Gold Butte

The Gold Butte is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,361 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

Name: Gold Butte  

State:  Utah

County:  San Juan

Elevation: 5,361 Feet (1,634 Meters)

Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium

Lat, Long: 37.5144, -109.61500

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Gold Butte MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Butte


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Utah
County: San Juan


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: Seth Shumway
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1979


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: Canyon Lands


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): SAEC RME 3093

Reference (Deposit): RES AND ORE DEPOSITS IN BLANDING DISTRICT SAN JUAN CO UTAH U

Reference (Deposit): STOKES WL 1954 RELATION OF SEDIMENTARY TRENDS TECTONIC FEATU

Reference (Deposit): ASH MINING AREA SAN JUAN CO UTAH USAEC RME 109

Reference (Deposit): PITMAN RK 1958 URANIUM VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD W

Reference (Deposit): IC MORRISON FORMATION OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU USGS PP 300

Reference (Deposit): DODD PH 1956 EXAMPLES OF URANIUM DEPOSIT IN THE UPPER VURASS


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