| Lat / long: | 39.71911, -113.2211 |
| Primary: | Beryllium |
| Tertiary: | Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lithium |
| Ore: | Bertrandite, Uranophane |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Clay |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Other material: | Fluorite |
| Discovery year: | 1960 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| 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 Ore-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 | DE00284 |
| DEP | 10021607 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS 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., & 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 MOUNTAN, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 818-A, 20 P.}{Deposit:: DAVIS, L.J., 1979, BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE SPOR MOUNTAIN AREA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: IN NEWMAN, G.W. AND GOODE, H.D., EDS., 1979 BASIN AND RANGE SYMPOSIUM AND GREAT BASIN FIELD CONFERENCE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS AND UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, P. 397-403.} |
| Reporter | Lindsey, David A. |