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Sunny Slope

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Aluminum
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015238
MRDS ID DB00556
Record type Site
Current site name Sunny Slope
Related records 10130046

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24939, 38.48803 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NORTH BY NORTHWEST OF MARYSVALE, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 003W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC: 06

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Selenite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24939, 38.48803
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Red Hills Caldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • Length 73.15M
    Width 54.86M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Energy Fuels Nuclear Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, FIVE PROSPECT PITS, AND TWO DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 108

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS BULL. 102

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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