Mine detail: Honeycombs Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.70577, -113.58777

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Uranium
Ore: Bertrandite, Fluorite, Uranophane
Orebody form: LENSE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium And Colluvium, Unconsolidated;
Host type:Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel
Associated rock:Rhyolite Tuff;
Associated type:Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:Basin-Range
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSRE00236
DEP10088996
Reference{Deposit:: MONTOYA, J.W., BAUR, G.S., AND WILSON, S.R., 1963, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF BERYLLIUM BEARING TUFF, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6408}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., AND BAUER, H.L.,JR., 1950, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE URANIUM PROSPECT AT THE SPIDER #1 CLAIM, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: U.S.A.E.C. REPORT TEM-165.}{Deposit:: MCNAULTY, W.N., AND LEVINSON, A.A., 1964, RARE ALKALI AND BERYLLIUM MINERALIZATION IN VOLCANIC TUFFS HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59.}{Deposit:: BISHOP, C.E., AND MOHAMMAD, HASAN, 1987, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.}
ReporterBishop, Charles E. (Mohammad, Hasan)