Honeycombs Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Beryllium, Uranium, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088996
MRDS ID RE00236
Record type Site
Current site name Honeycombs Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58777, 39.70577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES NE OF GRANITE MOUNTAIN IN THE HONEYCOMB HILLS, Est Within A Redius Of 500 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Range North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tule Valley(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 013S 016W 12 SW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED, LOCATION A REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.15-0.035% E U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Tuff;
    Rock description Rhyolite Tuff;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium And Colluvium, Unconsolidated;
    Rock description Alluvium And Colluvium, Unconsolidated;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58777, 39.70577

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin-Range

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz, Chlorite, Kaolinite, Feldspars, Calcite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Honeycomb Hills Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.092HA
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 103.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • FORTYTWO SMALL TRENCHES, ON AN AVERAGE EACH TRENCH ABOUT 25 FT LONG, 10 FT WIDE, AND 2 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-87 Bishop, Charles E. (Mohammad, Hasan) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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