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Blue Chalk Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Beryllium, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041801
MRDS ID M057582
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Chalk Mine
Related records 10155143

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19388, 39.70605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1552
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF BELL HILL MINE/1/2 MILE N OF USMM

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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 012W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillite-Feldspar, Montmorillonite

Analytical data

Result 1976 ORE SAMPLE AVERAGED 12.67% CAF2, 64% SIO2, 1.91% CACO3
Result 1966 SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.01-1.28% BE

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 (Host);Umio Stratified Tuff Member Of Topaz Mtn. Rhyolite;Beryllium Tuff Member Of Spor Mtn Formation (Host)
    Rock description Por. Rhyolitic Mbr. Of Spor Mtn Formation (Host);Umio Stratified Tuff Mbr Of Topaz Mtn. Rhyolite;Beryllium Tuff Mbr Of Spor Mtn Formation (Host)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Sevy Dolomite
    Rock description Sevy Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19388, 39.70605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Trending Normal Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITE PEBBLES & CLASTS ARE REPLACED BY QUARTZ, OPAL, & PURPLE FLUORITE, OR BY CLAY, FLUORITE, AND MANGANESE OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1961
Discoverer Brush-Wellman
Year of first production 1962

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Brush-Wellman Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 426.72M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRIB FILE

  • 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

    1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415

  • 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

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

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

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