Fly

The Fly is a uranium mine located in Converse county, Wyoming at an elevation of 5,098 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fly
Secondary: Fly Pit
Secondary: Fly Group

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Converse
District: Southern Powder River

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: F. B Anschutz

Owner Name: Archuletta Drilling Co

Owner Name: Susquehanna Western, Inc.

Owner Name: B and H Mine Inc. (B & H Co)
Info Year: 1965

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Ore: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Geology): 4 STRAT HOR MIN ORE IN N TREND ZONE 1300F LONG & UP TO 300F ORE HOR 45F TO 100F BELOW SURF

Comment (Geology): NO U MINERALS FOUND

Comment (Development): Active as of 1958.

Comment (Production): Produced 500 tons as of Jan. 1958.

References

Reference (Deposit): WYO. GS FOR M.A.S

Reference (Deposit): Mrak, Vernon A., 1958m Uranium deposits in the Tertirary sediments of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Association 13th Field Trip Guidebook, p. 233-240.
Pages: p. 236.

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming.
Pages: p. 13-14, #15

Reference (Deposit): USAEC, APR. 1, 1957, RME 3148, P. 44.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-05-1961.

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