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Box Claims

Past Producer in Converse county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181460
MRDS ID DC05898
MAS/MILS ID 560090132
Record type Site
Current site name Box Claims
Alternate or previous names Box #1 To #11

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.453, 43.04 (WGS84)
Elevation 1594
Relative position IN NW4 of sec. 1.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bobby Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lightning(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 35N 72W 1 NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Note claim maps on p. 179-181, 183-186, of DMEA Docket 4026.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.453, 43.04
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Southern Powder River

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner HARLAN D FOWLER
    Home office Longmont, CO
    Year 1955
  • Type Operator
    Owner Unknown
    Year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • Produced more than 1000 tons as of Jan. 1958.

Comments on development

  • Inactive as of 1958.
  • 2500 AND 3000 FT. DRILL HOLES EXIST GOVT PARTICIPATION IS RECOMMENDED IN EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM. FIELD INV., AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

  • Deposit

    SHARP, ET AL, 1964, USGS BULL. 1107.

  • Deposit

    MRAK, VERNON A., 1958, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY SEDIMENTS OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 13TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK, P. 233-240.

  • Deposit

    SHARP, ET AL 1964, USGS BULL. 1147.

  • Deposit

    DMEA REPORTS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-09-1959

  • Deposit

    DMEA Docket No. 4026, 197 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4026_DMEA.pdf

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2011-12-14 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey revised 18-jan-2012
Reporter 1974-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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