Mine detail: Apex East

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.75744, -113.88056

Resource(B)

Primary: Beryllium, Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Beryl, Fluorite, Scheelite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Trout Creek Formation;Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation
Host type:Marble,Schist
Structure:Basin And Range, Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 W And Faults Thattrend N-Nw And W-Nw
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Limonite

References

MRDSD007553
DEP10012133
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 99}{Deposit:: THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99.}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069.}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP. 111}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP UGMS BULL 77}{Deposit:: REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979; PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22}{Deposit:: 1977 RECON UGMS RI 177}{Deposit:: 1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8 (80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB}{Production:: USBM, 1961 IC 8013 P30}
ReporterEverts, Michael L.