Section 16 Adit

Past Producer in Fremont 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. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400451
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Crooks Gap/Green Mountain
Current site name Section 16 Adit
Included sites Crooks Gap - Green Mountain uranium area, Sheep Mountain Operations

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.82722, 42.39472 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Adit on topo seems to match location of adit on Bailey's 1969, pl. 2, p. 108.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jeffrey City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028N 092W 16 SW4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Adit on Jeffrey City 24k topo appears to match location shown on Bailey's pl. 2 (p. 108).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.82722, 42.39472

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type E
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crooks Gap - Green Mountain

Comments on the production information

  • As of May, 1969, the mine was producing about 60 tons per day (Bailey, 1969, p. 114).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Bailey, R.V., 1969, Uranium deposits in the Great Divide Basin--crooks Gap Area, Fremont and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming, in R.B. Parker, ed., Contributions to Geology--Wyoming Uranium Issue, v. 8, no. 2, pt. 1, p. 105-120.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2010-08-30 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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