Description
H.P. Bertelsen
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlUranium Concentrated Along Small Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsUranophane
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockTuff,Rhyolite · Lake Bonneville Formation
StructureBasin & Range, Honeycomb Hills Is A Small Erosional Remnant.
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10101664
MRDS IDD006520
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.70716, -113.58916
References
MONTOYA, J.W., BAUR, G.S., & WILSON, S.R., 1963, MIN. INVEST. OF BEBEARING TUFF, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB CO., UT: USBM RI 6408, 11 P.STAATZ, M.H., & BAUER, H.L., JR., PRELIM. EXAMIN. OF THE URANIUM PROSPECT AT THE SPIDER #1 CLAIM, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB CO., UT: USAEC RPT TEM-165, 1950MCANULTY, W.N. & LEVINSON, A.A., 1964, RARE ALKALI & BE MIN. IN VOL. TUFFS, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB CO., UT: ECON. GEOL. V. 59, P. 768-7741961 DIREXPL DOW CHEM. CO. (1961) 2,930 FT DRILLINEVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SUR.