Arbob Pit

Occurrence in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081043
MRDS ID W032734
Record type Site
Current site name Arbob Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.15063, 42.42696 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Coordinates for near center of Sec. 2. No pit visible on satellite imagery. (Coodinates were 20 km too far west, 2 townships farther west)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bates Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shirley Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Medicine Bow(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028N 078W 02 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.15063, 42.42696

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shirley Basin

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC ANNUAL REPORT (RME-3148), 1956-1957, P. 43

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 10-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Moved lat/long coordinates about 20 km east to given section 2, T28N, R78W. Was plotting in sec. 3, T28N, R80W.

Beyond USGS

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