| Deposit ID | 10010729 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004645 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Utah Mine |
| Related records | 10275708 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.80276, 38.1719 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2193 |
| Relative position | 4350 METERS EAST OF TWIN PEAK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pinto Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 030S | 018W | 25 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Needles Range Formation (Host) | ||||||
| Rock description | Needles Range Formation (Host) | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -113.80276, 38.1719 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range-Laramide Basement |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N-S Trending Faults-Western Rim Of Large Caldera? |
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 DEG E |
| Dip | 90 DEG |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Width | 24.38M |
| Depth to top | 3.05M |
| Depth to bottom | 45.72M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1936 |
| Discoverer | Bart W. Mortensen |
| Year of first production | 1936 |
| District name | Washington/Indian Peak |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Spar, Chad |
| Home office | Delta, Ut. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mortensen, Bart |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004645 |
THURSTON, W.R, 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL 1005.
BULLOCK, K.C., 1976; FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110
EVERETT, F.D, & WILSON, S.R. 1951, INVEST OF THE COUGAR SPAR FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UT: USBM RI. 4820
EVERETT, F.D, & WILSON, S.R., 1950, INVEST. OF J.B. FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UTAH: USBM RI 4726
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEMI-ACTIVE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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