Jet Claims, Modern Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108468
MRDS ID DC05998
MAS/MILS ID 560030137
Record type Site
Current site name Jet Claims, Modern Claims
Alternate or previous names Modern Mining, Modern Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -108.168, 44.993 (WGS84)
Relative position Coordinates are for approx.. centroid which is near center of common boundary between secs. 22 and 23.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Horn(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natural Trap Cave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Powell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Horn Lake(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 Big Horn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 058N 094W 22, 23 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • MINOBRAS lumps Modern Mines with many others and shows location as bein gon the 23/26 section line. This is not accurate compared with the maps supplied in DMEA Docket 4564.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -108.168, 44.993

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 0.40 PERCENT U3(O8), COATINGS IN CAVERN FILL. AND VUGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Little Mtn.
District name Pryor Mountains

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee
    Owner Modern Mining Co.
    Year 1957
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Modern Mines Development Co.
    Home office Yakima, WA
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS SPOTTY, LOW GRADE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-01-19 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10278718 (0560030137) and revised based on DMEA Docket No.4564.
Reporter 1983-11-18 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560030137 = 10278718

Beyond USGS

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