| Lat / long: | 39.72994, -113.21999 |
| Primary: | Beryllium |
| Secondary: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium |
| Ore: | Bertrandite, Uranophane |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Other material: | Fluorite |
| Discovery year: | 1970 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1971 |
| 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 |
| 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.) |