The Cedar Hills 1-12 is a uranium mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,519 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: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 41.0542, -107.77360
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Cedar Hills 1-12 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cedar Hills 1-12
Secondary: Cedar Hills Group
Secondary: Cedar Hills #1
Secondary: Cedar Hill #10
Secondary: Cedar Hills 1 and 2
Secondary: Cedar Hills 6 and 11
Secondary: Cedar Hills 6, 7, 11
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: KING OIL, C. E. KING
Owner Name: TRACE ELEMENTS CORPORATION OR UNION CARBIDE
Owner Name: UNION CARBIDE
Owner Name: TRACE ELEMENTS CORPORATION
Production
Year: 2010
Mined: 18930.000 mt
Material type: 20,867 st X .9071847 = 18930 mt
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Ore: Liebigite
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Rutherfordine
Comments
Comment (Location): Cedar Hills #10 supposedly in T13N, R92W, Sec. 31.
Comment (Geology): Cedar Hills #10 contains Liebigite (RME-3148, p. 43).
Comment (Geology): Cedar Hills #6 contains Coffinite and Rutherfordine in Miocene Browns Park Fm.
References
Reference (Deposit): CONS. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-00-1961
Reference (Deposit): USAEC ANNUAL REPORT (RME-3148), 1956-1957, P. 43.
Pages: p. 43.
Reference (Deposit): Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, 1:500,000.
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming.
Pages: p. 25, 26.
Reference (Deposit): WYO. G.S. FOR MAS
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