The Fluro Mine is a beryllium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 4,820 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,820 Feet (1,469 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.70278, -113.22056
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Fluro Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fluro Mine
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
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
Ownership
Owner Name: Brush-Wellman Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1974
Discovery Year: 1974
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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: FLAT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Spor Mtn 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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bertrandite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Production): PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): 150 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 110.
Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, TERT. VOL. & U. MIN. IN THE THOMAS RANGE & N. DRUM MTNS, JUAB CO., UT: USGS OPEN FILE RPT 79-1076.
Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-1176
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
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