Mine detail: Fluoride #18 Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.73077, -113.17332

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Uranium, Beryllium
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Bertrandite, Carnotite
Orebody form:	PIPE-LIKE
Discovery year:	1953

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Fish Haven Dolomite;Swan Peak Quartzite
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated rock:	Por. Rhyolitic Member Of Spor Mtn Formation;Umio Stratified Tuff Member Of Topaz Mtn. Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Basin & Range, Numerous Branching Faults That Are Difficult To Trace Unless They Contain Breccia
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Clay Alteration

References

MRDS	M057575
DEP	10041796
Reference	{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., & OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1069}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO., UT: USGS PP 415}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., AND WILMARTH, V.R., & BAUER, H.L., JR., 1951, RADIOACTIVE FLUORITE IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB CO., UT: USGS TEI #136, 88 P.}{Deposit:: 1951 DIREXPL US AEC}{Deposit:: COCHRAN, K L, 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CALIF, NEV, UTAH, IDAHO, & COLORADO ADJACENT & TRIBUTARY TO FACILITIES OF THE UNION PACIFIC RR CO: UPRC, LOS ANGLES CALIF, 78 P.}{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:: BULLOCK, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110}
Reporter	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed), Everts, Mike L.