Shawano Poison Basin Mine

Occurrence in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Uranium, Selenium
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018831
MRDS ID DC06965
Record type Site
Current site name Shawano Poison Basin Mine
Alternate or previous names Shawano Poison Basin Mines

Comments on the site identification

  • DMEA Docket lists Hope, Matt, Poison Basin, North Slope, and Jo claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.762, 41.049 (WGS84)
Relative position Coordinates are for "Shawano Poison Basin Mine" on Poison Basin No. 10 Claim based on DMEA-4994, fig. 5, p. 306. Mine scar visible on satellite imagery in ArcGIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poison Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baggs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Snake(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012N 092W 03 Wyoming
6th Principal 013N 092W 32, 33, 34 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION. For 12N, R92W, sec. 3. Record also includes T13N, R92W, Secs. 32-34.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Selenium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.762, 41.049

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Shawano Development Corp.
    Home office 430 Park Ave., NYC, NY (but, a Florida Corp.)
    Year 1956
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Baggs Uranium Corp.
    Home office (a Delaware Corp.)
    Year 1956
    Last year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-MAY-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey DC06986 = newMRDS 10018838, merged and deleted. Revised 18-jan-2012.

Beyond USGS

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