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Thorn Divide

Occurrence in Crook 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018986
MRDS ID DC07921
Record type Site
Current site name Thorn Divide
Alternate or previous names Thorn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.77172, 44.46245 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position E 1/2 NW 1/4 AND W 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec. 27. On Thorn Divide.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carlile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sundance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 052N 066W 27 N2 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.77172, 44.46245
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A SOOTY BLACK U. MINERAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bergendahl et al
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Shannon Oil Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 50, 1959, P. 194.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1082-J, P. 694-696, 1961

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-15-1961

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOS. 175-275 FT BELOW SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 16-JUL-80 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560110130 = newMRDS 10133359
Editor 21-APR-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560110130 = newMRDS 10133359, merged and deleted.

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