Laymon Lease

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157597
MAS/MILS ID 0560110110
Record type Site
Current site name Laymon Lease
Alternate or previous names Shannon Lease

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.769, 44.466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position Coordinates are for center of N2 of Sec. 27.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carlile(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 27 E2 of NW4 and W2 of NE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.769, 44.466

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner BALBOA MINING,A.F.STOIC OR SUSQUEHANNA WESTERN
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Shannon Oil Co
    Home office Denver, CO
    Year 1955
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Balboa Mining and Development Company
    Home office Grand Junction, CO
    Year 1958

Comments on the ownership information

  • Shannon Oil is a partnership of R.S. Shannon Jr (46.85%), W.J. Quinlin (6.25%), K.E. Scoville (31.25%), and P.L. Warnick (15.64%). [DMEA-3762, p. 29 of 289.]

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "Uraninite occurrence, in Lakota Form. at a depth of 175 to 275 feet, carbonized plant remains." (MINBRAS, 1976, p. 42)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 13-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560450070 = 10303508

Beyond USGS

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

External references