Mine detail: Claybank Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.74022, -113.16165

Resource(B)

Primary:	Beryllium
Secondary:	Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Bertrandite
Gangue:	Fluorite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Bell Hill Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite
Host type:	Sandstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Eagle Rock R. 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:	Argillite, Dioctahedral Smectite, Sericite

References

MRDS	M057583
DEP	10041802
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:: 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069}{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:: 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 MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed), Everts, Mike L.