Gas Hills Project

The Gas Hills Project is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,634 feet.

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: Gas Hills Project  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Fremont

Elevation: 6,634 Feet (2,022 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 42.7892, -107.60830

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Gas Hills Project MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gas Hills Project
Secondary: Federal-American Partners Mill (Facility)


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Fremont


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Type: Unknown


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Federal-American Partners
Percent: 60.00
Home Office: Wyoming
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: AMER NUCLEAR-40%
Percent: 40.00


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (General): GAS HILLS ROUTE RIVERTON WYO 82501 856-9263 CONTACT FLOYDE JACKSON

Comment (Ownership): RATIO OF OWNERSHIP:FEDERAL RESOURCES-60% AMER NUCLEAR-40%

Comment (Identification): Comparison of comments (erroneously placed in the references fields) to information in MINOBRAS, 1976 led ABW to determine that this is the description of the Federal-American Partners Mill.

Comment (Production): ALL OUTPUT COMMITTED TO TVA UNTIL 1990


References

Reference (Deposit): WYO GEOL SURVEY OPEN FILES

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
Pages: p. 31-33.


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