School Section Mine

Past Producer in Fremont 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230637
MAS/MILS ID 0560130672
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Gas Hills uranium district
Current site name School Section Mine
Alternate or previous names School Section Lease

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.56988, 42.78885 (WGS84)
Elevation 2066
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gas Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rattlesnake Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muskrat(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 033 N 090 W 36 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.56988, 42.78885

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gas Hills uranium district

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Continental Uranium Of Wyo.
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 4-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 29-APR-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references