Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formVEIN
Ore controlFissure Veins & Local Faulting, Mineralization Along Brecciated Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsTorbernite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Mt. Belknap Rhyolite (Host);Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Andesite Porphyry
StructureBasin/Plateau Transition Zone, Mt Belknap Caldera
Tectonic settingCordilleran Hingeline
AlterationClay, Argillite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020862
MRDS IDDC14174
Alternate namesFrog #1, Sniffer, Sniffer Fraction
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.41664, -112.53412
References
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.USGS BULL. 1005, 1954, P. 50.USAEC ORE RESERVE STUDY3A) USGS MAP MF 202, 1961, TEXT3B) UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 21, 1967, P. 1173C) UTAH G & MS BULL. 79, 1966, P. 291910 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PUB1914 RECON LOUGHLIN, USGS BULL 620-K1940 RECON USBM, PUB1943 GEOMAP CALLAGHAN & WILLARD-MAP1961 GEOMAP UGMS BULLEVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.