Superior

Occurrence in Sweetwater 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018875
MRDS ID DC07319
Record type Site
Current site name Superior

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.92806, 41.74778 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thayer Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Desert Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitter(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021N 102W 35 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.92806, 41.74778

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type E
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC-TEI-490

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-00-1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE .045 PERCENT U.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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