Sunset Group

The Sunset Group is a uranium mine located in Johnson county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sunset Group
Secondary: Sunset
Secondary: Sunset Mines

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Johnson
District: Pumpkin Buttes

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Sunset Mines
Info Year: 1958

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): UP TO .30% U OXIDE.

Comment (Development): Inactive as of 1958.

Comment (Production): Produced less than 100 tons as of Jan. 1958.

References

Reference (Deposit): WYO GEOL SURV FOR MAS

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-30-1962

Reference (Deposit): USAEC-DEB-P-2-2680

Reference (Deposit): Mrak, Vernon A., 1958, Uranium deposits in the Tertiary sediments of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Association 13th Field Trip Guidebook, p. 233-240.
Pages: p. 236.

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1976, Uranium guidebook for Wyoming.
Pages: p. 18, 19, #47.

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