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Night Owl Claims

Past Producer in Albany 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096619
MRDS ID W032861
MAS/MILS ID 560010080
Record type Site
Current site name Night Owl Claims
Alternate or previous names Night Owl, Night Owl Claim, Night Owl Co 1-A Claims, Night Owl Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.01389, 42.41167 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position Coordinates for near center of Sec. 12.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Rim(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shirley Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Medicine Bow(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028N 077W 12 (also. sec. 1, 11, 13, 14) Wyoming
6th Principal 028N 076W 6, 7, 18 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • MINOBRAS erroneously places this in Crook County. It is just a few sections east of the border in Albany County.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock type qualifier uranium is associated with iron-bearing pegmatite, disseminated in sandstone.
    Rock unit name Casper Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -106.01389, 42.41167
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • YELLOW URAN MIN IN GRAY DOLOMITE OF MADISON FM MANG AND CHAL [copied from deleted MAS record 056001081 = newMRDS 10302250, but information is unverified. Only reference was to "AEC prelim field inv airborne ra anomalies". This information conflicts with verified data. Suggest deleting.]
  • Past production, uranium associated with iron-bearing pegmatite, disseminated in sandstone, Casper Form. (Penn.). (MINOBRAS, p. A-2).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NIGHT OWL CO.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Battle Axe Mining Company (E.E. Corder, Howard Eggleston, Henry R. Keller)
    Home office 1790 Glen Ayr Drive, Denver 15, CO
    Year 1958
    First year 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 2010
    Material MS-94 lists 93 short tons production.
    Ore mined 84mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Listed as being in Shirley Basin Mining District on MS-94, but shown at least a mile to the East on the map.
Deposit "Uranium occurs along a narrow breccia zone 5 ft. thick in the basal Pennsylvanian part of the Casper formation. The uranium mineral questionably identified as staffelite (uraniferous carbonate fluroapatite[sic]), is disseminated in a pale botryoidal apatite up to several mm. in size." (Bull. 50, p. 209).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-04-01 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560010081 = newMRDS 10302250, and MAS 0560010080 = newMRDS 10181951.
Reporter 1974-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey MRDS DC05966 = newMRDS 10018700, and MRDS DC05967 = newMRDS 10108467
Editor 2011-04-26 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Merged and deleted 4 duplicate records. Corrected location to match section. township, range.

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