Rim Group

Past Producer in Fremont 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206429
MAS/MILS ID 0560130660
Record type Site
Current site name Rim Group
Alternate or previous names Rim, Rim #4, Rim #40, #55, #59

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.51568, 42.84305 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Relative position Coordinates are OK, at least within the claim block, though at the NE edge. Centroid of group closer to 42.839, -107.526. (Good maps are at end of first section in the Docket, around p. 375-393.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gas Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rattlesnake Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 033N 089W 8, 9, 17 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • Centroid of group closer to 42.839, -107.526. (Good maps are at end of first section in the Docket, around p. 375-393.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.51568, 42.84305

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gas Hills

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rim Group Mining Co.
    Home office Lander, WY
    Year 1956
    First year 1956
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Rocket Mining Co.
    Home office UT
  • Type Operator
    Owner Uranium Research and Development Co.
    Home office 209 Denham Building, Denver, CO
    Year 1957
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Western Uranium Corp.
    Home office SD
    Year 1957
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Riverton Uranium Corp.
    Home office NV
    Year 1957
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mountain Mesa Uranium Corp.
    Home office WY
    Year 1957

Comments on the ownership information

  • "WEST U CORP.,J.E. ERICKSON OR UTAH CONSTR FOMAS"
    Copied from References field, but probably moot. Much more detailed info is available in the DMEA Docket.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines also 05560130661 and 0560130662
Editor 19-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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