The Sunny Slope is a aluminum mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 6,102 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,102 Feet (1,860 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum
Lat, Long: 38.4881, -112.24860
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Sunny Slope MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunny Slope
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Energy Fuels
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN E 1973 MIN RES POT PIUTE CO UTAH UGMS BULL 102
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