Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENS/TABULAR
Ore controlFissure Zones In Vertical Veins Up To 40 Feet Wide
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Needles Range Formation (Host)
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Plutonic Rock · Needles Range Formation
StructureBasin And Range-Laramide Basement, N-S Trending Faults
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10011316
MRDS IDD005924
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.14302, -113.82832
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, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR