Norman Fluorspar Deposit

Past Producer in Weber county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103856
MRDS ID M058211
Record type Site
Current site name Norman Fluorspar Deposit
Alternate or previous names No. 2 Through No. 6 of All Minerals, Wyon, No. 1 Through No. 5 of Valuable Minerals
Related records 10252249

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.93136, 41.25299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1606
Relative position 4000 FT NORTH 80 DEGREES EAST OF STATE HOSPITAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weber(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Ogden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Weber

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 001W 15 SW OF NE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 88% F
Result 12% SIL
Result 2 FT VEIN SAMPLE AVERAGED 88% F
Result 5.2% SIL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Farmington Canyon Complex
    Rock description Farmington Canyon Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.93136, 41.25299

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 55 TO 75 NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 213.36M
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 55 TO 75 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name North Ogden Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Norman Mining Co. Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite F 89 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 71.63M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 3.05M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 110, 1976, P. 85.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1973, NORMAN FLOURSPAR DEPOSIT, WEBER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 85, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    CHOJNACKI, R., 1964, FLUORSPAR NEAR THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMP., NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION, LARAMIE, WYOMING, 235 P.

  • Production

    DH-1, PERRY, L.I., 1973, P. 8; DH-2 BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, P. 85

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, P. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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