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Lux Claims Nos. 1-17

Occurrence in Converse 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018973
MRDS ID DC07829
Record type Site
Current site name Lux Claims Nos. 1-17
Alternate or previous names Lux Claims #1 Thru #17

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.575, 43.168 (WGS84)
Relative position Coordinates are for center of NW4 sec. 24, approx. centroid of claim block.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Fork Cheyenne(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 037N 073W 24 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS EXTEND N barely inTO SEC 13 but most are in the northwestern three quarters of Sec. 24. Coordinates are for near center of NW4 of sec. 24.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.575, 43.168
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: U. FOUND IN SMALL CLAY LENS.
  • WIND RIVER FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Russell Larmie, Arthur Johnson, and Lester Ferley, co-owners
  • Type Unknown
    Owner YELLOWSTONE URANIUM CO.
    Home office HARDIN, MT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBILITY OF FINDING COMMERCIAL ORE WAS CONSIDERED REMOTE. 2 RADIOACTIVE HIGHS REPORTED IN LUX 5, BUT ONLY 2 TIMES BACKGROUND. SAMPLES ASSAYED .28% U OXIDE AND .09% VANADIUM OXIDE. OPERATOR'S SAMPLES REPORTEDLY .11% U OXIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560130587

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