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Lost Creek shroeckingerite deposit

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018882
MRDS ID DC07343
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Creek shroeckingerite deposit
Alternate or previous names Lost Creek Deposits (unverifiable)

Comments on the site identification

  • After much research, discovered that the "Golden Arrow" on MS-94 corresponds with "Lost Creek shrockingerite deposits" described in Bull. 1030-I. Golden Arrow claims 1-9 were placer claims discovered in 1936 (Wyant and others, 1956, p. 255).

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -108.101, 42.189 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position From approx. location of #7, pl. 19 of Bull. 1030-I. A number of workings and diggings and trenches spread over at least 6 sections.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osborne Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic unit)

Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 026N 094W 19, 21, 28, 30, 31, 33 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 43 MI. N. OF WAMSUTTER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Schrockingerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -108.101, 42.189
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Great Divide Basin

Production statistics

  • Year 2010
    Material MS-94 claims Golden Arrow produced 5 short tons uranium ore.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Wyant, D.G., Sharp, W.N., and Sheridan, D.M., 1956, Reconnaissance study of uranium deposits in the Red Desert, Sweetwater County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1030-I, p.

  • 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 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey also MRDS DC07340 = newMRDS 10018880
Editor 20-DEC-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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