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Big Sugar

Prospect in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096910
MRDS ID DC15149
Record type Site
Current site name Big Sugar
Alternate or previous names Pluto, Neptune, West Slope, Uranius Claims
Related records 10129939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54551, 38.39247 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position AT USLM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 006W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54551, 38.39247
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin/Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-FLAT
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting-(N-S) Normal

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jay Gillies

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PIT & DOZER CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., PARKER R.L., 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF BEAVER QUAD., BEAVER CO, U.S.G.S. MF-202>

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MF 202, BEAVER QUAD, TEXT

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1970

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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