| Deposit ID | 10021608 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE00285 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Chalk Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.2211, 39.70744 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1.15 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)
Federal lands
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 013S | 012W | 9 | SE 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, 39.70744 |
|---|
| 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 Mineralyzing Fluids |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 E |
| Dip | 18 NW |
| Thickness | 7.32M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1960 |
| Discoverer | Vitro Minerals Corporation (?) |
| District name | Spor Mountain |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Brush-Wellman Inc. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Overall length | 182.88M |
| Overall width | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE00285 |
STAATZ, M.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THOMAS RANGE: USGS BULL. 1142-M.
STAATZ, M.H. AND OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THOMAS RANGE FLUOR DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 1069.
LINDSEY, D.A., GANON, H., AND MOUNTJOY, W., 1963. HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS AT SPOR MOUNTAIN, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 818-1, 20 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE DEPOSIT CROPS OUT AT SURFACE AND DIPS ABOUT 18 DEGREES SOUTHWEST BENEATH RHYOLITE CAP ROCK; AT 200 FT DOWN DIP FROM OUTCROP TOP OF ORE IS ABOUT 50 FT. BELOW SURFACE. ORE DEPOSIT RANGES FROM 14-24 FT. THICK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1990 | Lindsey, David A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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