Longshot Claim

The Longshot Claim is a uranium mine located in Sublette county, Wyoming at an elevation of 10,699 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Longshot Claim  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Sublette

Elevation: 10,699 Feet (3,261 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 43.46056, -109.78278

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Longshot Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Longshot Claim
Secondary: Union Peak


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Sublette


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Shoshone National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Uranophane


Comments

Comment (Geology): "A uranophane-like mineral occurs as coatings on fractures in, and a crystalline black mineral is impregnated in, a dark gray pre-Cambrian granite gneiss on the east side of the mountain." (RI-7, p. 27)

Comment (Deposit): RECORD REPORTED BY CONSU. DIV. IN 1974 AND BY HARRY SUEKAWA (FOREST SERVICE) IN 1977 AND UPDATED BY RACHEL BARARI IN 1982. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): Gruner, J.W., and others, 1956, Annual report for April 1, 1955 to March 31, 1956, Part II: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3137 (Pt. II), 24 p.
Pages: p. 14.

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., Radioactive mineral deposits of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Report of Investigations 7 (RI-7), p.
Pages: p. 27

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOMING, 1976, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. A-19.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-00-1961

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966 (revised by W.H. Wilson), Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, 287 p.
Pages: p. 217.


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