Split Rock Mine

Past Producer in Fremont 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181687
MAS/MILS ID 0560130342
Record type Site
Current site name Split Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.82959, 42.54355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stampede Meadow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rattlesnake Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 030 N 092 W 27 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.82959, 42.54355

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Western Nuclear, Inc.
    ID 4800559
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-1979 Rjs U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/28/1995
MSHA mine ID4800559
Mine name (MSHA)Split Rock Project
Current operatorN A Degerstrom Inc
Current controller (parent)N A Degerstrom
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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