The Rainbow Beryllium Deposit is a beryllium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.70778, -113.20472
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Rainbow Beryllium Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow Beryllium Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spor Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Brush-Wellman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1965
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Utah Beryllium Belt
Type: L
Description: Ene-Striking High-Angle Faults. Beds Dip Gently To The Northwest
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE FORM THE DISTRICT GENERALLY CONTAINS GREATER THAN 0.28% BEO, WITH MINOR U (0.014%) AND F (2.7%).
Materials
Ore: Bertrandite
Gangue: Montmorillonite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1960'S
Comment (Workings): MINING IS BY THE OPEN PIT METHOD. MINING IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS (AS OF 3-89)
Comment (Development): DEPOSIT WAS HELD BY ANACONDA IN 1977 WHO SOLD IT TO BRUSH-WELLMAN. THE DEPOSIT IS CURRENTLY BEING MINED BYBRUSH-WELLMAN USING OPEN PIT METHODS. MINING OF THIS DEPOSIT BEGAN IN THE 1980'S.
Comment (Deposit): THIS IS ONE OF TWO PITS CURRENTLY SUPPLYING BRUSH-WELLMAN'S MILL AND PROCESSING FACILITY. THE OTHER OPERATING PIT IS IN THE BLUE CHALK DEPOSIT. REFERENCE FOR THIS DEPOSIT TYPE IS: LINDSEY, D.A., AND SHAWE, D.R., 1982, SPOR MOUNTAIN BE-F-U DEPOSITS, IN, ERICKSON, R.L., COMPILER, CHARACTERISTICS OF MINERAL DEPOSIT OCCURRENCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-795, P. 67-69. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS A REPLACEMENT OF THE BERYLLIUM TUFF MEMBER OF THE SPOR MOUNTAIN FORMATION. BE TRANSPORTED IN HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS AS A FLUORIDE COMPLEX AND DEPOSITED UPON PRECIPITATION OF FLUORITE REPLACING DOLOMITE IN THE TUFF.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB COUNTY UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-M, 36 P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP, AND CROSS-SECTIONS OF TERTIARY ROCKS IN THE THOMAS RANGE AND NORTHERN DRUM MOUNTAINS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS SERIES MAP I-1176, SCALE 1:62500.
Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, D.R., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE SPOR MOUNTAIN BERYLLIUM DISTRICT, UTAH, IN, RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967: THE GRATON SALES VOLUME: NEW YORK, A.I.M.E., VOL. 2, PT. 8, CHAPTER 55, P. 1149-1161.
Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, D.A., 1977, EPITHERMAL BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN WATER-LAID TUFF, WESTERN UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, P. 219-232.
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