Mine detail: Blue Chalk

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.70744, -113.2211

Resource(B)

Primary:	Beryllium
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Lithium, Uranium
Ore:	Bertrandite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Calcite, Clay
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Fluorite
Discovery year:	1960

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

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

References

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.)