| Deposit ID | 10400503 |
|---|---|
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Spor Mountain district |
| Included sites | Topaz Mountain, North End, Sigma Emma, Taurus, Roadside, Fluoro, Rainbow, Blue Chalk, Claybank, Hogsback |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.217, 39.707 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | district location as given is the location of the ore body at the Topaz Mountain mine (record 10179751), one of the biggest producers in the district |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Lithium Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bertrandite | Ore |
| Fluorspar | Ore |
| Model code | 52 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Spor Mountain Be-F-U deposits |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| Rock type qualifier | water-laid rhyolitic tuff with three main divisions: 1) the lowest ash unit contains carbonate fragments which make up about 10-40 % of the lowest unit; 2) the middle unit is a welded tuff, and 3) the upper unit is a hydrothermally altered tuff |
| Rock unit name | Spor Mountain Formation |
| (1) | -113.217, 39.707 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Basin and Range faulting |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1959 |
Lindsey, David A., 1987, Volcanism and uranium mineralization at Spor Mountain, Utah, in Grodell, P.C. and Waters, P.C. (eds.) Uranium in volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Studies in Geology 13
Shawe, Daniel R., 1968, Geology of the Spor Mountain Beryllium District, Utah, in Ridge, John D. (editor), Ore Deposits of the United States, 1933-1967: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., The Graton-Sales Volume, v. 2
Lindsey, David A., 2001, Beryllium deposits at Spor Mountain, Utah, in Proceedings of the 35th forum on the Geology of industrial minerals; the Intermountain West forum 1999: Utah Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publication,
Davis, Leland J., 1984, Beryllium deposits in the Spor Mountain area, Juab County, Utah, in Gloria J. Kerns and Raymond L. Kerns (editors), Geology of Northwest Utah, southern Idaho and Northeast Nevada: Utah Geological Association Publication 13
Christiansen, E.H., Bikun, J.V., Sheridan, M.F., and Burt, D.M., 1984, Geochemical evolution of topaz rhyolites from the Thomas Range and Spor Mountain, Utah: American Mineralogist, v. 69,
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-JAN-11 | Nicholson, S.W. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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