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Bill Smith Mine

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081126
MRDS ID W032848
Record type Site
Current site name Bill Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.68396, 43.05134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 1/4 MILE WEST OF MORRIS HILL; 25 MI NORTH OF DOUGLAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holdup Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Platte-Casper(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 036N 074W 36 N2 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF N2 TAKEN AS LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Fort Union
    Rock description Fort Union
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.68396, 43.05134
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Powder River Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1968

Mining district

District name Highland Flats-Box Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mc Gee Nuclear Corp.
    Home office P. O. Box 1120, Glenrock, Wy 82637

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 265.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPERATE UNDERGROUND URANIUM MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES OF WYOMING, 1980, P.50

  • Deposit

    URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOMING, 1976, MINOBRAS, P.8-12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Ford, Patti L. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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