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Whiskey Mountain

Occurrence in Fremont 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018846
MRDS ID DC07150
MAS/MILS ID 0560130828
Record type Site
Current site name Whiskey Mountain
Alternate or previous names Whiskey Peak Mining Co Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -109.64604, 43.44882 (WGS84)
Relative position No details on location. Coordinates are for near center of Sec. 12. No visible disturbance on topo or satellite imagery.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simpson Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gannett Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoshone National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Fitzpatrick Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 040N 107W 12 SE Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION. [Calculated to center of section, but original record plsced record in SE4)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Shoshone National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Whiskey Mountain Mining Co (or Whiskey Peak Mining Co.?)
    Home office Dubois, WY
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FILES, USGS

  • Deposit

    USAEC, 4/1/55, RME 3020, P. 31

  • Deposit

    USAEC, 10/1/55, RME 3125, P. 17

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-00-1958

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM FIELD INV AIR RA ANOMALY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 08-NOV-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560130828 = 10133051 and 0560130829 = 10133162, merged and deleted.
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560130828 = 10133051 and 0560130829 = 10133162

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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