Sundance District

Unknown in Crook county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Uranium, Selenium
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. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400603
Record type District
Current site name Sundance District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.5, 44.5 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sundance West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sundance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills 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 Crook
United States South Dakota Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 51 N to 55 N 60 W to 67 W all, except in R 60 W to State Line Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • District extends eastward into Butte County, South Dakota.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Selenium Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.5, 44.5

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface

Mining district

District name Sundance

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • General

    Hard Copy File.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JAN-55 Joel N. Van Sant U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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