Cedar Hills 1-12

The Cedar Hills 1-12 is a uranium mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,519 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Cedar Hills 1-12  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Carbon

Elevation: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 41.0542, -107.77360

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Cedar Hills 1-12 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cedar Hills 1-12
Secondary: Cedar Hills Group
Secondary: Cedar Hills #1
Secondary: Cedar Hill #10
Secondary: Cedar Hills 1 and 2
Secondary: Cedar Hills 6 and 11
Secondary: Cedar Hills 6, 7, 11


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Carbon


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: KING OIL, C. E. KING

Owner Name: TRACE ELEMENTS CORPORATION OR UNION CARBIDE

Owner Name: UNION CARBIDE

Owner Name: TRACE ELEMENTS CORPORATION


Production

Year: 2010
Mined: 18930.000 mt
Material type: 20,867 st X .9071847 = 18930 mt


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Ore: Liebigite
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Rutherfordine


Comments

Comment (Location): Cedar Hills #10 supposedly in T13N, R92W, Sec. 31.

Comment (Geology): Cedar Hills #10 contains Liebigite (RME-3148, p. 43).

Comment (Geology): Cedar Hills #6 contains Coffinite and Rutherfordine in Miocene Browns Park Fm.


References

Reference (Deposit): CONS. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-00-1961

Reference (Deposit): USAEC ANNUAL REPORT (RME-3148), 1956-1957, P. 43.
Pages: p. 43.

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

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming.
Pages: p. 25, 26.

Reference (Deposit): WYO. G.S. FOR MAS


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