Mine detail: Utah Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

38.1719, -113.80276

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1936

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1936

Geology

Host rock:	Needles Range Formation (Host)
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Basin & Range-Laramide Basement, N-S Trending Faults-Western Rim Of Large Caldera?
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	D004645
DEP	10010729
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.