Commodities
PrimaryScandium
TertiaryVanadium, Gold, Strontium, REE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlBreccial Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsVariscite
GangueHematite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockBlack Shale,Limestone · Great Blue Limestone;;
StructureOphir Anticline, Pole Canyon Syncline, Midas Thrust, Fivemile Pass Tear Fault, Abundant Brecciation
Tectonic settingSevier Fold And Thrust Belt, Basin And Range Extension
AlterationSilicification (Jasperoid), Argillic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10095901
MRDS IDRE00139
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.28216, -112.17691
References
LARSEN, E.S., JR, 1942, THE MINERALOGY AND PARAGENESIS OF THE VARISCITE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 27, P. 281-300, 350-372, 441-451.FRONDEL, C., ITO, J., AND MONTGOMERY, A., 1968, SCANDIUM CONTENT OF SOME ALUMINUM PHOSPHATES: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 53, P. 1223-1231.GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF PA. 173, 171P.HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 55, 83P.