Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryCopper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNorthwest-Striking, Southwest Dipping Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Uraninite
GangueBarite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite
Geology
Host rockGranite · Swan Peak Quartzite;
StructureBasin And Range, N25w, 50 Sw Fault Zone Assoc. With The Western Boundary Faults Of The Sheeprock Mountains
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055147
MRDS IDRE00162
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.96716, -112.56637
References
BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110, P. 81-82COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63, P. 118HILLIER, R.L., 1956, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON URANIUM OCCURRENCE, SILVER KING CLAIMS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: U.S.A.E.C., RME-2035 (REV.) 25 P.WARNER, L.A., AND WILMARTH, V.R., 1959, SHEEPROCK MTNS., IN WARNER L.A., AND OTHERS, OCCURRENCE OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROF. PAPER 318, P. 147-148BULLOCK, K.C., 1967, P. 81