Description
F.B. Cheasley, W.E. Black (Delta, Ut)
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryUranium, Beryllium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPIPE-LIKE
Ore controlAlong Pipes And Veins In Favorable Replacement Carbonates & In Brecciated Fault Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueBertrandite, Carnotite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Bell Hill 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 statusPast Producer
First production1949
Discovery year1948
Identification
Deposit ID10041798
MRDS IDM057577
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.74188, -113.17804
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.1951 DIREXPL US AECCOCHRAN, 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 P1959 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.