The Snowball Mine is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,759 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,759 Feet (2,060 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 42.04944, -107.82806
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Snowball Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowball Mine
Secondary: Snoball Mine
Secondary: Sno-ball Claims
Secondary: Crooks Gap - Green Mountain uranium area
Secondary: Sheep Mountain Operations
Secondary: Sno-ball mines
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Comments
Comment (Production): As of May, 1969 the Snoball Mines (several small adits and inclined shafts) were producing about 150 tons of ore per day (Bailey, 1969, p. 114).
Comment (Workings): Snoball Mines made up of several small adits and inclined shafts (Bailey, 1969, p. 114).
References
Reference (Deposit): Bailey, R.V., 1969, Uranium deposits in the Great Divide Basin--crooks Gap Area, Fremont and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming, in R.B. Parker, ed., Contributions to Geology--Wyoming Uranium Issue, v. 8, no. 2, pt. 1, p. 105-120.
Pages: p. 108, 114.
Reference (Deposit): USAEC PROGRESS REPORT NO. 10 FOR PERIOD APRIL 1 TO OCTOBER 1, 1955, (RME-3125), P. 1
Reference (Deposit): WYO GS FOR MAS
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN NUCLEAR
Reference (Deposit): Stephens, J.C., 1964, Geology and uranium deposits at Crook Gap, Fremont County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1147-F, 82 p.
Pages: pl. 1 (1:48,000), p. 45-46.
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. 29-31.
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