Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeE
Deposit
Deposit typeRoll-front Uranium
Model{204: Sandstone U}
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formELONGATE
Ore control"Contact Zone Between Altered And Unaltered Sand."
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Wind River
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1960
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10080431
MRDS IDW031621
Alternate namesGetty Oil - Petrotomics, Shirley Basin South (Disposal Site), Dave Section 10 Pit, Dave Pit, Dave and T G S
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.3303, -106.1858
References
{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULL. 50, P. 205.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PI CIRC. 7, PP. 11 - 14.}{Deposit:: WYOMING GEOL. ASSOC. 1968 GUIDEBOOK, P. 107.}{Deposit:: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80.}{Deposit:: MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium Guidebook for Wyoming.}{Deposit:: Harshman, E.N., 1968, Geologic map of the Shirley Basin area, Albany, Carbon, Converse, and Natrona Counties, Wyoming: USGS Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-539, scale 1:48,000.}{Deposit:: Gregory, R.W., Jones, R.W., and Cottingham, K.D., 2010, Uranium map of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Map Series 94, 1:500,000.}{Deposit:: Harshman, E.N., 1972, Geology and ore deposits, Shirley Basin area, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 745, 73 p.}{Environment:: U.S. Department of Energy, 2012, Geospatial Environmental Mapping System (GEMS), Legacy Management (Shirley Basin South, WY, Disposal Site): available at http://gems.lm.doe.gov/imf/imf.jsp?site=shirleybasinsouthdisposal&title=Shirley Basin South, WY, Disposal Site}{Location:: U.S. Department of Energy, 2011, Shirley Basin South, Wyoming, Disposal Site: Fact Sheet from Office of Legacy Management (dated 12/15/2011)available at http://www.lm.doe.gov/shirley_basin/Sites.aspx.}