Uranophane at the Silver Cliff Mine Near Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming

Wilmarth, V. R.; Johnson, D. H.

doi:10.2172/989086

1952

DOI: 10.2172/989086

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Uranophane at the Silver Cliff Mine Near Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming

V. R. Wilmarth¹,

D. H. Johnson²

Abstract: Reviewen Otu. Date Trace Elements Investigations Report 158 This preliminary report is distributed without editorial and technical review for conformity with official standards and nomenclature. It is not for public inspection or quotation.

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“…the central Black Hills. South and west of the Black Hills near Lusk, Wyo., uranophane and other secondary uranium minerals have been found in sulfide veins cutting pre-Cambrian and Cambrian rocks(Wilmarth and Johnson, 1954). Uranophane and carnotite-type minerals also t occur in sandstones of Tertiary age near Pumpkin Buttes, Wyo (Love, 1952)…”

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Uranium deposits in Fall River County, South Dakota

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In 1951 uranium deposits containing carnotite were discovered in the southern Black Hills near Edgemont, Fall River County, S. Dak. Many carnotite deposits haye; since been found in sandstones in the Inyan Kara group of Early Cretaceous age, and uranium-bearing material has been discovered in the Minnelusa sandstone of Pennsylvanian age and the Deadwood formation of Cambrian age in the southern Black Hills. Ore has been produced only from the Inyan Kara group, mostly within an area of about 30 square miles along the southwest flank of the Black Hills uplift between Dewey and Hot Springs, in Custer and Fall River Counties. In addition, occurrences of uranium in other parts of the Black Hills and the surrounding area are known or reported in sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks of pre-Cambrian to Tertiary age. The lowermost and uppermost formations of the Inyan Kara group the Lakota and Fall River sandstones contain the productive uranium deposits. These terrestrial formations are composed predominantly of massive sandstone lenses with thin units of thinly bedded sandstone and mudstone, but locally they contain abundant mudstone and thinly bedded sandstone. The massive sandstone lenses commonly overlap and truncate underlying lenses. Iron stain, carbonaceous material, thin seams of gypsum, ripple marks, concretions, and fossil roots are common in the mudstone and thinly bedded portions of these formations. Some high-angle normal faults of small displacement are found in the area containing the largest number of uranium occurrences in the Inyan Kara group. Although no ore deposits seen were cut by faults, high-angle fractures parallel to and at right angles to the faults contain carnotite for short distances. The productive uranium deposits are most common where the Lakota and Fall River sandstones locally contain a large proportion of mudstone and thinly bedded sandstone. Other deposits are in the massive sandstone lenses of .the Lakota sandstone and in the thin units between the lenses. Although carnotite is the most conspicuous and important mineral in most deposits, corvusite is an important constituent of some deposits. Other uranium minerals in the deposits are tyuyamunite, rauvite, and autunite. Ore produced in 1952 from the Fall River and Lakota sandstones contained about 0.2 percent of UaOs and 0.6 percent of VzOj. In general, deposits in the Fall River and Lakota sandstones contain about the same percentage of U308, but the deposits in the Fall River sandstone appear to have a higher percentage of vanadium. The grade of individual deposits, however, is highly variable. Most deposits are small, but a few have yielded as much as a thousand tons of ore.

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Uranophane at the Silver Cliff Mine Near Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming

Abstract: Reviewen Otu. Date Trace Elements Investigations Report 158 This preliminary report is distributed without editorial and technical review for conformity with official standards and nomenclature. It is not for public inspection or quotation.

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