Mine detail: Fluro Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.70272, -113.22138

Resource(B)

Primary:	Beryllium
Secondary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Ore:	Bertrandite
Gangue:	Fluorite
Orebody form:	FLAT
Discovery year:	1974

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1974

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Spor Mtn 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	M057584
DEP	10041803
Reference	{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 110.}{Deposit:: LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, TERT. VOL. & U. MIN. IN THE THOMAS RANGE & N. DRUM MTNS, JUAB CO., UT: USGS OPEN FILE RPT 79-1076.}{Deposit:: 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069}{Deposit:: 1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415}{Deposit:: 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-1176}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed), Everts, Mike L.