Blowout Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Beryllium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020295
MRDS ID DC12946
Record type Site
Current site name Blowout Mine
Related records 10154964

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19721, 39.75911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position NE END OF SPOR MTN/MINE IS LABELED ON MAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Range SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 012W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: THE CENTER OF THE SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE VARIES FROM WHITE-YELLOW-PURPLE. COMPOSITION VARIES FROM SOFT PERVALENT, FRIABLE TO HARD BOX-WORK STRUCTURES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Montmorillanite Clay

Analytical data

Result ORE RANGES FROM 72-94% CAF2 WITH 0.8-7.4% SIO2. URANIUM OCCURS FROM 0.004-0.013%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Intrusive Plugs
    Rock description Intrusive Plugs
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lost Sheep Dolomite (Host);Harrisite Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite
    Rock description Lost Sheep Dolomite (Host);Harrisite Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19721, 39.75911

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Spor Mtn Is A Fault Block Feature That Has Been Lifed In Trap-Door Fashion With The Hinge On The West Side

Ore body information

  • General form 3 ORE PIPES
    Plunge 71 DEG
    Plunge direction N 49 E
    Length 182.88M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 66.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Carbonate Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOST SHEEP DOLOMITE IS 220 FT. THICK & STRIKES N 40-45 DEG E AT 35-40 DEG. NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Discoverer Tass & Rex Claridge (Elko, Nev.)
Year of first production 1948
Production years 1950 - 1958 , 1970 - 1974

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-Thomas Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harold Spencer
    First year 1973
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bailey Fluorspar Co.
    First year 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONTAINS CLAY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 66.14M
    Overall length 53.34M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING EXTENDED TO A DEPTH OF 60 FT FROM AN OPEN PIT. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS INCLUDE A 293 FT. ADIT 100 FT. BELOW THE PIT & 505 FT ADIT 217 FT BELOW THE PIT

Comments on development

  • MINING CEASED FROM THE PIT IN 1950 WHEN LARGE DOLOMITE BLOCKS CAVED INTO THE CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., & OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1069.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO., UT: USGS PP 415.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, 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.

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON STAATZ USGS B 1069

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON STAATZ USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY USGS MAP 1176

  • Production

    BULLOCK, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULLOCK, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PIPE IN THE OPEN PIT MEASURES 110 FT LONG, 15-30 FT. WIDE, TRENDS N 68 W & TERMINATES NEAR THE 100 FT. LEVEL. A 2ND PIPE ON LEVEL 217 IS 400 X 300 FT, MINED TO THE SURFACE WHERE DIMENSIONS ARE 40 X 12. THE 3RD PIPE ON LEVEL 100 IS 20 X 15 FT.
Deposit OPEN PIT, STOPES, UNDERGROUND. STOPED ORE LOWER GRADE THAN SURFACE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references