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Uraninite from
Bill Smith Mine, Highland Flats-Box Creek Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uraninite
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uraninite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bill Smith Mine, Highland Flats-Box Creek Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1260023
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1260023:8
GUID (UUID V4):f49b69e7-a637-4c8d-ad77-0325e4c8b0e0
Nearest other occurrences of Uraninite
9.7km (6.0 miles) Morton Ranch Uranium Mine, Southern Powder River Basin Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Highland Uranium Operation, Highland Flats-Box Creek Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) 3 - 10 Mine (Section 3 - 10 Uranium Mine), Southern Powder River Basin Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
17.9km (11.1 miles) Drill Hole No. 1 Occurrence, Southern Powder River Basin Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) Pat No. 8 Occurrence, Southern Powder River Basin Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) Kerr McGee Pat Claim, Southern Powder River Basin Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) Hardy Fee Land Occurrence, Southern Powder River Basin Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) Bear Creek Project (Bear Creek Mine), Southern Powder River Basin Mining District, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
50.0km (31.1 miles) Key Claims, Campbell County, Wyoming, USA
67.4km (41.9 miles) Trail Creek Mine, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
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Uranium is a geochemically persistent element. Uraninite, a common uranium mineral, has been precipitated...and brown uranium ore minerals, pitchblende and uraninite, occur either in extensive bedded deposits in...conditions, concentrations large enough to warrant mining are restricted mostly to the western U.S. Principal...intermontane basins (e.g., province 2-Tertiary basins, Wyoming), or gulf-type basins (e.g., province 3-Texas Gulf...and White Canyon mineral belts Tertiary basins, Wyoming and Colorado Northeast Washington Colorado Front
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................................. SILVER CRATER MINE—Ilia Kerr ........................................opinions expressed in their respective articles. BOX 29, PEEKSKILL, N. Y., U.S.A. ROCKS and MINERALS,...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Camping. For more details contact Gar)' W. Anderson, Box 154, Rt. 2, Phoenix, N. Y. Phone a Good Mineral...Colorado Springs, Colo. Show Chairman Roy G. Bar­ rett, Box 2, Colorado Springs, Colo. July 24, 1965 — Coastal
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Bartsch Houston Museum of Nat. Sci. Houston, Texas Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...W. Pinch & J. D. Grice The M eikle m ine, Elko County, N e v a d a ....................................by M. Jensen The Ross H annibal m ine, Lawrence County, South D a k o ta ............................
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Richard... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815...Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ..........................................185 by B. M. England Copper roses from the Rose mine, near San Lorenzo, New Mexico ....................phosphate analog of molybdofornacite from Whim Creek, Western Australia ............................
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................................... 571 P()TOSI MINE OF MEXICO ...............................................................579 ASHJO, JAPAN, COPPER MINE ..................................................Subscriber Editor R. & M.: Rock1 and Minerals is a mine of information to Rockhounds and I will be very...where he is samnling gold-b~r•ng ~ravels on Lynx Creek, a few miles south of Prescott. forced on us due...titled as follows: Sawing, Cabochon cutting, Large flats, Gem drilling, Bead making, Cutting faceted gems
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. . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and...citations on the Harding mine and information about other collections of Harding mine specimens. The museum
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C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin &...Sevillano The geosc_ience collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy .........................................introducing what is now our standard plastic thumbnail box to collectors. He was an early member of the Mjneralogical...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed...plastic box. This box was eventually transformed into what is today our standard thun1bnail box. He began
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Mary Lynn Michela Associate Editors Piere Bariand Bill Birch Michael P. Cooper Anthony R. Kampf Joseph...minrec@earthlink.net Subscriptions, Books & Back Issues P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, AZ 85740 Tel: 520-297-6709 Fax: 520-544-0815...address changes to: Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740. Front cover: COVELLITE crystal...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff...Circle Newark, Delaware 19702 Jerry A. Lorengo PO Box 15724 Arlington, Virginia 22215 For more than 100
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Pelt, Los Angeles • Note our mailing address: P.O. Box 1621. Laguna Beach. CA 92652. The Mineralogical...Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Subscriptions...C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County,Iowa ..................... 231 by P. L. Garvin...Sevillano The geoscience collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy ......................................
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Mountain Newry, Oxford Count , Maine Van King PO Box 90888 Rochester, NY 14609 newryqs@ rochester .rr...in the Penrose Branch of the Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD), in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (See Exhibit...on page 4) Mineral News ----2 Newry, Oxford County, Maine (Continued from page 1) For example. chemical...(and ferrisicklerite), triploidite, uralolite, uraninite, uranophane, uranophanebeta, u shkov i te van...Sun. 10 - S Martin Zinn Expositions,L.L.C. • P.O. Box 665 • Bemalillo,NM 87004 • Fax: (505) 867-0073 •
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...Articles Large barite crystals from the Elandsrand gold mine, South A fr ic a .................................address changes to: The Mineralogical Record, P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740. Copyright 2001 © by the
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Boulder, Colo. Secretary-Treasurer, Peter Zodac Box 29, Peekskill, N. Y. Organized in 1928 tor the increase...NOTICE) ............................ WILLIAM OLIVER SMITH (OBITIJARY NOTICE ) ...................... THE SHULAK...Lockport. In Monroe County, the Pike and Nellis quarries and rock exposures on Allen's creek and in the Genesee...and west across the north central part of Monroe County in a layer approximately 170 feet thick. Anala...scattered by the g lacier over parts of Monroe County and elsewhere are easily recognized by their color
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Bartsch Houston Museum of Nat. Sci. Houston, Texas Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...ELBAITE crystal, 7.3 cm, from the Alto Ligonha district, Mozambique. American M useum of Natural History...address changes to: The Mineralogical Record, P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740. Copyright 2000 © by the
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photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angeles MINE [RaL OG MANUEL Ol) MIN£RAl ° C Editor & Publisher...Associate Editors Pierre Sariand Sorbonne Paris, Prance Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Richard...Articles Famous mineral localities: The Orford nickel mine, Quebec, Canada...................................by B. Smith & C. Smith Minerals from the Topeka-Kentucky Giant and Indiana veins, Ouray County, Colorado... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Fisher History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The story of
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Ruggles Mine at Grafton N.H. Here they were successful in finding specimens of autunite, uraninite, beryl...On Sunday the group visited the Betts Manganese Mine at Cummington, Mass. Several members of the group...Warren Milne, succeeding himself as president; Bill Smith, newly elected V.P.; Carol Milne, newly elected...Our new club was an outgrowth of the Westchester County Unit of the Franklin Mineralogical Association..., one each to the old iron mine in Roxbury, Conn., to the old copper mine in Bristol, Conn, and to Franklin
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Pelt, Los Angeles • Note our mailing address: P.O. Box 1621, Laguna Beach, CA 9 2 6 5 2 . The Mineralogical...Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Subscriptions...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....[Ba(UO2)2V2O8⭈5H2O] from the type locality, the Mounana mine, Franceville, Haute Ogooué, Gabon. See the article
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Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815...Nikischerite, a new mineral from the Huanuni tin mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Peru . . ....The Baumann prospect, Chickencoop Canyon, Tulare County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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............................................ 3 MINING IN CHINA Berthold Ottens ............................................................ 17 DAOPING MINE Guanghua Liu and Berthold Ottens ....................................... 69 LOCALITY GUIDE Bill & Carol Smith, Guanghua Liu, and Berthold Ottens ........Mary Lynn Michela Associate Editors Piere Bariand Bill Birch Michael P. Cooper Anthony R. Kampf Joseph...minrec@earthlink.net Subscriptions, Books & Back Issues P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, AZ 85740 Tel: 520-297-6709 Fax: 520-544-0815
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Pelt, Los Angeles • Note our mailing address: P.O. Box 1621, Laguna Beach, CA 92652. Editor & Publisher...Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Richard... back issues, reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 FAX: 602-544-0815...Articles Native gold from the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne County, California...............................Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi .....................................
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by Lapis International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860...elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil by Eberhard Equit, 1993...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...to the yellow zircon commonly found in Ceylon (Smith, 1912). Dana and Brush also point out that tourmaline's...were uncovered there until the 1860s when a true mining effort was directed at the outcrop (King, 2000)
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