Spider #1, 2 Claims

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101664
MRDS ID D006520
Record type Site
Current site name Spider #1, 2 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58916, 39.70716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position DIRECTLY NORTH OF SPIDER VABM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Range North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tule Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 015W 06,07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 6

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • URANIUM OCCURS IN SMALL FRACTURES OF LAVENDER TUFFACEOUS BRECCIA AS FINE DISS. YELLOW MIN. (SECONDARY) IN CLOSE ASSOC. WITH WHITE CLAY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BACK GROUND OF BRECCIA HOST RUNS 0.04% EU3O8, READINGS ON MINERAL SHOWS RANGE FROM 0.20-0.50% EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58916, 39.70716

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Honeycomb Hills Is A Small Erosional Remnant.

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Uranium Concentrated Along Small Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SMAPLE FROM THE RED TUFF WHICH CONTAINED ANOMOLOUS AMOUNTS OF BEO ALSO HAD A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE ZEOLITE MINERAL PHILLIPSITE (25%). A CORRALATION MAY EXIST BETWEEN ZEOLITES & BEO & U CONTENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Discoverer H.P. Bertelsen

Mining district

District name Honeycomb Hills

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dow Chemical Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dow Chemical Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER WORK CONSISTING OF TRENCHES, ROADS, AND DRILL SITE PREPARATION WAS COMPLETED IN AUG. 1961. FIFTEEN HOLES WERE DRILLED WITH A TOTAL FOOTAGE OF 2,930 FT

Comments on development

  • URANIUM WAS DISCOVERED IN 1950, AND BERYLLIUM IN MARCH 1961 BY C.R. SEWELL GEOLOGIST OF DOW CHEM. CO. DOW NEGOTIATED LEASE OPTIONS WITH OWNERS AND CONDUCTED MAPPING, TRENCHING & DRILLING FROM MARCH TO AUGUST 1961.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A CRYSTALLINE MINERAL OTHER THAN FLUORITE. ASSAYS DID REVEAL ABNORMAL QUANTITIES OF CESIUM, RUBIDIUM, & LITHIUM. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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