Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface
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
Discovery year1959
Identification
Deposit ID10041805
MRDS IDM057586
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.73494, -113.22276
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.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