Description
Chad & Ray Spor (Delta, Ut) For Hogsback #3 Prospect
Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBasin And Range Type Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite
Other materialsFluorite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
StructureSpor Mtn Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trapdoor 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 statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10041804
MRDS IDM057585
Alternate namesDugway Dell, Hogsback #3 Prospect Hogsback #3 Prospect Was Merged, Was Record # D006504 6/14/91
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.72855, -113.1636
References
SRC.REF: CRIBBULLOCK, 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 4151979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-1176EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY