Big Sugar

Prospect in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129939
MRDS ID DC15149
MAS/MILS ID 0490010122
Record type Site
Current site name Big Sugar
Alternate or previous names Pluto, Neptune, Uranius Claims, West Slope
Related records 10096910

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.54549, 38.39247 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 028 S 006 W 09 SWNWNW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.54549, 38.39247

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jay Gillies
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN E.PARKER 1961 GEOLOGY MAP OF BEAVER QUAD BEAVER

  • Deposit

    CO USGS MF 202

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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