3R Mine

The 3R Mine is a uranium mine located in Teton 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: 3R Mine  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Teton

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 43.63389, -110.43639

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3R Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: 3R Mine
Secondary: 3-R Mine


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Teton


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (General): E S RUTT MANHEIM PENN [ABW, 01-apr-2011, has no idea what this means. Transferred verbatim from deleted duplicate record 10206151 (MAS 0560390025).

Comment (Geology): SEDIMENTARY URANIUM IN JURASSIC MORRISON FM

Comment (Geology): "Uranium in Morrison sandstone, abundant carbonized plant remains" (MINOBRAS, p. A-23)

Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE 0.15% U3O8


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS FILES

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 68 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. A-23.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-00-1958

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

Reference (Deposit): MRAK 1958 WGS


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