Nelson

The Nelson is a uranium mine located in Crook county, Wyoming.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Nelson  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Crook

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 44.64056, -104.08222

Map: View on Google Maps

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.


Satelite image of the Nelson

Nelson MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nelson
Secondary: Nelson Property
Secondary: Anomaly 3
Secondary: A.R. Nelson
Secondary: A.R. Nelson Property


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Crook


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: A.R. Nelson
Home Office: Aladdin, Wyoming
Info Year: 1955


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Black Hills


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): "Observed mineralization is confined to a small lense-shapeed zone in a 1-foot thick, carbonaceous sandstone bed of the Fall River formation. High radioactive count is found along the outcrop for approximately 100 feet." [RME-1061, p. 11]

Comment (Deposit): UP TO 2.18% U OXIDE.

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZ. IN SMALL LENS-SHAPED ZONE IN 1 FT. THICK CARB. SS BED. 100 FT OF HIGH RADIOACT.

Comment (Analytical Data): 2 assay results on chip samples: 0.72% U3O8, 0.30 V2O5 and 1.18% U3O8, 0.40% V2O5.


References

Reference (Deposit): Nash, A.L., 1955, Airborne reconnaissance of eastern flank of the Black Hills, South Dakota, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Report RME-1061, 16 p.
Pages: p. 11, Anomaly 3

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-15-1961

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


The Top Ten Gold Producing States

The Top Ten Gold Producing States

These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.