Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryLithium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlRhyolite Cap Rock; Permeable Tuff With Reactive Carbonate Clasts.
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite, Uranophane
GangueCalcite, Clay
Other materialsFluorite
Geology
Host rockTuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Beryllium Tuff Member Of Spor Mountain Formation
Associated rockRhyolite · Porphyritic Rhyolite Member Of Spor Formation
StructureTintic-Deep Creek Mineral Belt., Basin And Range High Angle Faults Tilt Ore Bearing Strata; Some May Have Been Conduits For Fluids.
Tectonic settingExtensional Basin And Range Faulting; Accompanied By Bimodal Rhyolite-Basalt Volcanism.
AlterationArgillic; Smectite, Sericite, K-Feldspar
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055076
MRDS IDRE00011
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.70022, -113.2461
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.