Teton Group

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157661
MAS/MILS ID 560070648
Record type Site
Current site name Teton Group
Alternate or previous names Teton 1,3, Teton Claim No. 3, Teton, Teton No. 3 deposit

Comments on the site identification

  • MS-94 gives 2 entries for Teton, but without any references. Both list production of 1000 short tons. Unable to determine if these are actually duplicate entries.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.7736, 41.03728 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position "located 3 km west of the Poison Basin deposit", according to Dahlkmap, 2010, p. 207.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poison Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baggs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Snake(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012 N 092 W 5 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 3 km west of the Poison Basin deposit. [Dahlkamp, 2010]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.7736, 41.03728

Economic information

Comments on the ore body information

  • Narrow, discontinuous flat-lying ore lenses, less than 1.5 m thick, in an area 210 m long, 60 m wide, and 25-30 m deep. Average ore grade is 0.17% U with some poids exceeding 1% U. [Dahlkamp, 2010, p. 207]

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Teton Development Co.
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Joe Wentz

Production statistics

  • Year 2010
    Material 1,000 st X .9071847 = 907 mt
    Ore mined 907mt
    Accuracy Estimate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOming, 63 p. and appendix.

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM FIELD INV AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

  • Deposit

    WYO GS FOR MAS

  • Deposit

    Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    Dahlkamp, F.J., 2010, Uranium deposits of the World--USA and Latin America, Ch. 2, Wyoming Basins, p. 149-207: available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/g357j7q110q44r5p/fulltext.html

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2011-04-27 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey revised 19-dec-2011, added info from Dahlkamp, 2010 on 29-jun-2012
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560070218 = 10132567 and 0560070215 = 10279188

Beyond USGS

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