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Gunsight Butte Group

Prospect in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130455
MAS/MILS ID 0490170060
Record type Site
Current site name Gunsight Butte Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.19181, 38.07359 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clearwater Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dirty Devil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031 S 016 E 20 W2 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.19181, 38.07359
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 01W
    Thickness 2.1M
    Length 60M
    Width 15M
    Area 0.02HA
    Depth to top 60M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip :01W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) .02
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orange Cliffs

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gunsight Butte Mining
    Home office Utah
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .71
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1974

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-APR-1987 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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