Commodities
PrimaryREE, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePegmatite
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsColumbite, Euxenite, Monazite, Allanite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1957
Identification
Deposit ID10107762
MRDS IDD001896
Alternate namesBig Creek Pegmatite Area, Cox, Platte Mine, Uranium King Claim, R. Platte Property, Ralph Platte
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.11833, -106.48611
References
HOUSTON, R. S., 1961, THE BIG CREEK PEGMATITE AREA, CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING, GEOL. SURV. OF WYOMING PRELIM. REPORT NO. 1, 11 p.Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, p. 221.Hausel and Sutherland, 2000, WSGS Bull. 71, p. 223.Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.AEC PRELIM. FIELD INV., AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIESWYO.G.S.FOR MASGregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, scale 1:500,000.DMEA Docket No. 2584, 31 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2584_DMEA.pdfOsterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, 287 p.HOUSTON, R. S., 1961, THE BIG CREEK PEGMATITE AREA, CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING, GEOL. SURV. OF WYOMING PRELIM. REPORT (unnumbered), 11 p.