The Claybank Prospect is a beryllium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,725 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,725 Feet (1,745 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.74028, -113.16083
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Claybank Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Claybank Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Eagle Rock Ridge
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Eagle Rock R. Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East.
Type: L
Description: A North Trending Fault System That Cuts Spor Mtn, Including The Thomas Caldera Ring Fracture
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillite, Dioctahedral Smectite, Sericite
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1963: 0.08-0.14% BE
Materials
Ore: Bertrandite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Geology): THE TUFF IS IN FAULT CONTACT WITH THE PALEOZOIC DOLOMITES. THE FAULT STRIKES N-S & DIPS STEEPLY EAST.
Comment (Commodity): CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ
References
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
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M. H., & OSTERWALD, F. W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1069
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