Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Lithium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlRhyolite Cap Rock; Permeable Tuff With Reactive Carbonate Clasts
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite, Uranophane
GangueCalcite, Clay
Other materialsFluorite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Spor Mountain
Associated rockRhyolite · Porphyritic Rhyolite Member Of Spor Mountain Formation
StructureTintic--Deep Creek Mineral Belt, Basin Range High Angle Faults Tilt On Bearing Strata; Some May Have Been Conduits For Fluids.
Tectonic settingExtensional Basin Range Faulting; Accompanied By Bimodal Rhyolite-Basalt Volcanism
AlterationArgillic: Smectite, Sericite, K-Feldspar
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10021606
MRDS IDDE00283
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.70022, -113.2461
References
STAATZ, M.H., 1963, GEOL OF MIN DEP IN THOMAS RANGE: USGS BULL 1142-M.STAATZ, M.H. AND GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1961, BE BEARING TUFF IN THOMAS RANGE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 56, NO. 5.STAATZ, M.H. AND OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THOMAS RANGE FLUOR DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 1069.LINDSEY, D.A., GANON, H., AND MOUNTJOY, W., 1973, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS AT SPOR MOUNTAIN, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 818-A, 20 P.