Merrimac

Occurrence in Sweetwater 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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135413
MAS/MILS ID 560370064
Record type Site
Current site name Merrimac

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.7928, 42.0658 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Freighter Gap(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.7928, 42.0658

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANOMALY IN LIMESTONE BED OF TIPTON TONGUE OF GREEN RIVER FM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type E
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner MATHEW R FRAMPTON
    Home office ROCK SPRINGS, WYO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM FIELD INV AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-06-21 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey moved comments from reference field

Beyond USGS

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

External references