Spook - Skul Claims

Past Producer in Converse 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108461
MRDS ID DC05895
MAS/MILS ID 560090195
Record type Site
Current site name Spook - Skul Claims
Alternate or previous names Spook-Skul Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.621, 43.233 (WGS84)
Relative position Coordinates are for near center of south half of shared boundary between sec. 27 and 28. See Location comment for more details about mine/pits relative to claims.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Fork Cheyenne(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 038N 073W 27,28,33 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Spook Mine is in S2 of NW4 Sec. 27, the claims immediately south are the Skul 1-4. South of those, in the S2 of SW4 Sec. 27 are Spook #8-11. West of those, in E2 of SE4, Sec. 28, are Spook #3-7. Spook #1-2 are in SE of NE of Sec. 28. .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.621, 43.233

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Douglas Corp. (Sam Day, President)
    Year 1957
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Western Nuclear
    Home office WYOMING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO SKUL CLAIMS 1-5. SEVERAL PITS DUG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-01-20 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560090195 = 10303627

Beyond USGS

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