Mine detail: Rodenhouse Wash Beryllium Deposit

Previously called 'Vanguard Research Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.10133, -113.80274

Resource(M)

Tertiary:

Beryllium

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	FISSURE VEINS
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Structure:	BASIN AND RANGE
Alteration processes:	SLIGHT LIMONITE-STAINING, VUGGY APPEARANCE

References

MRDS	M057992
DEP	60001004
Reference	{Deposit:: GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1965, RECENTLY DISCOVERED BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS NEAR GOLD HILL, UTAH: ECON. GEOLOGY, VOL. 60, P. 1298-1305.}{Deposit:: MEEVES, H.C., 1966, NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES: USBM RI 6828, P. 50-52.}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 177.}