Thorn Ridge Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081168
MRDS ID W032905
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Carlile uranium district
Current site name Thorn Ridge Mine
Alternate or previous names Carlile Prospect

Comments on the site identification

  • Carlile is an ambiguous name. Used in the RME's more as a geographic term. In both cases Thorn Ridge Mine is in parentheses as a modifer. Assume this distinguishes this site in Sec. 24 from the actual Carlile Mine in Sec. 26.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.72922, 44.47689 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Somewhere in Sec. 24.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder View(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 24 W2 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Lakota
    Rock description Lakota
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.72922, 44.47689

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carlile uranium district

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Gruner, J.W., and Smith, D.K., Jr., 1955, PROGRESS REPORT NO. 10 FOR PERIOD APRIL 1 TO OCTOBER 1, 1955: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3125, 19 P.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.

  • Deposit

    Gruner, J.W., and Smith, D.K., Jr., and Knox, J.A., 1956, Annual report for APRIL 1, 1955 to March 31, 1956. Part II: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3137, part II, P. 7.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 20-APR-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MRDS DC07919 = newMRDS 10018984, merged and deleted.
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey MRDS DC07919 = newMRDS 10018984

Beyond USGS

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