| Deposit ID | 10205739 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560070451 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unknown |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.42594, 42.32386 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2236 |
| Relative position | Only specific info is that deposit is in Section 9. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wild Irish Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Shirley Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 27N | 080W | 9 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Thorium | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -106.42594, 42.32386 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560070451 |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 221.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A zone of radioactivity, about 100 ft. in diameter, occurs in arkosic sandstone in the upper part of the Wind River formation. No uranium minerals were observed, but monazite has been tentatively identified in samples. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-1983 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 14-NOV-2008 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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