| Deposit ID | 10095904 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00206 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sheeprock Beryl Prospects |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Beauty Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.50941, 39.93772 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2182 |
| Relative position | 19,100 FT S27E OF BLACK CROOK PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Erickson Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 10S | 6W | 21,22,26,27,28,34 | SE OF NE OF SW (22) | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.50941, 39.93772 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1942 |
| Discoverer | Richard Ekker |
| District name | Columbia District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ann Alloway, Marjorie Black |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00206 |
COHENOUR, R.E., 1963, BERYLLIUM AND ASSOC. MINERALIZATION IN THE SHEEPROCK MTNS., IN BOWYER, BEN, AND OTHERS, BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN JUAB CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH: NO. 17, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
COHENOUR, R.H., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS.: UGMS BULL. 63, P. 119-120
MEEVES, H.C., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES- AZ, CO, NM, SD, UT, WY: USBM IC-8298; REF. 5 DATA FROM BRUSH BERYLLIUM CO. DRILLING PROJECT (1953) CITED BY COHENOUR (1963, P. 12): 3600 FT. OF CORE FROM NINE DRILL SITES AVERAGED 0.011% BEO. EFFORTS MADE TO EXTRACT VISIBLE BERYL FROM CORE BEFORE ASSAY (HARRIS, 1958, P.74); REF. 6 SPOR MTN. DEPOSITS ARE MUCH HIGHER GRADE AND CAN EASILY FULFILL PRESENT DEMAND; REF. 7 CONTROL BY FRACTURES WAS MINOR; THE UPPER S70E TRENDING, 725 FT. ADIT WAS DRIVEN PARALLEL TO N64W, 62 SW JOINTING; REF. 8 MEEVES, H.C., 1966, NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN AZ, CO, NM, UT AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES: USBM RI-6828, 68 P.; REF. 9 HARRIS, D., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE DUTCH PEAK AREA, SHEEPROCK RANGE, TOOELE CO., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, V. 5, NO. 1, 83 P.; REF. 10 MESSENGER, H.M.III, 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BERYL IS IRREGULARLY DISSEMINATED IN A LEUCOCRATIC FACIES OF THE SHEEPROCK GRANITE EXPOSED OVER A THREE SQUARE MILE AREA. THE MOST FAVORABLY MINERALIZED ZONES HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED IN HARD TO BEAT AND SHEEPROCK CANYONS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1982 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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