Sodak Mine

Unknown in Crook 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157514
MAS/MILS ID 0560450072
Record type Site
Current site name Sodak Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.88202, 44.77915 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Coordinates for near center of Sec. 3, but uncertain which of several pits this is.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Devils Tower(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Little Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Little Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Little Missouri(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 055 N 067 W 03, 04 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • A.B. Wilson confirmed and corrected county based on MINOBRAS, 1976, p. 40. Correct county is Crook, not Weston. Should be in Heulett Creek Mining District.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.88202, 44.77915

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Open pits, uranium minerals in calcified and silicified sandstone (Fall River Fm). Abundant carbnoized plant remains. Description is the same for Homestake Pits Nos. 1-5.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hulett Creek Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1976, URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR WYOMING, p. 40.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 20-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references