Jeanette

The Jeanette is a uranium mine located in Campbell county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jeanette
Secondary: Jeanette Claim
Secondary: Jeanette #1

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Campbell
District: Pumpkin Buttes

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Jenkin & Hand (H.H. Bowen)
Info Year: 1958

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Comments

Comment (Orebody): Ownership unclear. MAS 0560050207 listed C.L. Kelley for Jeanette and Jenkins and Hand for Jeanette #1 in the references field.

Comment (Development): Active as of 1958.

Comment (Production): Produced more than 1,000 tons as of Jan. 1958.

References

Reference (Deposit): USAEC-AP. 1, 1956, RME 3137, P. 5.

Reference (Reference): AEC PRELIM FIELD INV, AIRBORNe RA ANOMALIES

Reference (Reference): WYO GS FOR MAS

Reference (Deposit): USAEC-OCT 1, 1955, RME 3125, P. 11.

Reference (Deposit): MRAK, VERNON A., 1958, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY SEDIMENTS OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 13TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK, P. 233-240.
Pages: p. 236.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-27-1961

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