The Gas Hills Mines is a uranium mine located in Natrona county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,900 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
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 42.84722, -107.50000
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Gas Hills Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gas Hills Mines
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Natrona
District: Gas Hills District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Home Office: P. O. Box 5100, Gas Hills Stations, Riverton, Wy. 82501
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Normal Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Liebigite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): UNION CARBIDE HAS GAS HILLS EAST AND WEST MINES IN THIS DISTRICT. THIS RECORD COMBINES THE TWO CREATING A MAJOR MINES ENTRY. [ABW notes that this is a deposit or district record and thus recoded it as deposit as a district record already exists. The district and deposit records could/should be combined.]
Comment (Commodity): THE FIRST 4 ORE MINERALS (carnotite, coffinite, liebigite, tyuyamunite) ARE MOST COMMON IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE. THE NEXT TWO (uraninite, uranophane)ARE MOST COMMON IN THE UNOXIDIZED ZONE. THE OTHERS ARE PRESENT IN THE AREA.
Comment (Workings): PLANT HAS CAPACITY OF 1,100 TPD. GRADING AT .20 DEGREES AND .25% U3O8
Comment (Location): 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1952 EDITION
Comment (Identification): ABW notes that this is a deposit or district record and thus recoded it as deposit as a district record already exists. The district and deposit records could/should be combined.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12-31-80.
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. 31-37.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: GSW BULL. 50, P. 201, 207-208.
Pages: p. 201, 207- 208.
Reference (Production): ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12-31-80
Reference (Deposit): GSW REPRINT 35, P. 309
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