The Blue Queen Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,568 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,568 Feet (1,697 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 39.74472, -113.19361
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Blue Queen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Queen Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spor Mtn-District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Russell Knight, Edwin Pace
Years: 1967 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Spor Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE-LIKE-VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: The Adit Crosses A Fault That Strikes N22e And Dips 47 E. No Fluorite Is Found Beyond The Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay Alteration
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ADIT SAMPLE 1964 ASSAY = .004% U3O8 1959 ASSAY: 25% CAF2, .004% U3O8
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Carnotite
Gangue: Bertrandite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STOCKPILE OF SORTED FLUORITE IN 1952 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT, AN ADIT, & SEVERAL PITS & TRENCHES. THE SHAFT IS ONLY 12 FT DEEP
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF FLUORSPAR IS STOCKPILED NEAR THE WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON A VEIN
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Commodity): CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ
Comment (Geology): WORKINGS SHOW A FEW FINE GRAINED MASSES OF PURPLE FLUORITE IN THE DOLOMITE ON WEST WALL NEAR PORTAL. F. HAS FILLED FRACTURES IN THE DOLOMITE & LINED SMALL VUGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., & OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1069
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO., UT: USGS PP 415
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., AND WILMARTH, V.R., & BAUER, H.L., JR., 1951, RADIOACTIVE FLUORITE IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB CO., UT: USGS TEI # 136, 88 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1951 DIREXPL US AEC
Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069
Reference (Deposit): COCHRAN, K.L., 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CALIF., NEV., UTAH, IDAHO, & COLORADO ADJACENT & TRIBUTARY TO FACILITIES OF THE UNION PACIFIC RR CO: UPRC, LOS ANGLES CALIF., 78 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D.A., USGS MAP-I-1176
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110
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