West Area Pit

Producer in Natrona 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 10230620
MAS/MILS ID 0560250204
Record type Site
Current site name West Area Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.49708, 42.84135 (WGS84)
Elevation 2117

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ervay Basin SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rattlesnake Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(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 Natrona

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 033 N 089 W 10 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.49708, 42.84135

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    ID 4800862
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mtalaga 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 11/26/1986
MSHA mine ID4800862
Mine name (MSHA)Gas Hills Mine
Current operatorUmetco Minerals Corp
Current controller (parent)Union Carbide Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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