Big Sugar

The Big Sugar is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 8,100 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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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