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Occurrence in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205916
MAS/MILS ID 560370117
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.9258, 41.74817 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position NEAR SUPERIOR

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the analytical data

  • GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED AT .045 PERCENT URANIUM

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.9258, 41.74817
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • "A tuffaceous, conglomeratic satndstane is exposed in what appears to be a channel type of deposit. [...] The radioactive sandstone is in Cretaceous rocks that underlie the alkalic flows of the Leucite Hills." [p. 226, TEI-490]

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type E
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Springs Uplift

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Geological Survey, 1954, Geologic investigations of radioactive deposits--Semiannual progress report, June 1 to November 30, 1954: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements Investigations Report 490, 299 p. [Section on Colorado-Wyoming District, Rock Springs Uplift, written by P.K. Tehobald and R.U. King)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-06-21 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey moved comments out of reference field. Completed a cryptic and vague reference citation.

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

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