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Virgina 16

Past Producer in Crook county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019001
MRDS ID DC07991
MAS/MILS ID 0560110184
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Elkhorn Creek Uranium Mining District
Current site name Virgina 16
Alternate or previous names Virginia 26

Comments on the site identification

  • Revised probably typo in name from Virgina 26 to Virginia 16, and assigned district based on MS-94.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.57283, 44.88384 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position SW 1/4 sec. 32.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaff Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Devils Tower(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Little Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Little Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Little Missouri(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 057N 064W 32 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.57283, 44.88384
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: INTERBEDDED SS AND MUDSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Northern Black Hills\nElkhorn Creek uranium mining district

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC-DAO-P-2910

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-15-1961

  • Identification

    Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series MS-94, scale 1:500,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UP TO .16% U OXIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560110184 = newMRDS 10230605.
Editor 18-APR-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560110184 = newMRDS 10230605, merged and deleted.

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