Sundog Mine

Prospect in Fremont 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181542
MAS/MILS ID 0560130848
Record type Site
Current site name Sundog Mine
Alternate or previous names Sun #3 P Sundog #2, Sundog Prospects
Included sites Crooks Gap - Green Mountain uranium area, Sheep Mountain Operations

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.83069, 42.36885 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crooks Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028N 092W 28 SW of NW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Metatyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock type qualifier arkose interbedded with carbnaceous siltstone beds.
    Rock unit name Battle Spring Formation, Member A.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.83069, 42.36885

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • URAN MINERALS ASSOC WITH CARB DEBRIS IN ARKOSIC 55 AND CONGL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crooks Gap - Green Mountain uranium area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STEPHENS, 1964, Geology and uranium deposits at Crooks Gap, Fremont County, Wyoming: USGS Bull. 1147-F, 82 p.

  • Deposit

    HEALD ENTERPRISES ALBERQUERQUE NM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 10-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.