The Nelson is a uranium mine located in Crook county, Wyoming at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 44.6728, -104.08190
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Nelson MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nelson
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Crook
District: Aladdin uranium district
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
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: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Identification): Description in MINOBRAS, p. 40, mentions Nelson in general terms along with Helmer, Sisson, and Heetland. These 4 properties are in Secs. 7, 17, 18. The other A.R. Nelson property, 10018990, (also called Nelson Property or just Nelson) is in Sec. 29, roughly 2 miles farther south. For now, these two records should remain distinct unless someone has evidence that they are the same.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYO., 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. 40.
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