Forest Group

Unknown in Johnson 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279085
MAS/MILS ID 0560190274
Record type Site
Current site name Forest Group

Comments on the site identification

  • MINOBRAS calls this Forest Group, Mrak lists Forest No. 4 & 5.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.01955, 43.90185 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Nipple(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kaycee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Arminto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Powder(hydrologic unit)

Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Johnson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 045 N 076 W 05 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.01955, 43.90185

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pumpkin Buttes

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Unknown
    Year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • Produced less than 100 tons as of Jan. 1958.

Comments on development

  • Inactive as of 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOMING.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 15-DEC-11 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