Big Hill Group

Occurrence in Big Horn 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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018928
MRDS ID DC07683
Record type Site
Current site name Big Hill Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -107.79138, 44.51071 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Horn(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burgess Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sheridan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Horn Lake(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Big Horn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 052N 091W 04,05 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -107.79138, 44.51071

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pods In Wide Zone Of Low Angle Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 5 FT DARK GRAY CLAY, 2.50 TO 3.28 PERCENT U3(O8)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beaver

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRR-BH-B-74

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-27-1959

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references