Hank Claims

The Hank Claims is a uranium mine located in Campbell county, Wyoming at an elevation of 5,075 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Hank Claims
Secondary: Hank Group
Secondary: Hank Claims Nos. 2-11, 15, 16
Secondary: Hank Claim Group

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Campbell

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Identification): Note that this is NOT the same as Hank Unit of Uranerz Energy Corp. Hank Unit is about 25 km NW in T43N, R75W. (Hank Claims are in 42N, 73W)

Comment (Deposit): "Mild radioactivity 0.01 mr per hr at one place on claims. Claims area is soil-covered; has one outcrop of pink sandstone." (Sharp and Gibbons, 1964, p. D26)

References

Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 4386, 71 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4386_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4386_DMEA.pdf

Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 4386, 1956, 71 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4386_DMEA.pdf

Reference (Deposit): DMEA REPORTS

Reference (Deposit): Sharp, W.N. and Gibbons, 1964, Geology and uranium deposits of the southern part of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: USGS BULLetin 1147-D, 60 p.
Pages: p. D26.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-27-1961

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