Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
TertiaryUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lithium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite, Uranophane
GangueFluorite
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
AlterationArgillic: Smectite, Sericite, K-Feldspar
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID10020433
MRDS IDDC13219
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.70688, -113.20832
References
STAATZ, M H, 1963, GEOL OF MIN DEP IN THOMAS RANGE: USGS BULL 1142-MSTAATZ, M H, & GRIFFITTS, W R, 1961, BE BEARING TUFF IN THOMAS RANGE: ECON GEOL V 56, NO 5STAATZ, M H, & OSTERWALD, F W, 1959, GEOL OF THOMAS RANGE FLUOR DISTRICT: USGS BULL 10691959 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