Wyoming · Fremont County
Past Producer

Big Eagle Mine

Fremont County, Wyoming, United States
Uranium
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeE
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlPresence Of Carbonaceous Material
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Battle Spring (Lower Member)
StructureA Northward Dipping Thrust Fault Zone., Asymmetric Anticlines And Thrust Faults In Pre-Tertiary Rocks, And Gentle Folds And Normal Faults In Tertiary.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1978
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10080432
MRDS IDW031622
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.34167, -107.785
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 207.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PI CIRC. 7, PP. 7 - 8.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING, MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979.ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80.REV BY MILS 6-79 (copied from deleted record 10157492)Gregory and others, 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey MS-94, scale 1:500,000.ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80