Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryLithium
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formFLAT
Ore controlDeposition Of Ore Is Control By The Composition, Permeability, And Thickness Of The Water-Laid Tuff And Its Structure. Carbonate Pebbles Are Commonly Found Together With The Ore.
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite
Other materialsFluorite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
StructureSpor Mtn Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East., A North Trending Fault System That Cuts Spor Mtn, Including The Thomas Caldera Ring Fracture
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationArgillite, Dioctahedral Smectite, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1971
Discovery year1959
Identification
Deposit ID10020422
MRDS IDDC13199
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.71022, -113.21721
References
BULLOCK, 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.1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 10691964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 4151979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-1176EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.