Snowball Mine

The Snowball Mine is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,759 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

Name: Snowball Mine  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Fremont

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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