Ajo Claims

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096609
MRDS ID W032735
MAS/MILS ID 560070180
Record type Site
Current site name Ajo Claims
Alternate or previous names Nugget Coal & Timber Co. Property, Nugget Coal and Timber Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.465, 42.13611 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Mine on topo near center of sec. 18 is on the Ajo #7 claim.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Hill(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)

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 Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 025N 080W 18 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.465, 42.13611

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASAL 15 FT. TEN SLEEP FM., PENNSYLVANIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1957

Mining district

District name Eastern Shirley Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nugget Coal & Timber Co.
    Year 1957

Comments on the ownership information

  • D. SNYDER AND R. BUCKINGHAM, 9-73 [from deleted MAS record 0560070124. Unsure if these are owners. Incorrectly placed in the bibliographic references.]

Production statistics

  • Year 2010
    Material 4 short tons X .9071847 = 3.6 mt (note that the database rounds the 3.6 st back up to 4 mt) Value was correctly input as 4 short tons.
    Ore mined 4mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General DMEA Docket was a lucky find! This is a complete outline of the proposed mining operation and includes location and claim maps and geology as well as ownership information and economics.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-03-01 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560070124 = newMRDS 10230518, MAS 0560070180 = 10254113, and MAS 0560070229 = 10181413
Editor 2011-04-27 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560070124 = newMRDS 10230518, MAS 0560070180 = 10254113, and MAS 0560070229 = 10181413, merged and deleted.

Beyond USGS

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