Del Oro

Past Producer in Carbon 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108470
MRDS ID DC06931
Record type Site
Current site name Del Oro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.3925, 41.28694 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ketchum Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baggs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Snake(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015N 089W 10 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.3925, 41.28694

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 2010
    Material 2,048 st X 0.9071847 = 1858 mt
    Ore mined 1858mt

Comments on the production information

  • ABWilson changed development status from producer to past producer. There are no active mines in this area.
  • MS-94 credits Del Oro with having produced 2,048 short tons. Unable to determine the source of this information.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC-DEB-P-2-2647

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-00-1959

  • Deposit

    Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, T.L., AND PARRISH, I.S., 1956, SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWING URANIUM DEPOSITS AND PREINCIPAL ORE-BEARING FORMATIONS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL CORDILLERAN FORELAND REGION: USGS TRACE ELEMENT MEMORANDUM REPORT TEM-953, 26 P. [an overview of Ketchum Buttes area, but no information specific to this property in this report]

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2011-12-19 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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