The Taurus Mine is a beryllium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.73, -113.21917
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Taurus Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Taurus Mine
Secondary: Taras
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: 1971
Discovery Year: 1970
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tintic -Deep Creek Mineral Belt, Spor Mtn Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East.
Type: L
Description: Basin And Range High Angle Faults Tilt Ore Bearing Strata.
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: ORE BODIES IN RANGE OF 0.20-1.15% BEO BY BERYLOMETER.
Analytical Data: 1966 ASSAY: 1.0, 2.43, 4.0% BEO
Materials
Ore: Bertrandite
Ore: Uranophane
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AT LEAST TWO ORE BODIES WITH SHALLOW DIPS (APPROX. 15 DEGREES SW) ABOUT 10 AND 80 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE AT POINT WHERE TUFF CROPS OUT.
Comment (Deposit): MISSPELLED AS "TARAS" IN USGS REPORT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): THE TUFF CONTAINS NUMEROUS CRYSTALS OF QTZ, SANIDINE, AND PEBBLES OF CARBONATE ROCK.
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., & OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1069
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110
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): 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069
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