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Sodak Uranium and Mining Co.

Producer in Converse county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Uranium, Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108462
MRDS ID DC05899
Record type Site
Current site name Sodak Uranium and Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Cannonball Pit

Comments on the site identification

  • The property in Sec. 36/1 was Unknown #10018949 = MRDS DC07798. It has been deleted.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Centroid -105.4461, 43.03512 (WGS84) 500 Coordinates are for near centroid of parcel in secs. 36 and 1.
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Centroid -105.625, 43.092 (WGS84) 500 Approx. center of Sec. 16

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bobby Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lightning(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 035N 072W 01 NE4 Wyoming
6th Principal 036N 073W 16 Wyoming
6th Principal 036N 072W 36 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • COMPANY HOLDINGS INCLUDE SEC. 16, T. 36N., R. 73W., SEC. 36, T. 36N. R. 72W.
  • Note that this "property" is in 2 non-contiguous parcels. One in Sec. 16, the other in Sec. 36/1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.4461, 43.03512
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Centroid (2) -105.625, 43.092
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: YELLOW U MINERALS IN "RED" SANDSTONE ZONE NODULES AND MASSES OF MANGANESE OXIDE OCCUR IN SOME DEPOSITS WITH URANIUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Powder River Basin

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee
    Owner Sodak Uranium and Mining Co. (a Delaware Corp.)
    Home office Hot Springs, SD
    Year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material U
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.26 % U
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA APPEARS GOOD FOR PROSPECTING, ESPECIALLY SEC. 16.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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