Wyoming · Fremont County
Past Producer

Crooks Gap - Green Mountain Uranium District

Fremont County, Wyoming, United States
Uranium
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeE
Deposit
Model204: Sandstone U
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite, Coffinite, Uranophane, Autunite
GanguePyrite, Calcite, Selenium
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Battle Springs Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10400480
Alternate namesJackpot (Round Park, Green Mountain), Windy #1 Claim, Sioux #1 Claim, Crooks Gap Mine, Seismic Mine, Jeffrey Ctiy (ambiguous), Fred's Folly, Beatrice Group, Trey and Cindy claims, Utah Mine (Utah International, Inc.), Hazel Claim, Beatrice Claims, Helen May Mine, Sundog Mine, Snowball Mine (includes Sno-ball claims), Congo, Shinkolobwe, Section 16 Mine, Golden Goose II, Reserve MineGolden Goose I, Pay Dirt Pit, Sheep Mountain No. 2, Sheep Mountain No. 1, Crooks Gap - Green Mountain uranium area
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.39, -107.8292
References
MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.Stephens, J.G., 1964, Geology and uranium depoists at Crooks Gap, Fremont County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1147-F, 82 p, plate 1, scale 1:48,000.Love, J.D., 1954, Wyoming, in Geological investigations of radioactive deposits, semiannual progress report, December 1, 1953 to may 31, 1954: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission TEI-440, 245 p.DMEA Docket No. 3462, 115 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3462_DMEA.pdfGregory, 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.Dahlkamp, F.J., Uranium deposits of the world—USA and Latin America, Wyoming Basins: SpringerLink, p. 149-207, available for download at http://www.springerlink.com/content/x74946/?MUD=MP. [Note that the bibliography, p. 381-414 is not available online, and since this is an online only publication, it is therefore not available at all].DMEA Docket No. 3688, http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3688_DMEA.pdfGeological Survey of Wyoming, 1970, Mines and Minerals Map of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming, scale 1:500,000.MINING MAGAZINE, 1989, p. 45.