Mine detail: Noonday Prospect

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.21885, -113.8511
dep_id: 10010702
mrds_id: D004604
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENS
conc_proc: Breccia Zones
ore_ctrl: Fissure Zones In Vertical Veins Up To 40 Feet Wide
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Needles Range Formation (Host)
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Basin & Range-Laramide Basement, N-S Trending Faults - Western Rim Of Large Caldera?
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1948
disc_yr: 1941
discr: H.C. Eyre-Minersville, Utah
References:
  • Deposit:: THURSTON, W.R. 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL 1005.
  • Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110
  • Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D. & WILSON, S.R. 1951, INVEST OF THE COUGAR SPAR FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO. UT: USBM RI 4820
  • Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D. & WILSON, S.R., 1950, INVEST. OF J.B. FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO. UTAH: USBM RI 4726
  • Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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