Description
Ray Spor (Delta, Ut.)
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryUranium, Beryllium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPIPE-LIKE
Ore controlAlong Pipes And Veins In Favorable Replacement Carbonates & In Brecciated Fault Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCarnotite
Other materialsBertrandite
Geology
Host rockDolomite,Chert · Lost Sheep Dolomite
Associated rockRhyolite,Plutonic Rock · Por. Rhyolitic Member Of Spor Mtn Formation;Umio Stratified Tuff Member Of Topaz Mtn. Rhyolite
StructureBasin & Range, Numerous Branching Faults That Are Difficult To Trace Unless They Contain Breccia
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationClay Alteration, Argillite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1948
Identification
Deposit ID10097278
MRDS IDM057579
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.70883, -113.18193
References
BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110STAATZ, M.H., & OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1069STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO., UT: USGS PP 415STAATZ, M.H., AND WILMARTH, V.R., & BAUER, H.L., JR., 1951, RADIOACTIVE FLUORITE IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB CO., UT: USGS TEI # 136, 88 P.1951 DIREXPL US AEC1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 10691964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 4151979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D.A., USGS MAP-I-1176COCHRAN, K.L., 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CALIF., NEV., UTAH, IDAHO, & COLORADO ADJACENT & TRIBUTARY TO FACILITIES OF THE UNION PACIFIC RR CO: UPRC, LOS ANGLES CALIF., 78 P.EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SUR.