Mine detail: Fluorine Queen #2 Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.74188, -113.17804

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Uranium, Beryllium
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Bertrandite, Carnotite
Orebody form: PIPE-LIKE
Discovery year: 1948

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1949

Geology

Host rock:Bell Hill Dolomite
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

MRDSM057577
DEP10041798
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:: EVERTS, M. L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.}
ReporterWong, George (Tooker, Ed), Everts, Mike L.