Apex East

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Beryllium, Tungsten, 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012133
MRDS ID D007553
Record type Site
Current site name Apex East
Related records 10130324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.88056, 39.75744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position 1.5 MI NW OF BOBCAT RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibapah Peak(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 018W 21 NW OF SW SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Fluorite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite

Analytical data

Result TRACE TO 4.5% WO3 0.82-3.12% BEO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Trout Creek Formation;Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation
    Rock description Trout Creek Formation;Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 W And Faults Thattrend N-Nw And W-Nw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N45W
    Dip 40E
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harold B. Stafford
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 99

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99.

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069.

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP. 111

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP UGMS BULL 77

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979; PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON UGMS RI 177

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8 (80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB

  • Production

    USBM, 1961 IC 8013 P30

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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