Description: The data were created to provide a comprehensive collection of scientific and historic information about the geology of uranium deposits and the uranium industry in Wyoming in a geospatial format. The group layer includes the following: ConventionalMines, InSituRecoverySites, Mills, Occurrences, MiningDistricts, SpatialBibliography, and References.Wyoming uranium resources database was published as WSGS data release 2025-29.Suggested Citation:Kehoe, K.S., Carter, N.Y., and Jensen, C.G., 2025, Wyoming uranium resources database: Wyoming State Geological Survey Data Release 2025-29, https://doi.org/10.15786/wyoscholar/10112
Description: Layer contains location and details for all known locations of uranium mines that utilize in-situ recovery (ISR) techniques. This layer features all ISR facilities including production wellfields, satellite facilities, and central processing plants. It is symbolized by type and includes attributes such as operator, years in operation, and deposit information.
Description: Layer contains location and details for all known conventional mines. It is symbolized by type and includes attributes such as operator, years in operation, and deposit information.
Description: Layer contains location and details for all conventional mills and other ore processing facilities. It is symbolized by type and includes attributes such as operator, years in operation, and capacity information.
Description: Layer contains location and details of known uranium occurrences, uranium prospects, and radioactive anomalies. Data was compiled from WSGS internal notes. It is symbolized by type and includes attributes such as host formation, deposit type, details of the occurrence, and the original reference. For the purpose of this dataset, a uranium occurrence is defined as a concentration in which the amount of the element, as determined by either radiometric or chemical analysis, is greater than 50 parts per million (0.005 percent). Equivalent uranium (eU) concentration is determined by measuring the radioactivity of a sample. Chemical uranium (cU) concentration is determined by quantitative chemical analysis. Alternatively, an occurrence (or anomaly) is also defined as a locality with ten times or more radioactivity than the normal background radiation. This definition of occurrence is the same as used in previous WSGS publications RMR 97-01, RMR 97-02, RMR 95-1, OFR 93-1, OFR 93-2, OFR 93-3, OFR 93-4.
Description: Layer contains polygons approximating the extent of uranium mining districts. These have been modified from WSGS Map Series 94 (Gregory and others, 2010) based on a review of historic publications and some updated location information.
Description: Layer contains selected references that are relevant to the geology of uranium deposits and/or the uranium industry in Wyoming. Each polygon shows the approximate extent of the reference.
Description: This dataset includes scans of geophysical logs. The logs included in this dataset do not represent all uranium exploration data in the state. The logs may be downloaded by PLSS from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/146Af0alYQ8_tiaD8CMEscYXUgjymGDn-?usp=drive_link
Description: This dataset includes historic uranium map locations and notes about content. The maps included in this dataset do not represent all uranium exploration data in the state. The maps may be downloaded by their FileNumber from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11kbACG-dE4jQfER3Kqnqni9_WHw3U-dM?usp=drive_link.