The Sheeprock Beryl Prospects is a beryllium mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,159 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: 7,159 Feet (2,182 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.93778, -112.50861
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Sheeprock Beryl Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheeprock Beryl Prospects
Secondary: Blue Beauty Claims
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ann Alloway, Marjorie Black
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE DEPOSIT IS TOO LOW GRADE TO BE IN THE CATEGORY OF RESERVES, IT MAY BE CONSIDERED A SUBMARGINAL RESOURCE CONSISTING OF MANY MILLION TONS.
Comment (Development): BRUSH BERYLLIUM CO., UNDER DMEA CONTRACT IDM-E-514, CONDUCTED AN EXPLORATORY DIAMNOND DRILLING PROJECT IN 1953, THE AREA COVERED APPROX. 900 SQ. FT. AND INCLUDED NINE DRILL SITES.
Comment (Deposit): BERYL IS IRREGULARLY DISSEMINATED IN A LEUCOCRATIC FACIES OF THE SHEEPROCK GRANITE EXPOSED OVER A THREE SQUARE MILE AREA. THE MOST FAVORABLY MINERALIZED ZONES HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED IN HARD TO BEAT AND SHEEPROCK CANYONS
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, N-S; N20E-TRENDING AND 50 FT. LONG, 725 FT. ADIT TRENDING S70E, AND 255 FT., N45E-TRENDING ADIT. THE ADITS ARE ON THE EAST SLOPES OF HARD TO BEAT CANYON. NUMEROUS PITS ARE IN SHEEPROCK CANYON, BUT NONE WERE SEEN DURING 1981 UGMS RECONNAISSANCE
References
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1963, BERYLLIUM AND ASSOC. MINERALIZATION IN THE SHEEPROCK MTNS., IN BOWYER, BEN, AND OTHERS, BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN JUAB CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH: NO. 17, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.H., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS.: UGMS BULL. 63, P. 119-120
Reference (Deposit): WARNER, L.A., AND WILMARTH, V.R., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, IN OCCURRENCE OF NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROF. PAPER 318, P. 145-147
Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES- AZ, CO, NM, SD, UT, WY: USBM IC-8298; REF. 5 DATA FROM BRUSH BERYLLIUM CO. DRILLING PROJECT (1953) CITED BY COHENOUR (1963, P. 12): 3600 FT. OF CORE FROM NINE DRILL SITES AVERAGED 0.011% BEO. EFFORTS MADE TO EXTRACT VISIBLE BERYL FROM CORE BEFORE ASSAY (HARRIS, 1958, P.74); REF. 6 SPOR MTN. DEPOSITS ARE MUCH HIGHER GRADE AND CAN EASILY FULFILL PRESENT DEMAND; REF. 7 CONTROL BY FRACTURES WAS MINOR; THE UPPER S70E TRENDING, 725 FT. ADIT WAS DRIVEN PARALLEL TO N64W, 62 SW JOINTING; REF. 8 MEEVES, H.C., 1966, NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN AZ, CO, NM, UT AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES: USBM RI-6828, 68 P.; REF. 9 HARRIS, D., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE DUTCH PEAK AREA, SHEEPROCK RANGE, TOOELE CO., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, V. 5, NO. 1, 83 P.; REF. 10 MESSENGER, H.M.III, 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
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