Longshot Claim

Prospect in Sublette 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018845
MRDS ID DC07141
MAS/MILS ID 560350044
Record type Site
Current site name Longshot Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.78278, 43.46056 (WGS84)
Elevation 3261
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EAST SIDE OF UNION PEAK MOUNTAIN, Within The Section, Within The Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gannett Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(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 Sublette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 040N 108W 2 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.78278, 43.46056

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • "A uranophane-like mineral occurs as coatings on fractures in, and a crystalline black mineral is impregnated in, a dark gray pre-Cambrian granite gneiss on the east side of the mountain." (RI-7, p. 27)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type E
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Shoshone National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Gruner, J.W., and others, 1956, Annual report for April 1, 1955 to March 31, 1956, Part II: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-3137 (Pt. II), 24 p.

  • Deposit

    Wilson, W.H., Radioactive mineral deposits of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Report of Investigations 7 (RI-7), p.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966 (revised by W.H. Wilson), Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, 287 p.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOMING, 1976, 63 p. and appendix.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD REPORTED BY CONSU. DIV. IN 1974 AND BY HARRY SUEKAWA (FOREST SERVICE) IN 1977 AND UPDATED BY RACHEL BARARI IN 1982.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-03-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1982-07-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1984-03-01 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey W032729 = 10096607.
Editor 2011-04-01 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey W032729 = 10096607, merged and deleted. MAS 0560350044 = newMRDS 10303548, merged and deleted.
Reporter 1983-11-18 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560350044 = newMRDS 10303548

Beyond USGS

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