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Wicker-Baldwin Prospect

Past Producer in Weston county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018730
MRDS ID DC06382
MAS/MILS ID 0560450040
Record type Site
Current site name Wicker-Baldwin Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wicker-Baldwin, Wicker & Baldwin

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -104.06891, 43.62357 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Prospect shown and labeled on geologic map (pl. 5 of Bull. 1063-B) in NE4 Sec. 16, not SE4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weston(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dewey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Weston

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 042N 060W 16 SE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Metatyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock type qualifier rusty brown sandstones
    Rock unit name Fall River formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -104.06891, 43.62357
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wicker And Baldwin
    Home office Dewey, S.D.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC-PRR DEB P-1-2125

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-28-1959

  • Deposit

    Brobst, D.A., 1961, Geology of the Dewey quadrangle, Wyoming-South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1063-B, p. 13-60, scale 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM.FIELD INV.,AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOming, 63 p. and appendix.

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 10-79

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, 287 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UP TO .17% U OXIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560450040 = newMRDS 10206426
Editor 04-APR-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560450040 = newMRDS 10206426, merged and deleted.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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