Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlHydrothermal Alteration Of Tuff.
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite
GangueFluorite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Bell Hill Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite
StructureEagle Rock R. 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
AlterationArgillite, Dioctahedral Smectite, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10041802
MRDS IDM057583
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.74022, -113.16165
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 AEC1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069COCHRAN, 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 P1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 4151979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D. A., USGS MAP-I-1176EVERTS, M. L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY