Claybank Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Beryllium, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041802
MRDS ID M057583
Record type Site
Current site name Claybank Prospect
Related records 10155342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16165, 39.74022 (WGS84)
Elevation 1745
Relative position CENTER OF EAGLE ROCK RIDGE

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 012W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillite, Dioctahedral Smectite, Sericite

Analytical data

Result 1963: 0.08-0.14% BE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Bell Hill Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite
    Rock description Bell Hill Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16165, 39.74022

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Eagle Rock R. Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East.
Type of structure Local
Structure description A North Trending Fault System That Cuts Spor Mtn, Including The Thomas Caldera Ring Fracture

Ore body information

  • Length 51.82M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Alteration Of Tuff.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TUFF IS IN FAULT CONTACT WITH THE PALEOZOIC DOLOMITES. THE FAULT STRIKES N-S & DIPS STEEPLY EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 15.24M

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

    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 ANGLES CALIF., 78 P

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    EVERTS, M. L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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