Bald Knob

Past Producer in Carbon 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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181917
MAS/MILS ID 0560070130
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Knob
Alternate or previous names Bald Mtn. Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.52234, 42.12106 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

T E Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shirley Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Medicine Bow(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 Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 025N 081W 22 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.52234, 42.12106

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eastern Shirley Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner R.W.SILTAMAKI OR JEN INC.

Production statistics

  • Year 2010
    Material 276 short tons x 0.9071847 = 250 mt
    Ore mined 250mt

Comments on the production information

  • MINOBRAS, p. A-6, says "Past production reported".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO.G.S.FOR MAS

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming, p. A-6.

  • Deposit

    Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, 1:500,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 10-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references