Geology and Uranium Occurrences in the Miller Hill Area, Carbon County, Wyoming (open access)

Geology and Uranium Occurrences in the Miller Hill Area, Carbon County, Wyoming

Abstract: Uranium occurs in the North Park(?) formation of Pliocene(?) age in the Miller Hill area, about 25 miles south of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyo. As much as 0. 5 percent uranium is contained in grab samples, but only about 1000 tons of rock are known to contain as much as 0. 03 percent uranium. Beds of brecciated, silicified limestone 3 to 10 feet thick contain the principal concentrations of uranium. Lesser concentrations are found in calcareous sandstone and quartzite. Uranophane, Ca(UOz)2SizO 7 . 6HZO, the principal uranium'mineral, has been deposited in vugs, as fracture and surface coatings, and as a disseminated constituent of the rock. Uranium also occurs in quantities too small to be megascopically visible in dark-colored chalcedony, lime stone, sandstone, and quartzite beds.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Vine, James David & Prichard, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Uranium Occurrences in the Miller Hill Area Carbon County, Wyoming (open access)

Geology and Uranium Occurrences in the Miller Hill Area Carbon County, Wyoming

Report discussing an investigation of the geology of the Miller Hill area in Wyoming. This area's rocks were shown to contain varying amounts of uranium.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Vine, James D. & Prichard, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library