Wentz Mine

Producer in Natrona 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018695
MRDS ID DC05940
Record type Site
Current site name Wentz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.45457, 42.88745 (WGS84)
Relative position E 1/2 W 1/2 NW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ervay Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rattlesnake Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(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 Natrona

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 034N 089W 25 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.45457, 42.88745

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years POST 1955

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER, ZELLER, H.D., AND SOISTER, P.E., GEOL. AND URANIUM DEP. OF THE GAS HILLS AREA, FREMONT AND NATRONA COUNTIES, WYO.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-23-1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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