Columbus Group

Past Producer in Johnson 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. 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 10158731
MAS/MILS ID 0560190076
Record type Site
Current site name Columbus Group
Alternate or previous names Columbus

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.03874, 43.72995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1488
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dry Fork Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kaycee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Arminto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Powder(hydrologic unit)

Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Johnson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 043 N 076 W 06 NW Wyoming
6th Principal 043N 075W 05 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Location is uncertain. R. 75 or 76 W? Sec. 5 or 6. Could be mislocated by up to 6 miles.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.03874, 43.72995

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grace D. Ball
    Year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • Produced less than 100 tons as of Jan. 1958.

Comments on development

  • Inactive as of 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GS FOR MAS

  • Deposit

    AEC RESERVE ESTIMATE 1973

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM FIELD INV, AIRBORNE RADIATION ANOMALIES

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYO.

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 9-79

  • Deposit

    MRAK, VERNON A., 1958, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY SEDIMENTS OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL ASSOICATION 13TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK, P. 233-240.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 12-DEC-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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