BlockOljato, Utah
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Oljato census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84536. The Survey maps it on the Oljato quadrangle.
On record in Oljato
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Oljato Trading Postlisted 1980 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1886 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Clay Hills 3 SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Oljeto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Navajo Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Oljeto quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Oljato: 10 past producers, 10 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Copper, Copper, Uranium, Uranium, Vanadium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitton Mine | Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Skyline Road | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Copper Point | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Mitten No. 1 | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Past Producer | Carnotite, Malachite, Torbernite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite, Uranophane | |
| Mitton No.1-Skyline | Uranium, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Monument 3 | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | Malachite, Tyuyamunite | |
| Oljeto | Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | Malachite, Torbernite, Uranophane | |
| Skyline | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Skyline Mine | Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | 1948 | |
| Taylor Reid #1 & 2 | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Tyuyamunite, Uraninite |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goulding | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Clay Hills Crossing | 18.4 miles | 21 | |
| Halchita | 23.6 miles | 21 | |
| Rainbow City | 23.8 miles | 19 | |
| Navajo Mountain | 25.1 miles | 19 | |
| Mexican Hat | 25.2 miles | 21 | |
| Halls Crossing | 35.8 miles | 18 | |
| Tselakai Dezza | 39.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437654. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.