Lost Sheep Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Beryllium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Production statistics
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10069422
MRDS ID	W006951
Record type	Site
Current site name	Lost Sheep Mine
Alternate or previous names	Purple Pit
Related records	10227477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-113.23415, 39.73327 (WGS84)
Elevation	1631
Relative position	THE MINE IS FOUND ON USGS TOPO MAP.

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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Utah	Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Salt Lake	012S	012W	21		Utah

Comments on the location information

SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 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
Bertrandite	Gangue
Chert	Gangue
Clay	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Clay Alteration, Silica

Analytical data

Result	1964 ASSAYS: S. ORE BODY, OPEN CUT = .011% U3O8
Result	MAIN ORE BODY, OPEN CUT = .020% U3O8, 82.7% CAF2, .009% U3O8, 88.0% CAF2, .011% U3O8, .016% U3O8, 88.5% CAF2, .014% U3O8, .029% U3O8, 78.6% CAF2, .016% U3O8, .021% U3O8, 84.7% CAF2
Result	VEIN 25 FT E. OF MAIN ORE BODY = .033% U3O8, .031% U3O8
Result	S. ORE BODY, SURFACE = .014% U3O8, 66.7% CAF2
Result	ADIT = .009% U3O8, 82.5% CAF2

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Silurian
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pliocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Miocene

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
Rock unit name	Rhyolite Plug
Rock description	Rhyolite Plug

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
Rock unit name	Lost Sheep Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite
Rock description	Lost Sheep Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-113.23415, 39.73327	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Basin & Range
Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Numerous Branching Faults. One Normal Fault Crops Out On W. Side Of Hill, About 600 Ft W. Of Purple Pit

Ore body information

General form PIPE-LIKE-CRESCENT SHAPED/IRREG. OUTLINE

Plunge 90 DEG

Length 56.39M

Width 22.86M

Depth to top 0M

Depth to bottom 121.92M

General form	PIPE-LIKE-CRESCENT SHAPED/IRREG. OUTLINE
Plunge	90 DEG
Length	56.39M
Width	22.86M
Depth to top	0M
Depth to bottom	121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Comments on the geologic information

THE PURPLE PIT PIPE EXTENDS OVER 400 FT DEEP THROUGH SIL. LOST SHEEP, HARRISITE & BELL HILL DOLOMITES. STRATA NEAR PIPE STRIKE N40-45E & DIP 37-42 NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Both
Deposit size	Medium
Significant	No
Discovery year	1948
Discoverer	Al. & Earl Wilden (Delta, Utah)
Year of first production	1948

Mining district

District name	Spor Mtn-Thomas Range

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner E. J. Hamblin
Type Owner

Owner Fair Deal Mining Co.

First year 1980

Type	Operator
Owner	E. J. Hamblin

Type	Owner
Owner	Fair Deal Mining Co.
First year	1980

Production statistics

Year

1975

Period

1948-1975

Material

ORE

Accuracy

Accurate

Description

Cp_Grade: ^78-95% Caf2, 2.6% Sio2

Importance	Item	Commodity	Group	Amount recovered	Grade	Recovery percentage
	SIL	Silica	Silica		3wt-pct
Major	CaF2 Ore	Fluorine-Fluorite	Fluorine		87wt-pct

Comments on the production information

ITEM #10 IS REPORTED BY E.J. HAMBLIN ORALLY TO ME ON APRIL 14, 1980. E.J. HAMBLIN IS THE PRESENT OPERATOR.

Comments on the reserve resource information

ACCORDING TO (1971) UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION BY R. G. WORL (USGS) THE SPOR MOUNTAIN DISTRICT RESERVES ARE 328,000 MET. TONS OF 40% CAF2 ORE AND LARGE, LOW GRADE BE AND U DEPOSITS

Workings at the site

Type of workings Surface

Overall depth 121.92M

Type of workings	Surface
Overall depth	121.92M

Comments on the workings information

THE PIPES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUTS, AN INCLINE SHAFT, A VERTICAL SHAFT, ADITS, CROSSCUTS 4 RAISES. CROSSCUTS DEVELOPED ON 150, 250, 325, & 400 FT LEVELS

Comments on development

RECENT URANIUM EXPLOR. INDICATES A FAIR U3O8 CONTENT BUT IT OCCURRS IN COMPLEX STRUCTURE WITH F IONS WHICH MAKES IT ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL FOR EXTRACTION

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W006951

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

5) LEEDOM, S.H., AND MITCHELL, T.P., 1978, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF FAVORABILITY FOR URANIUM RESOURCES IN JUAB, COUNTY, UTAH: BENDIX FIELD ENGINEERING CORP, DOE CONTRACTOR, GJBX-23 (78).
Deposit

6) LINDSEY, D.A., GANOW, H., AND MOUNTJOY, W., 1973, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS AT SPOR MOUNTAIN, UTAH: USGS PP. 818-A, 20 P.
Deposit

7) LINDSEY, D.A., NAESER, C.W., & SHAWE, D.R., 1975, AGE OF VOLCANISM, AND MINERALIZATION IN THE THOMAS RANGE, KEG MTN., AND DESERT MTN., WESTERN UTAH: USGS JOURNAL OF RESEARCH, V. 3, NO. 5, P. 597-604.
Deposit

8) LINDSEY, D.A., 1975, MINERALIZATION HALOS AND DIAGENESIS IN WATER-LAID TUFF OF THE THOMAS RANGE, UTAH: USGS PP. 818-B, 59 P.
Deposit

9) LINDSEY, D.A., 1977, EPITHERMAL BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN WATER-LAID TUFF, WESTERN UTAH: ECON. GEOL., V. 72, P. 219-232.
Deposit

10) LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TERTIARY VOLCANISM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE THOMAS RANGE AND NORTHERN DRUM MOUNTAINS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: USGS OPEN FILE RPT. 79-1076, 101 P.
Deposit

11) SHAWE, D.R., 1972, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL POTENTIAL OF THOMAS, KEG, AND DESERT CALDERAS, CENTRAL JUAB CO., UTAH: USGS PP 800-B, PP. B67-B77.
Deposit

12) STAATZ, M.H., AND BAUER, H.L., JR., 1951, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE RADIOACTIVE FLUORITE DEPOSITS, THOMAS RANGE, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: USGS-US AEC TEM-167-A, 11 P.
Deposit

13) STAATZ, M.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN THE THOMAS RANGE JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1142-M, 34 P.
Deposit

1951 DIREXPL US AEC TEI-136
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

1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069
Deposit

1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415
Deposit

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

STAATZ, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITE OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB & TOOELE: USGS PP 514

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THE NORMAL FAULT WEST OF THE PURPLE PIT STRIKES N55E & DIPS 38 SE, AND PROJECTS TO A POINT ABOUT 400 FT BELOW THE ORIGINAL SURFACE OF THE PURPLE PIT. MOVEMENT ALONG THIS FAULT HAS PLACED BELL HILL DOLOMITE IN THE HANGING WALL AGAINST THE TOP OF THE SWAN PEAK QUARTZITE IN THE FOOTWALL. THUS, THE PURPLE PIT PIPE IS NOT EXPECTED TO PROJECT BELOW 400 FT LEVEL ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit	2 PIPES CROP OUT ON THE PROPERTY. THE MOST PRODUCTIVE IS CALLED THE PURPLE PIT, & THE SMALLER PIPE LIES 700 FT TO THE SOUTH AND IS CALLED THE BADGER HOLE PIT DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-APR-1975	Schruben, Paul G.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-MAR-1980	Everts, Mike L.	U.S. Geological Survey

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Lost Sheep Mine

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