Highland Flats - Box Creek District

Past Producer in Converse 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400482
Record type District
Current site name Highland Flats - Box Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.51667, 43.05 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whipple Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lightning(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock type qualifier arkosic sandstones of fluvial origin.
    Rock unit name Fort Union Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.51667, 43.05

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming, 63 p. and appendix.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-DEC-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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