| Lat / long: | 39.70022, -113.2461 |
| Primary: | Beryllium |
| Secondary: | Lithium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium |
| Ore: | Bertrandite, Uranophane |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Clay |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Other material: | Fluorite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Beryllium Tuff Member Of Spor Mountain Formation |
| Host type: | Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Associated rock: | Porphyritic Rhyolite Member Of Spor 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 Fluids. |
| Tectonic: | Extensional Basin And Range Faulting; Accompanied By Bimodal Rhyolite-Basalt Volcanism. |
| Alteration processes: | Argillic; Smectite, Sericite, K-Feldspar |
| MRDS | RE00011 |
| DEP | 10055076 |
| 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.) |