Description
Anaconda Company
Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
TertiaryUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlHigh-Angle Faults Cutting Beryllium Tuff. Lithophile-Rich Rhyolitic Volcanics
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Montmorillonite, Opal
Other materialsFluorite
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockTuff,Rhyolite · Beryllium Tuff Member Of The Spor Mountain Formation;Porphyritic Rhyolite Member Of The Spor Mountain Formation;
StructureDeep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Utah Beryllium Belt, Ene-Striking High-Angle Faults. Beds Dip Gently To The Northwest
Tectonic settingBasin-Range Extension
AlterationArgillic Alteration And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1965
Identification
Deposit ID10055162
MRDS IDRE00195
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.70772, -113.20554
References
SHAWE, D.R., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE SPOR MOUNTAIN BERYLLIUM DISTRICT, UTAH, IN, RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967: THE GRATON SALES VOLUME: NEW YORK, A.I.M.E., VOL. 2, PT. 8, CHAPTER 55, P. 1149-1161.LINDSEY, D.A., 1977, EPITHERMAL BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN WATER-LAID TUFF, WESTERN UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, P. 219-232.STAATZ, M.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB COUNTY UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-M, 36 P.LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP, AND CROSS-SECTIONS OF TERTIARY ROCKS IN THE THOMAS RANGE AND NORTHERN DRUM MOUNTAINS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS SERIES MAP I-1176, SCALE 1:62500.