| Lat / long: | 39.70744, -113.2211 |
| Primary: | Beryllium |
| Tertiary: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lithium, Uranium |
| Ore: | Bertrandite, Uranophane |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Clay |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Other material: | Fluorite |
| Discovery year: | 1960 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Beryllium Tuff Member Of Spor Mountain Formation |
| Host type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Associated rock: | Porphyritic Rhyolite Member Of The Spor Mountain Formation |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Tintic-Deep Creek Mineral Belt., Basin And Range High Angle Faults Tilt Ore-Bearing Strata; Some May Have Been Conduits For Mineralizing Fluids. |
| Tectonic: | Extensional Basin And Range Faulting; Accompanied By Bimodal Rhyolite-Basalt Volcanism. |
| Alteration processes: | Argillic; Smectite, Sericite, K-Feldspar |
| MRDS | RE00010 |
| DEP | 10055075 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H. 1963, GEOL OF MIN DEP IN THOMAS RANGE; USGS BULL 1142-M}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H. & GRIFFITTS, W.R. 1961, BE BEARING TUFF IN THOMAS RANGE : ECON GEOL V.56, NO.5.}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H. & OSTERWALD, F.W. 1959. GEOL OF THOMAS RANGE FLUOR DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 1069.}{Deposit:: LINDSEY, D.A., GANOW, H., AND MOUNTJOY, W., 1973, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS AT SPOR MOUNTAIN, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 818-A, 20P.} |
| Reporter | Moyer, Lorre A. (Lindsey, David A.) |