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Harrisite Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Beryllium
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  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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020401
MRDS ID DC13167
Record type Site
Current site name Harrisite Mine
Alternate or previous names Hardscrabble #2 Claim
Related records 10275982

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1836, 39.70133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position .5 MILES WNW OF BELL HILL MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Topaz Mountain West(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 013S 012W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: THE CENTER OF THE S 1/2 OF 10

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Gangue
Carnotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration, Montmorillanite

Analytical data

Result 1964 SAMPLE FROM WASH ZONE = .130% U3O8 OPEN CUT SAMPLES = .160% U3O8, .095% U3O8, .170% U3O8, .073% U3O8, TRENCH SAMPLE FROM VEIN = .089% U3O8 SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.039-0.094% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Por. Rhyolitic Member Of Spor Mtn Formation;Umio Stratified Tuff Member Of Topaz Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Por. Rhyolitic Mbr. Of Spor Mtn Formation;Umio Stratified Tuff Mbr Of Topaz Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Thursday Dolomite;Lost Sheep Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite
    Rock description Thursday Dolomite;Lost Sheep Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1836, 39.70133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Branching Faults That Strike Ne & Dip 60-75 Deg. Se

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE IN SMALL VEINS & DISSEMINATIONS
    Plunge 65 DEG
    Plunge direction S62E
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 7.01M
    Width 1.07M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Pipes And Veins In Favorable Replacement Carbonates & In Brecciated Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS STRIKE N6W-N29E & DIP 25-42 DEG. NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Discoverer Harris Brothers (Delta, Utah)

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-Thomas Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Donald Snell
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Harris
    Home office Hinkley, Ut.

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^78% Caf2, 4% Sio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 78wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 19.51M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL TRENCHES, PITS & 2 SMALL SHAFTS ON ORE PIPES, & A 64 FT. INCLINE

Comments on development

  • RECENT URANIUM EXPLOR. INDICATES A FAIR U3O8 CONTENT (UP TO 0.15-0.20%), BUT IT OCCURRS IN COMPLEX STRUCTURE WITH F IONS WHICH MAKES IT ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL FOR EXTRACTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: USGS PP 415, BULLOCK 1976

  • 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

    1951 DIREXPL US AEC TEI-136

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069

  • Deposit

    COCHRAN, 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.

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D.A., USGS MAP-I-1176

  • Production

    STAATZ, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES: USGS. PP. 415

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OVAL PIPE IS 6 FT LONG BY 4 FT MAX WIDTH AT SURFACE, AND 4 FT LONG BY 2 FT WIDE AT A DEPTH OF 22 FT BELOW THE SURFACE. ORE IS SOFT & FRIABLE & RANGES FROM DARK PURPLE-WHITE

Reporter information

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

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