Description
Exxon Company, Usa.
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTONGUE-SHAPED IN PLAN VIEW
Ore controlOxidation-Reduction Boundary
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Uraninite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Fort Union
StructureAsymmetrical Syncline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID10106209
MRDS IDW031624
Alternate namesHighland Open Pit Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.06711, -105.51755
References
WYOMING GEOL. ASSOC. 1976 GUIDEBOOK, PP. 243 - 252.ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING, MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979.MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES OF WYO. 1978. (copied from deleted record 10254587)MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming.www.wise-uranium.org/uousawy.html