The Big Sugar is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.3925, -112.54472
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Big Sugar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Sugar
Secondary: Pluto
Secondary: Neptune
Secondary: West Slope
Secondary: Uranius Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newton District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Jay Gillies
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR-FLAT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin/Plateau Transition
Type: L
Description: Local Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SMALL PIT & DOZER CUT
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1970
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., PARKER R.L., 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF BEAVER QUAD., BEAVER CO, U.S.G.S. MF-202>
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF 202, BEAVER QUAD, TEXT
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