Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
TertiaryUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBEDDED
Geology
Host rockDolomite,Rhyolite · Sevy Dolomite
Associated rockRhyolite · Por. Rhyolitic Member Of Spor Mtn Formation (Host);Umio Stratified Tuff Member Of Topaz Mtn. Rhyolite;Beryllium Tuff Member Of Spor Mtn Formation (Host)
StructureBasin & Range, Northeast Trending Normal Fault.
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationArgillite-Feldspar, Montmorillonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1962
Discovery year1961
Identification
Deposit ID10041801
MRDS IDM057582
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.70605, -113.19388
References
SRC.REF: CRIB FILEBULLOCK, 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 415COCHRAN, 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 P.1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D.A., USGS MAP-I-1176EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY