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Unknown (sample anomaly #248)

Occurrence in Johnson 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278883
MAS/MILS ID 0560070455
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Pumpkin Buttes area, Powder River Basin
Current site name Unknown (sample anomaly #248)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.11065, 43.65775 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Probably sample site #248 on pl. 11 (S 1/2) of Bull. 1107H.

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 043N 077W 33 NE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.11065, 43.65775
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pumpkin Buttes area, Powder River Basin

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sharp, W.N., McKay, E.J., McKeown, F.A., and White, A.M., 1964, Geology and uranium deposits of the Pumpkin Buttes area of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: USGS Bull. 1107H, p. 541-638, 8 plates.

  • General

    Sharp, W.N., and Gibbons, A.B., 1964, Geology and uranium deposits of the southern part of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: USGS Bull. 1147-D, 60 p.
    [note that this covers the area north of this record and does not apply specifically to this site.]

Comments on the references

  • Deleted ref. to "1147 SHARSRP ET AL" [sic]. The correct citation should be to Sharp and Gibbons, 1964, USGS Bull. 1147D. BUT, this study area is north of this location. Therefore it does not directly apply to this record.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General "Radioactivity anomaly in area of gray sandstone underlain by red, graysih red, and brown sandstone; no uranium minerals visible. (Bull. 1107H, Table 5, p. 641, #248)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 17-JUN-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey This record is for an anomaly, not a deposit.

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