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Selenium Corporation of America

Occurrence in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Uranium, Selenium
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081063
MRDS ID W032761
Record type Site
Current site name Selenium Corporation of America
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Occurrence, Lysite area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.731, 43.385 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Approx. centroid of claim blocks close to NW corner of Sec. 2 and NE corner of Sec. 3.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arapahoe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lysite(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Arminto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Badwater(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 039N 091W 2, 3, 11 Wyoming
6th Principal 040N 091W 26, 27, 34, 35 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SLOPE OF BRIDGER MOUNTAINS
  • Most of Copper Coyote Group in secs. 35, with some in 26, 27, and small amt. in 34.
    Most of Tall Indian Group in Sec. 2 and 35.
    Most of Quarterhorse Group in Sec. 3, Small sliver (sliver, not silver) in 2, 34, and 35.
    Most of Poor Richard Group in Sec. 2 with small amt. in Sec. 3 and 11.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Selenium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.731, 43.385
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Selenium Corp. of America
    Home office 2040 Commerce Building, Houston, TX (incorp. in Delaware) (R.S. Randerson, Tom Scoggins, and H.D. Atherton)
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 19-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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