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North Walker Mine

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230604
MAS/MILS ID 560070079
Record type Site
Current site name North Walker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.16011, 42.32644 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position C of W2 of W2 of Sec. 11

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moss Agate Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shirley Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Medicine Bow(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 027N O78W 11 C W4 Wyoming

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) -106.16011, 42.32644
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shirley Basin Uranium District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner KERR MCGEE CORP
    Year 1976
    First year 1970
    Last year 1974

Production statistics

  • Year 2010
    Material 740,117 st X .9071847 = 671,423 mt
    Ore mined 671423mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF.EMJ MINE DIRECTORY 1975

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYO ENERGY RESOURCES MAP OF WYO 1972

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook of Wyoming

  • Deposit

    "WYOMING URANIUM MINERS SET SIGHTSON HIGHER PRODUCTION" EMJ PAGES: 61-85 (GOOD)

  • Deposit

    Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, 1:500,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2010-06-06 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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