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Nelson Property

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018990
MRDS ID DC07934
MAS/MILS ID 0560110163
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Aladdin uranium district
Current site name Nelson Property
Alternate or previous names Nelson, Anomaly 3, A.R. Nelson, A.R. Nelson Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -104.08281, 44.64052 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Somewhere in Sec. 29.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slaughter Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Devils Tower(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 054N 060W 29 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the analytical data

  • 2 assay results on chip samples:
    0.72% U3O8, 0.30 V2O5 and 1.18% U3O8, 0.40% V2O5.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) Sundance and Gypsum Spring Formations
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZ. IN SMALL LENS-SHAPED ZONE IN 1 FT. THICK CARB. SS BED. 100 FT OF HIGH RADIOACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner A.R. Nelson
    Home office Aladdin, Wyoming
    Year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Nash, A.L., 1955, Airborne reconnaissance of eastern flank of the Black Hills, South Dakota, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Report RME-1061, 16 p.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM.FIELD INV.,AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UP TO 2.18% U OXIDE.
Deposit "Observed mineralization is confined to a small lense-shapeed zone in a 1-foot thick, carbonaceous sandstone bed of the Fall River formation. High radioactive count is found along the outcrop for approximately 100 feet." [RME-1061, p. 11]

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 21-APR-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560110163 = newMRDS 10206588, merged and deleted.
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560110163 = newMRDS 10206588

Beyond USGS

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

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