Poison Basin Claim 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018832
MRDS ID DC06966
Record type Site
Current site name Poison Basin Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Poison Basin Claims
Included sites Poison Basin District, Poison Basin Uranium District

Comments on the site identification

  • Owner-Operator of Poison Bsin #10 (MAS 0560070199 = 10303361) was listed as Shawano Uranium, Alex L Guterma. This suggests that the Shawano Group in Poison Basin is the same as this group. Perhaps more record consolidation is needed?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.75906, 41.03956 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position W2 sec. 4 (see pl. 8 in MINBRAS, 1976). This is not a single site but a collection of ground disturbances., 800

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012N 092W 4 Wyoming
6th Principal 13N 92W 28, 29 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
  • Poison Basin Claim (MRDS DC06983 = 10018835) coordinates WGS84 41.06875, -107.75528 derived from PLSS of 13N, 92W, Sec. 28 and 29.
  • MINOBRAS shows several ground disturbances in Sec. 4, mostly in the W2, on pl. 8, p. 25.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.75906, 41.03956

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Poison Basin Uranium District

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner D.C. MALUY
  • Type Unknown
    Owner LEROY BENSON
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner SHAWANO URANIUM, ALEX L GUTERMA

Production statistics

  • Year 2010
    Material 61,000 st X .9071847 = 55338 mt for Matt 3, Poison Basin
    Ore mined 55338mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC, 1955, RME 3020, P. 26

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-00-1961

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming.

  • 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

    USAEC, APR. 1, 1956, RME 3137, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM FIELD INV AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey MRDS CD06983 = 10018835 (Poison Basin Claim);
Editor 2010-06-06 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey added MINOBRAS as ref.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560070178 = 10254381; MAS 0560070198 = 10181560; 0560070199 = 10303361;

Beyond USGS

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