The Fluoride #5 Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,489 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,489 Feet (1,673 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 39.71417, -113.18028
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Fluoride #5 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fluoride #5 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Beryllium
Secondary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spor Mtn-Thomas Range
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: Spor, Ray And Chad
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1944
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Numerous Branching Faults That Are Difficult To Trace Unless They Contain Breccia
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: Associated Rock Unit
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
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1964 SAMPLE FROM PIT .029% U3O8, 68.5% CAF2 LOWER ADIT LEVEL = .010% U3O8, 63.5% CAF2, .006% U3O8, .015% U3O8, .005% U3O8, 55.1% CAF2 PIT = .029% U3O8, 68.5% CAF2
Materials
Gangue: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODY AT THE SURFACE IS AN OVAL PIPE HAVING A LENGTH OF 27 FT & A MAX. WIDTH OF 20 FT. THE ORE IS PURPLE-DARK BLUE, SOME OF IT IS SOFT & FRIABLE & SOME OCCURRS AS A HARD BOXWORK.
Comment (Commodity): CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT 205 FT. LONG DRIVEN TOWARD THE ORE BODY. FROM ITS END A RAISE WAS EXTENDED 100 FT TO THE SURFACE. A 50 FT TRENCH WAS CUT FROM THE TOP OF THE RAISE TO THE OPEN CUT. ANOTHER 50 FT RAISE WAS ALSO MADE OFF THE FIRST RAISE.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: USGS PP 415
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110.
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 ANGELES CALIF., 78 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D.A., USGS MAP-I-1176
Reference (Production): STAATZ, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES: USGS PP. 415.
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