Wicker-Baldwin Prospect

The Wicker-Baldwin Prospect is a uranium mine located in Weston county, Wyoming.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wicker-Baldwin Prospect
Secondary: Wicker-Baldwin
Secondary: Wicker & Baldwin

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Weston

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Wicker And Baldwin
Home Office: Dewey, S.D.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Description: rusty brown sandstones
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Metatyuyamunite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): UP TO .17% U OXIDE.

References

Reference (Deposit): Brobst, D.A., 1961, Geology of the Dewey quadrangle, Wyoming-South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1063-B, p. 13-60, scale 1:24,000.
Pages: p. 13-60.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-28-1959

Reference (Deposit): USAEC-PRR DEB P-1-2125

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, 287 p.
Pages: p. 219.

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. A-24.

Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM.FIELD INV.,AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

Reference (Deposit): REVISED BY MILS 10-79

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