Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formFLAT
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite
GangueFluorite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
StructureSpor Mtn 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 statusPast Producer
First production1974
Discovery year1974
Identification
Deposit ID10041803
MRDS IDM057584
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.70272, -113.22138
References
BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 110.LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, TERT. VOL. & U. MIN. IN THE THOMAS RANGE & N. DRUM MTNS, JUAB CO., UT: USGS OPEN FILE RPT 79-1076.1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 10691964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 4151979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-1176EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.