Moore Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081147
MRDS ID W032879
MAS/MILS ID 0560270057
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Claim
Alternate or previous names Floyd and Frank Moore, Lance Creek, Moore Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.62087, 43.06496 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Niobrara(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rabbit Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lance Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lance(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(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 Niobrara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 036N 065W 25 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name White River
    Rock description White River
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.62087, 43.06496

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Metazippeite II identified in sample by AEC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lance Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Floyd and Frank Moore
    Home office Lance Creek\n
  • Type Unknown
    Owner MOORE, MOORE, STOREY & CROWFOOT
    Home office LUSK,WYO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Gruner, J.W., and Smith, D.K., Jr., 1955, PROGRESS REPORT NO. 10 FOR PERIOD APRIL 1 TO OCTOBER 1, 1955: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3125, 19 p.

  • Deposit

    Gruner, J.W., Smith, D.K., Jr., and Knox, J.A., 1956, Annual REPORT FOR APRIL 1, 1955 TO MARCH 31, 1956. Part II: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3137, Part II, 24 p.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-05-1967

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM FIELD INV. AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Complete info in RME-3125: "Moore Claim, S.25-36-65, White River Formation, Metazippeite II, [sample nos.] 1323, 1379"
Complete info in RME-3137: "Moore Claim, S.25-36-65, Metazippeite II, [sample nos.] 1323, 1379"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-84 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 26-APR-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 3 duplicate records.
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey MRDS DC07507 = newMRDS 10018900
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560270037 = newMRDS 10303201, MAS 0560270057 = newMRDS 10303364

Beyond USGS

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