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North Pumpkin Buttes

Prospect 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. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400633
Record type Site
Current site name North Pumpkin Buttes
Alternate or previous names Christensen Brothers, Price Exploration Company, North Pumpkin Buttes Claims

Comments on the site identification

  • 25 unpatented claims. In 3 disntinct clusters. Utah 1-4 in T45N, R76W, sec. 35, SE4. In T45N, R75W, SEc. 29 contains Arizona 1, 3, 7, and less than half of Arizona 4 and 6. Sec. 28 contains the remainder of Arizona 4 and 6, Utah 5, 7, 8, and most of Colorado 7 in one contiguous block. Separately in Sc. 28 is Utah 10 amd Colorado 2(?). Also in Sec. 28 is Colorado 1, and parts of Colorado 8 and 5. Sec. 27 contains most of Colorado 5 and 4. Sec. 33 contains most of Utah 9, Colorado 3, Colorado 9, and parts of Utah 12 and 13. Utah 11, and the rest of Utah 12 and 13 are in Sec. 34. Interestingly, though clearly there are claims in Sec. 33, this is not listed in the land position in DMEA-3835.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -105.996, 43.843 (WGS84)
Relative position Main block of claims. In secs. 27, 28, 29, and 34 of T45N, R75W. Coordinates are for approx. centroid in sec. 28 in Campbell Co. Secondary location at 43.826, -106.074 for the Utah Nos. 1-4 claims in SE4 sec. 35, in T45N, R76W. Claim blocks are not contiguous.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Campbell
United States Wyoming Johnson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 045N 075W 27, 28, 29, 34 Wyoming
6th Principal 045N 076W 35 SE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -105.996, 43.843
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type E

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee
    Owner Price Exploration Company
    Home office 615 North First St., Grand Junction, CO
    Year 1955

Comments on the ownership information

  • A letter from Law offices Rowland & Rowland, Bartlesville, OK dated June 9, 1958 to DMEA Field Team, states: "After losing its entire capilatilzaion, Price Exploration Company went out of business on July 30, 1956, your office being currently advised of the transfer of the North Pumpkin Buttes property. Our files show the DMEA Termination Agreement effective August 1, 1956. The company has been defunct for two years [...]" (DMEA-3835, p. 108 of 448)
  • "Feb. 7, 1955, Charles Christensen and John Christensen of Gillette, WY, entered into a Royalty and Surface Damage Agreement with said Price Exploration Company." (DMEA-3835, p. 258 of 448). On p. 63, the Docket clearly describes the surface rights are owned by the Christensens and the mineral rights were retained by the Federal Government.

Comments on the production information

  • These claims have not produced, but $30,000 wroth of ore was removed from property to the north. (DMEA-3835, p. 49)

Comments on development

  • "There are no mining workings on the claims. There has been no previous drillon gon the claims by the U.S.G.S., AEC, or other agencies. The applicant has no knowledge of any drilling being comtemplated in the North Pumpkin Buttes area by the afore-mentioned agencies." (DMEA-3835, p. 33 of 448)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2012-01-17 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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