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Van Buggenum No. 2

Past Producer in Campbell 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 10181752
MAS/MILS ID 0560050460
Record type Site
Current site name Van Buggenum No. 2
Alternate or previous names Van Eugenum-No.2

Comments on the site identification

  • Appears to be a misspelling in original MAS record. Given Lat/long coordinates correspond with Van Buggenum and Scott listed in both MINOBRAS and Mrak. Those sources do not differentiate between No. 1 and No. 2.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.85234, 43.74325 (WGS84)
Elevation 1618

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Campbell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 44N 75W 26 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Wasatch Formation
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Unknown
    Year 1958
  • Type Unknown
    Owner W.ULREY;WYCOL URANIUM CO.

Comments on the production information

  • Van Buggenum & Scott together produced less than 100 tons as of Jan. 1958.

Comments on development

  • Inactive as of 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM.FIELD INV.,AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 15-DEC-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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

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