Description
N Chesley & E Black (Delta, Ut)
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryUranium, Beryllium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formPIPE-LIKE
Ore controlAlong Pipes And Veins In Favorable Replacement Carbonates & In Brecciated Fault Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueBertrandite, Carnotite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Fluoride Dolomite
Associated rockRhyolite · Por Rhyolitic Member Of Spor Mtn Formation;Umio Stratified Tuff Member Of Topaz Mtn Rhyolite
StructureBasin & Range, Numerous Branching Faults That Are Difficult To Trace Unless They Contain Breccia
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationClay Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1948
Identification
Deposit ID10020306
MRDS IDDC12960
Alternate namesNon Ella Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.73716, -113.17499
References
SRC.REF: USGS PP 415BULLOCK, K C, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY BULL 110STAATZ, M H, & OSTERWALD, F W, 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY: USGS BULL 1069STAATZ, M H, AND CARR, W J, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO, UT: USGS PP 415STAATZ, M H, AND WILMARTH, V R, & BAUER, H L, JR, 1951, RADIOACTIVE FLUORITE IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB CO, UT: USGS TEI #136, 88 P.1951 DIREXPL US AEC TEI-136COCHRAN, K L, 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CALIF, NEV, UTAH, IDAHO, & COLORADO ADJACENT & TRIBUTARY TO FACILITIES OF THE UNION PACIFIC RR CO: UPRC, LOS ANGLES CALIF, 78 P.1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL 10691964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 4151979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D A, USGS MAP-I-1176EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SUR