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Simmons No. 2

Past Producer in Campbell 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303522
MAS/MILS ID 0560050267
Record type Site
Current site name Simmons No. 2
Alternate or previous names Simmons #2
Included sites Simmons

Comments on the site identification

  • Mrak (1958) has entry for "Simmons" but no mention of No. 1 or No. 2.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.88534, 43.84465 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Butte(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 44N 75W 28 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Wasatch Formation
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pumpkin Buttes

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wyo Roc Uranium
    Year 1958
  • Type Unknown
    Owner WYO-ROC, C.T. RUSSELL,OR WYO ROC DEVELOPMENT K M GILLETTE

Comments on the production information

  • Simmons (presumably both No. 1 and 2, combined) produced 100 tons as of Jan. 1958.

Comments on development

  • Simmons inactive as of 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GS FOR MAS

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM FIELD INV, RA RADIOACTIVE 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.

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

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