Orr Group

Prospect in Campbell 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 10254693
MAS/MILS ID 0560050239
Record type Site
Current site name Orr Group
Alternate or previous names Orr Claims

Comments on the site identification

  • In same section, but west of Albert Orr Ranch (KISU Mining Co). See #4 and #5 on pl. 6, p. 18, of MINOBRAS.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.90424, 43.90665 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fats Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Powder(hydrologic unit)

Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Campbell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 45N 74W 5 NW4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.90424, 43.90665

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pumpkin Buttes

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner NORTH AMERICAN MINING CO.

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

    AEC PRELIM.FIELD INV.,AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

  • Deposit

    Mrak, Vernon A., 1958, Uranium deposits in the Tertiary sediments of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Association 13th Field Trip Guidebook, p. 233-240.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 15-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.