| Deposit ID | 10021607 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE00284 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sigma Emma Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.2211, 39.71911 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | 2.75 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELL HILL MINE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 013S | 012W | 5 | SW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Lithium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bertrandite | Ore |
| Uranophane | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Porphyritic Rhyolite Member Of Spor Mountain Formation | ||||||
| Rock description | Porphyritic Rhyolite Member Of Spor Mountain Formation | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| Rock unit name | Spor Mountain |
| Rock description | Spor Mountain |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| (1) | -113.2211, 39.71911 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Tintic--Deep Creek Mineral Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Basin Range High Angle, Faults Tilt Ore-Bearing Strata; Some May Have Been Conduits For Fluids |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 40 E |
| Dip | 30 W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1960 |
| Discoverer | Vitro Minerals Corp (?) |
| District name | Spor Mountain |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Brush-Wellman Inc. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE00284 |
STAATZ, M.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THOMAS RANGE: USGS BULL. 1142-M.
STAATZ, M.H., & OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THOMAS RANGE FLUOR DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 1069.
DAVIS, L.J., 1979, BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE SPOR MOUNTAIN AREA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: IN NEWMAN, G.W. AND GOODE, H.D., EDS., 1979 BASIN AND RANGE SYMPOSIUM AND GREAT BASIN FIELD CONFERENCE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS AND UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, P. 397-403.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1990 | Lindsey, David A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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