Description
Bart W. Mortensen-Minersville
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlFissure Zones In Vertical Veins Up To 40 Feet Wide
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Needles Range Formation (Host)
StructureBasin & Range-Laramide Basement, N-S Trending Faults-Western Rim Of Large Caldera ?
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10010730
MRDS IDD004647
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.17746, -113.79388
References
THURSTON, W.R., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL 1005.BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110EVERETT, F.D, & WILSON, S.R., 1951, INVEST OF THE COUGAR SPAR FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UT: USBM RI 4820EVERETT, F.D, & WILSON, S.R., 1950, INVEST. OF J.B. FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UTAH: USBM RI 4726EVERTS, M.L, 1979, GEOLOGIST.