Jet Claims, Modern Claims

The Jet Claims, Modern Claims is a uranium mine located in Big Horn county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jet Claims, Modern Claims
Secondary: Modern Mining
Secondary: Modern Mines

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Big Horn
District: Little Mtn.

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Modern Mining Co.
Info Year: 1957

Owner Name: Modern Mines Development Co.
Home Office: Yakima, WA
Info Year: 1957

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tyuyamunite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS SPOTTY, LOW GRADE

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 0.40 PERCENT U3(O8), COATINGS IN CAVERN FILL. AND VUGS

Comment (Location): MINOBRAS lumps Modern Mines with many others and shows location as bein gon the 23/26 section line. This is not accurate compared with the maps supplied in DMEA Docket 4564.

References

Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 4564, 1957, 652 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4564_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4564_DMEA.pdf

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming.
Pages: p. 52-53.

Reference (Deposit): DMEA REPORTS

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-27-1959

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