Anomaly 119 (Blowout)

Past Producer in Campbell 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081133
MRDS ID W032859
Record type Site
Current site name Anomaly 119 (Blowout)
Alternate or previous names Blowout Deposit Anomaly #19, Anomaly 119, Blowout

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.83925, 43.88828 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wags Pinnacle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Powder(hydrologic unit)

Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Campbell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 045N 075W 11 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.83925, 43.88828

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pumpkin Buttes

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kelly, Waldrip & Jepsen
    Year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • Produced more than 5,000 tons as of Jan. 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sharp and others, 1964, USGS BULL 1107-H.

  • Deposit

    MRAK, VERNON A., 1958, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY SEDIMENTS OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 13TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK, P. 233-240.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Active as of 1958.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-84 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 14-DEC-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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