Mine detail: Monarch Staats Fluorspar Claims

Previously called 'Roberts and Staats MineSkougard Mine.Monarch MineRoberts and Skougard Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.24996, -113.58415

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Tertiary:	Calcium, Quartz
Ore:	Uraninite, Uranophane
Orebody form:	LINEAR - FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN LENTICULAR SHOOTS WITHIN LARGER PODLIKE ORE ZONES ALONG THE FAULTED CONTACT OF A TERTIARY RHYOLITE PORPHYRY AND A SIL-DEV LIMESTONE
Discovery year:	1935

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1935

Geology

Host rock:	Gray Or Buff Massive Dolomites
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Wah Wah Mountains Syncline
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	W006949
DEP	10069420
Reference	{Deposit:: THURSTON, W. R., STAATZ, M. H., COX, D. C. ET AL, 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 1005 P. 16 - 18}{Deposit:: WHELAN, J. A., 1965, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION, STAATZ MINE AND BLAWN MOUNTAIN AREAS, CENTRAL WAH WAH RANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES NO. 12 P. 5 - 18}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP COX, D. C. FISHER}{Deposit:: 1963 GEOLMAP U. OF UTAH, WHELAN, J. A. & BAETCKE, G.}{Production:: THURSTON, W. R., 1950, F. DEP. OF UTAH. U. S. BU MINES MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1946 - 1972}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.