Mine detail: Taurus Mine

Previously called 'Taras'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.72994, -113.21999

Resource(B)

Primary:	Beryllium
Secondary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Ore:	Bertrandite, Uranophane
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Fluorite
Discovery year:	1970

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1971

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Tintic -Deep Creek Mineral Belt, Spor Mtn Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East., Basin And Range High Angle Faults Tilt Ore Bearing Strata.
Tectonic:	Extensional Basin-Range Faulting; Accompanied By Bimodal Basalt-Rhyolite Volcanism.
Alteration processes:	Argillite, Dioctahedral Smectite, Sericite

References

MRDS	M057587
DEP	10041806
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:: 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., Moyer, Lorre A. (Lindsey, David A.)