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Fluoride #5 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020431
MRDS ID DC13217
Record type Site
Current site name Fluoride #5 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1811, 39.71411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1673
Relative position 1.2 MILES NE OF USMM IN SECTIONS 9-10

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 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration

Analytical data

Result 1964 SAMPLE FROM PIT .029% U3O8, 68.5% CAF2 LOWER ADIT LEVEL = .010% U3O8, 63.5% CAF2, .006% U3O8, .015% U3O8, .005% U3O8, 55.1% CAF2 PIT = .029% U3O8, 68.5% CAF2

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bell Hill Dolomite (Host)
    Rock description Bell Hill Dolomite (Host)

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Branching Faults That Are Difficult To Trace Unless They Contain Breccia

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE
    Plunge 61 DEG
    Plunge direction S46E
    Length 8.23M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Discoverer Chad, Ray, George Spor (Delta, Ut)
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-Thomas Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Spor, Ray And Chad

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT 205 FT. LONG DRIVEN TOWARD THE ORE BODY. FROM ITS END A RAISE WAS EXTENDED 100 FT TO THE SURFACE. A 50 FT TRENCH WAS CUT FROM THE TOP OF THE RAISE TO THE OPEN CUT. ANOTHER 50 FT RAISE WAS ALSO MADE OFF THE FIRST RAISE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: USGS PP 415

  • 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

  • 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 ANGELES 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 ORE BODY AT THE SURFACE IS AN OVAL PIPE HAVING A LENGTH OF 27 FT & A MAX. WIDTH OF 20 FT. THE ORE IS PURPLE-DARK BLUE, SOME OF IT IS SOFT & FRIABLE & SOME OCCURRS AS A HARD BOXWORK.

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

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