Lost Creek Claims

The Lost Creek Claims is a uranium mine located in Sweetwater county, Wyoming.

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: Lost Creek Claims  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Sweetwater

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 42.002, -108.16200

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Lost Creek Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lost Creek Claims
Secondary: Lost Creek Placer Claims Nos. 375, 386, 391-396


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Sweetwater


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: E.E. Wakeman, agent for group
Home Office: Newcastle, WY
Info Year: 1953


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:


Physiography

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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 (Location): Placer claims, 160 acres each designated as Lost Creek Claims nos. 375, in Sec. 33; 386 in Sec. 32; 391, 392, 393, 394, in Sec. 5; 395 and 396 in Sec. 4.

Comment (Ownership): E.E. Wakeman, agent for R.D. Rudolph, C.R. Rudolph, E.A. Rudolph, Tanna Thoeming, B.H. Thoeming, Mary Wakeman, S.H. Rudolph, and E.E. Wakeman.


References

Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 2883, 19 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2883_DMEA.pdf.
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2883_DMEA.pdf


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