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Lucky Turk

Past Producer in Sweetwater 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018872
MRDS ID DC07304
MAS/MILS ID 560370062
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Turk
Alternate or previous names Lucky Turk Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -108.80167, 41.50889 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Somewhere in Sec. 28. Coordinates are for near center of section. Drill hole and prospects are shown on topo within 500 m.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Point of Rocks SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Desert Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitter(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018N 101W 28 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION. Center of Sec. 28.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Erickson Sandstone of Mesaverde Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) Mesaverde Group - Almond Formation
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ERICKSON FM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Springs
District name Eastern Rock Springs Uplift

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner BLACK BUTTES URANIUM CO.
    Home office ROCK SPRINGS, WYO.

Production statistics

  • Year 2010
    Material 6 short tons X .9071847 = 5.44 mt\n
    Ore mined 5mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC-DAO-P-2-2798

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-00-1958

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM. FIELD INV AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

  • Deposit

    Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, scale 1:500,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560370062 = newMRDS 10230482
Editor 2011-04-28 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560370062 = newMRDS 10230482, merged and deleted.

Beyond USGS

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

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