Sunlight Basin

Occurrence in Park 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018890
MRDS ID DC07478
Record type Site
Current site name Sunlight Basin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.43605, 44.77575 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillworth Bench(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clarks Fork Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoshone National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 055N 104W 06 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.43605, 44.77575

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ANOMALY OF .10 MR/HR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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