldspot No. 5
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Campbell
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: Hamlin Mng. Co. Or Pumpkin Buttes Mining and Explor, I. J. Haup
Owner Name: Hauptman & Hansen
Info Year: 1958
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated
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 (Development): Inactive as of 1958.
Comment (Production): Produced 100-500 tons as of Jan. 1958.
References
Reference (Deposit): AEC RESERVE ESTIMATES 1973
Reference (Deposit): WYO GS FOR MAS
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM. FIELD INV., AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES.
Reference (Deposit): MRAK, VERNON A., 1958, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY SEDIMENTS OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 13TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK, P. 233-240.
Pages: p. 236.
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