Description
Vitro Minerals Corporation (?)
Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Lithium, Uranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlRhyolite Cap Rock; Permeable Tuff With Reactive Carbonate Clasts.
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite, Uranophane
GangueCalcite, Clay
Other materialsFluorite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Beryllium Tuff Member Of Spor Mountain Formation
Associated rockRhyolite · Porphyritic Rhyolite Member Of The Spor Mountain Formation
StructureTintic-Deep Creek Mineral Belt., Basin And Range High Angle Faults Tilt Ore-Bearing Strata; Some May Have Been Conduits For Mineralizing Fluids.
Tectonic settingExtensional Basin And Range Faulting; Accompanied By Bimodal Rhyolite-Basalt Volcanism.
AlterationArgillic; Smectite, Sericite, K-Feldspar
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID10055075
MRDS IDRE00010
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.70744, -113.2211
References
STAATZ, M.H. 1963, GEOL OF MIN DEP IN THOMAS RANGE; USGS BULL 1142-MSTAATZ, M.H. & GRIFFITTS, W.R. 1961, BE BEARING TUFF IN THOMAS RANGE : ECON GEOL V.56, NO.5.STAATZ, M.H. & OSTERWALD, F.W. 1959. GEOL OF THOMAS RANGE FLUOR DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 1069.LINDSEY, D.A., GANOW, H., AND MOUNTJOY, W., 1973, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS AT SPOR MOUNTAIN, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 818-A, 20P.