Mine detail: Rainbow Beryllium Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

39.70772, -113.20554

Resource(B)

Primary:	Beryllium
Tertiary:	Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Bertrandite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Montmorillonite, Opal
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Fluorite
Discovery year:	1965

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Beryllium Tuff Member Of The Spor Mountain Formation;Porphyritic Rhyolite Member Of The Spor Mountain Formation;
Associated type:	Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:	Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Utah Beryllium Belt, Ene-Striking High-Angle Faults. Beds Dip Gently To The Northwest
Tectonic:	Basin-Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration And Silicification

References

MRDS	RE00195
DEP	10055162
Reference	{Deposit:: SHAWE, D.R., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE SPOR MOUNTAIN BERYLLIUM DISTRICT, UTAH, IN, RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967: THE GRATON SALES VOLUME: NEW YORK, A.I.M.E., VOL. 2, PT. 8, CHAPTER 55, P. 1149-1161.}{Deposit:: LINDSEY, D.A., 1977, EPITHERMAL BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN WATER-LAID TUFF, WESTERN UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, P. 219-232.}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB COUNTY UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-M, 36 P.}{Deposit:: LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP, AND CROSS-SECTIONS OF TERTIARY ROCKS IN THE THOMAS RANGE AND NORTHERN DRUM MOUNTAINS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS SERIES MAP I-1176, SCALE 1:62500.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.