Gold Butte

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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 10203203
MRDS ID W027433
MAS/MILS ID 0490370776
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Butte
Related records 10078806

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.61569, 37.5144 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mesa Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038 S 021 E 04 NWSENW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.61569, 37.5144

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Seth Shumway
    Home office Utah
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DODD PH 1956 EXAMPLES OF URANIUM DEPOSIT IN THE UPPER VURASS

  • Deposit

    IC MORRISON FORMATION OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU USGS PP 300

  • Deposit

    PITMAN RK 1958 URANIUM VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD W

  • Deposit

    ASH MINING AREA SAN JUAN CO UTAH USAEC RME 109

  • Deposit

    STOKES WL 1954 RELATION OF SEDIMENTARY TRENDS TECTONIC FEATU

  • Deposit

    RES AND ORE DEPOSITS IN BLANDING DISTRICT SAN JUAN CO UTAH U

  • Deposit

    SAEC RME 3093

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.