Cyclone Rim and Eagle Uranium Project

Unknown in with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Public Land Survey System information
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133306
MAS/MILS ID 0560370471
Record type Site
Current site name Cyclone Rim and Eagle Uranium Project

Comments on the site identification

  • Note that MINOBRAS, 1976 lists Cyclone Rim in Sec. 15, T26N, R96W.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.30945, 42.23065 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Should plot in T26N, R96W, sec. 15. Former location 41.9572, -108.2817 put this deposit nearly 18 miles too far south.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Five Fingers Butte NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic unit)

Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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)

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 26N 096W 15 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.30945, 42.23065

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type E
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Uranerz Energy Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office 800 West Pender Street Suite 1410 Vancouver BC V6C 2V6 Canada
    Year 2006
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Black Range Minerals Ltd.
    Home office Level 2 675 Murray Street West Perth WA 6005 Australia
    Year 2008

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name Cyclone Rim
    Estimate year 2008
    Inferred 630000tonnes
    Remarks 630,000 tonnes at 0.0304% U3O8 = 422,000 pounds U3O8. Cutoff grade 0.01%.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.0304 wt-pct Uranium Primary 2008
  • Type In-situ
    Name Cyclone Rim and Eagle Project
    Estimate year 2008
    Inferred 9879000tonnes
    Remarks Combined resource of 5.126 million pounds U3O8. cutoff grade 0.01%.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.024 wt-pct Uranium Primary 2008
  • Type In-situ
    Name Eagle Project
    Estimate year 2008
    Inferred 9249000tonnes
    Remarks Cutoff grade 0.02%
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.023 wt-pct Uranium Primary 2008

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUN-1980 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 20-DEC-2011 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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