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Lone Wolf

Past Producer in Sweetwater 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091590
MRDS ID DC07330
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Wolf

Comments on the site identification

  • Plots in same area as "Red Basin Project" (10181990). Possibly a duplicate.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -108.008, 42.074 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided at corner of secs. 2 and 10.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagles Nest Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic unit)

Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 024N 094W 02,10 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • MF-127 shows a uranium deposit in this vicinity, however the map is unlabeled, so not known if this is the Lone Wolf.
  • MS-94 puts Lone Wolf in next township to the NW, approx. in Sec. 34 or 35, or 10 km away.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -108.008, 42.074
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Significant No

Mining district

District name Great Divide Basin

Production statistics

  • Year 2010
    Material 23 st X .9071847 = 21 mt
    Ore mined 21mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC-DEB MR 9/55

  • Deposit

    Osterwald, F.W., and Bean, B.G., 1958, Preliminary tectonic map of Wyoming east of the Overthrust Belt, showing the distribution of uranium deposits,: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Field Studies Map MF-127, scale 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-00-1958

  • Deposit

    Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, scale 1:500,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES .44 PERCENT U3O8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2011-04-28 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Corrected lat/long coordinates to match PLSS (Secs 2, 10, T24N, R94W). Completed reference to MF-127.

Beyond USGS

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

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