The Simmons #2 is a uranium mine located in Campbell county, Wyoming at an elevation of 5,039 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 43.8447, -105.88470
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Simmons #2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Simmons #2
Secondary: Simmons No. 2
Secondary: Simmons
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Campbell
District: Pumpkin Buttes
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: Wyo Roc Uranium
Info Year: 1958
Owner Name: WYO-ROC, C.T. RUSSELL,OR WYO ROC DEVELOPMENT K M GILLETTE
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Identification): Mrak (1958) has entry for "Simmons" but no mention of No. 1 or No. 2.
Comment (Development): Simmons inactive as of 1958.
Comment (Production): Simmons (presumably both No. 1 and 2, combined) produced 100 tons as of Jan. 1958.
References
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM FIELD INV, RA RADIOACTIVE ANOMALIES
Reference (Deposit): WYO GS FOR MAS
Reference (Deposit): Mrak, Vernon A., 1958, Uranium deposits in the Tertiary sediments of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Association 13th Field Trip Guidebook, p. 233-240.
Pages: p. 236.
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