Sunset Claim Group

Prospect in Johnson 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305170
MAS/MILS ID 0560190110
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Claim Group

Comments on the site identification

  • Unable to determine if this is the same as Sunset Mines in Pumpkin Buttes area. If it is, it is mislocated. Unable to verify information. No citable references. This record currently plots in T46N, R78W. Sunset Mine is in 43N, 76W, 30SE.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.28095, 43.92855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1359

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Provence Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kaycee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Arminto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Powder(hydrologic unit)

Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Johnson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.28095, 43.92855

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM FIELD INV AIRBORN RA ANOMALIES

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION-12 TONS ORE SHIPPED TO EDGEMONT,SD

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT-SEDIMENTARY URANIUM

  • Deposit

    R. RICHARDSON,GILLETTE,WYO,1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 15-DEC-11 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