The Pocupine Nos. 1-9 Claims is a beryllium and ree mine located in Big Horn county, Wyoming.
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Pocupine Nos. 1-9 Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pocupine Nos. 1-9 Claims
Secondary: Porcupine Group
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: REE
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Big Horn
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Big Horn Locating Co. (Kenneth P. Harrington and Jerome Hirschfeld)
Home Office: 865 South Lake St., Gary, Indiana
Info Year: 1957
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Monazite
Comments
Comment (Location): Claims are Placer claims, 4 claims in each Group, each claim covering one quarter section, each group covering one section. The 9 sections, 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 34, 14, and 15 cover the entire NE quarter of T56N, R92W.
References
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 4897, 1957, 58 p, http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4897_DMEA.pdf
URL: DMEA Docket No. 3762, 289 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4897_DMEA.pdf
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