Utah · Juab County
Producer

Spor Mountain district

Juab County, Utah, United States
BerylliumLithiumManganeseUraniumZincFluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
TertiaryLithium, Manganese, Uranium, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Deposit
Model52: Spor Mountain Be-F-U deposits
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite, Fluorspar
Geology
Host rockTuff · Spor Mountain Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1959
Identification
Deposit ID10400503
Alternate namesTopaz Mountain, North End, Sigma Emma, Taurus, Roadside, Fluoro, Rainbow, Blue Chalk, Claybank, Hogsback
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.707, -113.217
References
Lindsey, David A., 1977, Epithermal beryllium deposits in water-laid tuff, western Utah: Economic Geology, v. 72,Lindsey, David A., 1987, Volcanism and uranium mineralization at Spor Mountain, Utah, in Grodell, P.C. and Waters, P.C. (eds.) Uranium in volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Studies in Geology 13Shawe, Daniel R., 1968, Geology of the Spor Mountain Beryllium District, Utah, in Ridge, John D. (editor), Ore Deposits of the United States, 1933-1967: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., The Graton-Sales Volume, v. 2Lindsey, David A., 2001, Beryllium deposits at Spor Mountain, Utah, in Proceedings of the 35th forum on the Geology of industrial minerals; the Intermountain West forum 1999: Utah Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publication,Murphy, B., 1980, Studies of mineralization at Spor Mountain, Utah, and a comprehensive Spor Mountain bibliography, in D. M. Burt, M. F. Sheridan, J. Bikun, E. Christiansen, B. P. Correa, B. Murphy, and S. Self (editors), Uranium mineralization in fluorine-enriched volcanic rocks; final report: U. S. Dep. Energy, Grand Junction Off., Grand Junction, CO, United States,GJBX-225-80 pp.378-414 (September 1980)Bikun, J.V., 1980, Fluorine and lithophile element mineralization at Spor Mountain, Utah, in D. M. Burt, M. F. Sheridan, J. Bikun, E. Christiansen, B. P. Correa, B. Murphy, and S. Self (editors), Uranium mineralization in fluorine-enriched volcanic rocks; final report: U. S. Dep. Energy, Grand Junction Off., Grand Junction, CO, United States,GJBX-225-80 pp.167-377(September 1980)Davis, Leland J., 1984, Beryllium deposits in the Spor Mountain area, Juab County, Utah, in Gloria J. Kerns and Raymond L. Kerns (editors), Geology of Northwest Utah, southern Idaho and Northeast Nevada: Utah Geological Association Publication 13Christiansen, E.H., Bikun, J.V., Sheridan, M.F., and Burt, D.M., 1984, Geochemical evolution of topaz rhyolites from the Thomas Range and Spor Mountain, Utah: American Mineralogist, v. 69,