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Chimney Rock

Occurrence in Carbon 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081044
MRDS ID W032736
Record type Site
Current site name Chimney Rock

Comments on the site identification

  • Unable to determine if the two Chimney Rock records (this one, and see also 10132871) are the same. The cite different sources both of which explicitly state different section, township, range.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.58203, 42.09996 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

T E Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shirley Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 025N 081W 30;31 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore
Metatyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Tensleep
    Rock description Tensleep
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.58203, 42.09996
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Gurner, J.W., and Smith, D.K., Jr., 1955, PROGRESS REPORT NO. 10 FOR PERIOD APRIL 1 TO OCTOBER 1, 1955: United States Atomic Energy Commission RME-3125, 19 p.

  • Reference

    Gurner, J.W., Smith, D.K., Jr., and Knox, J.A., 1956, Annual Report for April 1, 1955 to March 31, 1956. Part II: United States Atomic Energy Commission RME-3137, part 2, 24 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 23-MAY-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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