| Deposit ID | 10018991 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC07935 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Richards Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Richards, Richards and Myers Property, Anomaly 1 |
| Point of reference | Approximate |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.20365, 44.65467 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | Somewhere in Sec. 20. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Crook(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Aladdin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Devils Tower(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Redwater(hydrologic unit)
Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)
Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Crook |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 054N | 061W | 20 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| |||
| Approximate (1) | -104.20365, 44.65467 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W.B.RICHARDS,A.W.RICHARDS,& I.E.MYERS |
| Home office | ALADDIN,WYO. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W.B. Richards and A.W. Richards |
| Year | 1955 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC07935 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560110170 | =newMRDS 10206509, merged and deleted. |
Nash, A.L., 1955, Airborne reconnaissance of eastern flank of the Black Hills, South Dakota, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Report RME-1061, 16 p. [note that this publication is in the USGS library restricted section]
AEC PRELIM.FIELD INV.,AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-15-1961
MINBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | UP TO .12% U OXIDE |
| Deposit | "Uranium minerals in sandstone (fall River Formation)." (MINOBRAS, p. A-10). |
| Deposit | "High radioactivity is in a 3-inch thick ironstone layer of the Fall River sandstone. No visible uranium minerals were observed." Two assays of chip samples yielded 0.12% U3O8 and 0.06% V2O5 and 0.04% U3O8 and 0.09% V2O5. {RME-1061, p. 9] |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-74 | Conservation Division Files | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 20-APR-11 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | MAS 0560110170 = newMRDS 10206509, merged and deleted. |
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0560110170 = newMRDS 10206509 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.