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Hogsback Prospect

Prospect in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 10041804
MRDS ID M057585
Record type Site
Current site name Hogsback Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dugway Dell, Hogsback #3 Prospect Hogsback #3 Prospect Was Merged, Was Record # D006504 6/14/91

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1636, 39.72855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1701
Relative position 2 MILES N-NE OF BELL HILL MINE

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 012W 35 NE OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HOGSBACK #3 PROSPECT LAT. 39-44-18N; LONG. 113-10-02W; UTM'S 44007500 NORTHING; 3143000 EASTING; ZONE +12.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Ore
Fluorite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillite, Dioctahedral Smectite, Sericite

Analytical data

Result 1963 SAMPLES: 0.07-0.73% BE, SOME NODULES CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 3.8% BE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1636, 39.72855
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Spor Mtn Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trapdoor Fashion With Hinge On East.
Type of structure Local
Structure description A North Trending Fault System That Cuts Spor Mtn, Including The Thomas Caldera Ring Fracture

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basin And Range Type Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERALIZED BED IS ABOUT 5 FT BELOW THE CONTACT BETWEEN RHYOLITE & TUFF. THE NODULES ARE COMMONLY ZONED & COMPOSED CHIEFLY OF SILICA MINERALS & FLUORITE WITH MINOR MNO, SANIDINE, CLY & CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Chad & Ray Spor (Delta, Ut) For Hogsback #3 Prospect

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-Thomas Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Spar, Chad and Ray (Hogsback #3 Prospect)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO PRODUCTION, JUST DOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY OF BE IN THE DISTRICT. BRUSH PAID $10,000 FOR THE PATENT FROM WHICH THERE NEVER WAS ANY PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRIB

  • 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

    1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-1176

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BERYLLIUM-RICH BED IS TRACEABLE COMPLETELY AROUND A SMALL HILL 900 FT LONG BY 400 FT WIDE, AND IS 6 FT THICK ON THE EAST SIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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