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Fluorine Queen Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Beryllium, Vanadium, Magnesite
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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 10069421
MRDS ID W006950
Record type Site
Current site name Fluorine Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names East Pit Deposit
Related records 10300515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23415, 39.73327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1871
Relative position 3 MILES N. 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)

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 012S 012W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE. DEPOSITS CONSIST OF MILL TAILINGS FROM THE SANTA BARBARA, SAN FRANCISCO DEL ORO AND LA PRIETA LEAD - ZINC MINES.
  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Gangue
Carnotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration, Montmorillanite

Analytical data

Result ORE RANGES FROM 61-82.5% CAF2, 3-6% SIO2, 12% CACO3, 0.01-0.02% U3O8. WEST PIPE: 0.039% U3O8, 0.04% V2O5, 2.64% MGO & 0.018% U3O8. F CONCENTRATIONS INCREASE WITH DEPTH WHILE U DECREASES. 1963: BE 0.001-0.0004%

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) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bell Hill Dolomite (Main Host);Fluoride Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite
    Rock description Bell Hill Dolomite (Main Host);Fluoride Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23415, 39.73327
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Branching Faults That Are Difficult To Trace Unless They Contain Breccia

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE
    Thickness 33.53M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 33.53M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE VARIES FROM SOFT FRIABLE TO HARD BOX WORKS, AND FROM WHITE-DARK PURPLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Discoverer F.B. Chesley, W.E. Black (Delta, Ut)
Year of first production 1948

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn - Thomas Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Energy Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chesley And Black

Comments on the production information

  • THE EAST PIT PIPE WAS THE 2ND LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT
  • ASARCO MEXICANA'S PLANT PRODUCES 50,000 MET. TONS/YR ACID-GRADE AND WAS SCHEDULED TO EXPAND 50% IN 1974. COMPANIA MINERA FRISCO PRODUCED 111,396 MET. TONS IN 1972. AN ADDITIONAL 75,000 M.T./YR PLANT IS SLATED FOR COMPLETION IN 1974.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SULFIDE TAILINGS ARE FROM 3 PRINCIPAL MINES - SANTA BARBARA, SAN FRANCISCO DEL ORO AND LA PRIETA ZINC - LEAD - SILVER MINES.
  • TAILINGS ARE FROM 3 PRINCIPAL MINES - SANTA BARBARA, SAN FRANCISCO DEL ORO AND LA PRIETA.
  • ACCORDING TO UNPUBLISHED (1971) INFORMATION BY R. G. WORL, THE SPOR MTN. DISTRICT RESERVES ARE 328,000 MET. TONS OF 40% CAF2 ORE AND LARGE, LOW GRADE BE AND U DEPOSITS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 393.5M
    Overall depth 76.2M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN PITS, ADITS, WINZES, & RAISES. ADIT #1 MEASURES 95 FT, ADIT #2 IS 205 FT LONG WITH AT LEAST 280 FT. OF CROSSCUTS. A 3RD ADIT 500 FT. LONG PRODUCED NO ORE
  • 40 MILLION METRIC TONS OF SULFIDE ORE MILL TAILINGS CONTAIN 15 - 20% CAF2. FLUORSPAR IS PRESENT IN THE MINES THROUGH A VERTICAL RANGE OF OVER 700 M.

Comments on development

  • RECENT URANIUM EXPLOR. INDICATES A FAIR U3O8 CONTENT BUT IT OCCURRS IN COMPLEX STRUCTURE WITH F IONS WHICH MAKES IT ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL FOR EXTRACTION
  • MILL TAILINGS FROM ZINC - LEAD - SILVER SULFIDE ORE IS ECONOMICALLY PROCESSED FOR ACID GRADE FLUORSPAR EVEN THOUGH CONCENTRATION IS ONLY 15 - 20% CAF2

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

    1951 DIREXPL US AEC

  • 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

    BULLOCK, 1976, STAATZ, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST PROD. HAS COME FROM AN ELIPITICAL SHAPED OPEN PIT 190 FT LONG & 110 FT WIDE. THE MAIN PIT EXTENDED TO A DEPTH OF 80 FT. ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 4 PIPES (155X105), (30X65 FT), (50X55 FT), (19X40 FT) & 1 VEIN 40X7 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

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