Description
Vitro Minerals Corporation
Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite, Uranophane
Other materialsFluorite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
StructureTintic -Deep Creek Mineral Belt, Spor Mtn Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East., Basin And Range High Angle Faults Tilt Ore Bearing Strata.
Tectonic settingExtensional Basin-Range Faulting; Accompanied By Bimodal Basalt-Rhyolite Volcanism.
AlterationArgillite, Dioctahedral Smectite, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1971
Discovery year1970
Identification
Deposit ID10041806
MRDS IDM057587
Alternate namesTaras
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.72994, -113.21999
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.