The Monarch Staats Fluorspar Claims is a fluorine-fluorite and uranium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,677 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: 7,677 Feet (2,340 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.25, -113.58333
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Monarch Staats Fluorspar Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Staats Fluorspar Claims
Secondary: Monarch Mine
Secondary: Roberts and Skougard Mine
Secondary: Roberts and Staats Mine
Secondary: Skougard Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Quartz
Tertiary: Calcium
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Pine Grove Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Staats
Owner Name: Northern Resources
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1935
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR - FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN LENTICULAR SHOOTS WITHIN LARGER PODLIKE ORE ZONES ALONG THE FAULTED CONTACT OF A TERTIARY RHYOLITE PORPHYRY AND A SIL-DEV LIMESTONE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wah Wah Mountains Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO GRAB SAMPLES FROM PITS NORTHEAST OF MAIN SHAFT CONTAINED 50 AND 68% CAF2
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Uranophane
Comments
Comment (Commodity): URANIUM ORE IS ECONOMIC. 1700 MET. TONS OF URANIUM ORE OF UNPUBLISHED GRADE WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTIVE PERIOD IS 1935 - 1945, 1948 TO AT LEAST 1952 AND 1970 - ?
Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 26 M. SHAFT AN OPENCUT AND AN ADIT. INDIVIDUAL SHOOTS ARE 0.6 TO 1.8 M WIDE, 1.5 TO 3 M LONG, AND MORE THAN 7.6 M DEEP. SOUTHEASTERN ORE SHOOT WAS 2 M. WIDE, 3 M. LONG AND 17 M. DEEP
Comment (Location): A SMALLER MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 0.8 KM SOUTH OF THE MAIN WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): DOLOMITE IS COMPOSED OF ANHEDRAL CRYSTALS AVERAGING 0.04 MM IN SIZE, LESS THAN ONE PERCENT QUARTZ IN ISOLATED ANGULAR GRAINS UP TO 0.08 MM IN SIZE. RHYOLITE HAS QUARTZ AND K-FELDSPAR GROUNDMASS WITH PHENOCRYSTS OF QUARTZ, SANIDINE, BIOTITE AND PLAGIOCLASE. SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRITE AND ZIRCON OCCUR AS ACCESSORIES AND HEMATITE AND SERICITE AS ALTERATION PRODUCTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): THURSTON, W. R., STAATZ, M. H., COX, D. C. ET AL, 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 1005 P. 16 - 18
Reference (Deposit): WHELAN, J. A., 1965, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION, STAATZ MINE AND BLAWN MOUNTAIN AREAS, CENTRAL WAH WAH RANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES NO. 12 P. 5 - 18
Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP COX, D. C. FISHER
Reference (Deposit): 1963 GEOLMAP U. OF UTAH, WHELAN, J. A. & BAETCKE, G.
Reference (Production): THURSTON, W. R., 1950, F. DEP. OF UTAH. U. S. BU MINES MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1946 - 1972
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