| Deposit ID | 10400481 |
|---|---|
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Monument Hill District |
| Point of reference | Centroid |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.61667, 43.2 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | Approximate centroid of district. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Converse(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dry Fork Cheyenne(hydrologic unit)
Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)
Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Converse |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 037-038N | 073W | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Coffinite | Unknown |
| Result | Ore grades ranged fro 0.20 to 0.25% U3O8. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock type qualifier | sandstone and claystone lenses |
| Rock unit name | Wasatch Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone |
| Rock type qualifier | sandstone and claystone lenses |
| Rock unit name | Wasatch Formation |
| Centroid (1) | -105.61667, 43.2 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| Year of first production | 1953 |
| Year of last production | 1965 |
| Production years | 1953-1965 |
| District name | Southern Powder River |
|---|
| Year | 1963 |
|---|---|
| Material | 363,000 lbs of U3O8 was produced from 110,000 tons of ore. |
| Ore mined | 99790.32mt |
| Accuracy | Accurate |
MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.
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.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 13-DEC-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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