Name: Spring Butte

 

County: Sweetwater

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1085238W

Latitude: 415107N

 

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Elevation: 7454/2272

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

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Other Names: Orenda Mesa, Grenda Butte, Grenoa Butte, Sugarloaf

 

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History:

Butte with an elevation of about 7,558 feet about 8 miles northeast of Superior, Sweetwater County.

Source: Decisions, 1959

 

Part of the Leucite Hills. ... This is a large mesa, some 3 miles north of Zirkel Mesa ... The name Orenda Mesa is taken from the state map of Wyoming which has been issued by the United States Land Office, but we do not know its derivation.

Source: Kemp and Knight 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: South Superior

 

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