South School Section

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10132664
MAS/MILS ID 0560050543
Record type Site
Current site name South School Section

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.93754, 43.65605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1518
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

Rolling Pin Ranch(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Campbell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 043 N 076 W 36 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.93754, 43.65605

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pumpkin Buttes

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jenkins & Hand
    Year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • Produced less than 100 tons as of Jan. 1958.

Comments on development

  • Inactive as of 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYO.

  • Deposit

    Mrak, Vernon A., 1958, Uranium deposits in the Tertiary sediments of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Association 13th Field Trip Guidebook, p. 233-240.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 15-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.