Aladdin

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

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Site Name

Primary: Aladdin
Secondary: Black Vein
Secondary: Helmer
Secondary: Sisson
Secondary: State Lease 22090

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Crook

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 42 SAMPLES, TRACE TO 7.788% U OXIDE.

Comment (Deposit): "Uranium mineralization is reported to occur in three stratigraphic units; the lower 30 to 50 ft. of the Fall River sandstone, the upper one-third of the Fuson shale and the upper one-third of the Lakota sandstone; all of Lower Creatceous age. Carnotite and autunite are the principal uranium minerals. Several small mines were operated in the area." (Bull. 50, p. 211)

References

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, 287 p.
Pages: p. 211.

Reference (Deposit): WYO. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 50, 1959, P. 188.

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

Reference (Location): Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series MS-94, scale 1:500,000.

Reference (Deposit): Gray, J.R., and Tennissen, A.C., 1935, Uranium investigations near Aladdin, Crook County, Wyoming: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-4016, 14 p.
Pages: 14 p.

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