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Blue Queen Prospect

Prospect in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Uranium
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  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. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020303
MRDS ID DC12955
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Queen Prospect
Related records 10226995

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19443, 39.74466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1697
Relative position WEST CENTRAL EDGE OF SPOR MTN

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)

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 012S 012W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Bertrandite Gangue
Carnotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration

Analytical data

Result ADIT SAMPLE 1964 ASSAY = .004% U3O8 1959 ASSAY: 25% CAF2, .004% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Por. Rhyolitic Member Of Spor Mtn Formation;Umio Stratified Tuff Member Of Topaz Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Por. Rhyolitic Mbr. Of Spor Mtn Formation;Umio Stratified Tuff Mbr Of Topaz Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lost Sheep Dolomite (Host)
    Rock description Lost Sheep Dolomite (Host)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19443, 39.74466
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Adit Crosses A Fault That Strikes N22e And Dips 47 E. No Fluorite Is Found Beyond The Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE-VEIN
    Strike N22E
    Dip 47E

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • WORKINGS SHOW A FEW FINE GRAINED MASSES OF PURPLE FLUORITE IN THE DOLOMITE ON WEST WALL NEAR PORTAL. F. HAS FILLED FRACTURES IN THE DOLOMITE & LINED SMALL VUGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Wesley Sampson, H. Goodwin (Delta)

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Russell Knight, Edwin Pace
    First year 1967

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF FLUORSPAR IS STOCKPILED NEAR THE WORKINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT, AN ADIT, & SEVERAL PITS & TRENCHES. THE SHAFT IS ONLY 12 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    1951 DIREXPL US AEC

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069

  • 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

    1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED ON A VEIN
Deposit STOCKPILE OF SORTED FLUORITE IN 1952 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

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