Mine detail: Rainbow #2 Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.70688, -113.20832

Resource(B)

Primary:	Beryllium
Tertiary:	Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lithium
Ore:	Bertrandite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Fluorite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1960

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Spor Mtn Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East., A North Trending Fault System That Cuts Spor Mtn, Including The Thomas Caldera Ring Fracture
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Argillic: Smectite, Sericite, K-Feldspar

References

MRDS	DC13219
DEP	10020433
Reference	{Deposit:: STAATZ, M H, 1963, GEOL OF MIN DEP IN THOMAS RANGE: USGS BULL 1142-M}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M H, & GRIFFITTS, W R, 1961, BE BEARING TUFF IN THOMAS RANGE: ECON GEOL V 56, NO 5}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M H, & OSTERWALD, F W, 1959, GEOL OF THOMAS RANGE FLUOR DISTRICT: USGS BULL 1069}{Deposit:: 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL 1069}{Deposit:: 1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415}{Deposit:: 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D A, USGS MAP-I-1176}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SUR}
Reporter	Unknown, Everts, Mike L., Moyer, Lorre A. (Lindsey, David A.)