| Lat / long: | 39.70022, -113.2461 |
| Primary: | Beryllium |
| Secondary: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Lithium |
| Ore: | Bertrandite, Uranophane |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Clay |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Other material: | Fluorite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Spor Mountain |
| Host type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Associated rock: | Porphyritic Rhyolite Member Of Spor Mountain Formation |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Tintic--Deep Creek Mineral Belt, Basin Range High Angle Faults Tilt On Bearing Strata; Some May Have Been Conduits For Fluids. |
| Tectonic: | Extensional Basin Range Faulting; Accompanied By Bimodal Rhyolite-Basalt Volcanism |
| Alteration processes: | Argillic: Smectite, Sericite, K-Feldspar |
| MRDS | DE00283 |
| DEP | 10021606 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., 1963, GEOL OF MIN DEP IN THOMAS RANGE: USGS BULL 1142-M.}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H. AND GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1961, BE BEARING TUFF IN THOMAS RANGE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 56, NO. 5.}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H. AND OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THOMAS RANGE FLUOR DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 1069.}{Deposit:: LINDSEY, D.A., GANON, H., AND MOUNTJOY, W., 1973, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS AT SPOR MOUNTAIN, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 818-A, 20 P.} |
| Reporter | Lindsey, David A. |