Shirley Basin Concentrator (Facility)

Past Producer in Carbon 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254513
MAS/MILS ID 560070077
Record type Site
Current site name Shirley Basin Concentrator (Facility)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.1881, 42.3261 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121

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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

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) -106.1881, 42.3261

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner UTAH INTERNATIONAL INC
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • 1974 CAPACITY 1400 ST TPD
  • ION EXCHANGE METHOD

Comments on development

  • Has been inactive for many years as of 2012.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF USBM PROD TABS(WASH)

  • Deposit

    EMJ INT DIRECTORY OF MININ

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General EMPLoys 54

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-01-24 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Not active as of 2012.. Moved comments out of references field.

Beyond USGS

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