Yellowtail Mine

Producer in Big Horn 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279244
MAS/MILS ID 0560030063
Record type Site
Current site name Yellowtail Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -108.39433, 44.83743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Horn(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lovell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Powell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shoshone(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Big Horn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 056 N 096 W 15 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -108.39433, 44.83743

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Colloid Co.
    ID 4800607
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 6-79

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS JAN-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 03/07/2016
MSHA mine ID4800607
Mine name (MSHA)Yellowtail Mine
Current operatorAmerican Colloid Company
Current controller (parent)Minerals Technologies Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references