The Prospector Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 39.70889, -113.18111
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Prospector Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prospector Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Beryllium
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ray Spor
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1948
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: PIPE-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Numerous Branching Faults That Are Difficult To Trace Unless They Contain Breccia
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay Alteration, Argillite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1963 CHIP SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.09 AND 0.23 % BERYLLIUM. A SELECTED SAMPLE CONTAINS 0.73 % BE
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Carnotite
Unknown: Bertrandite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TRENCH & DOZER CUTS
Comment (Geology): IN SOME PLACES THE INTRUSIVE IS MARKED BY A CHILLED GLASS BORDER. A 20 FT ZONE OF CALCAREOUS CLAY SURROUNDS THE INTRUSIVE.
Comment (Development): RECENT URANIUM EXPLOR. INDICATES A FAIR U3O8 CONTENT (UP TO 0.15-0.20%), BUT IT OCCURRS IN COMPLEX STRUCTURE WITH F IONS WHICH MAKES IT ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL FOR EXTRACTION
Comment (Deposit): SMALL FLUORSPAR VEINS LESS THAN ONE INCH IS FOUND IN THE CLAY ZONE.
Comment (Commodity): CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ
References
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SUR.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., & OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1069
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): 1951 DIREXPL US AEC
Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D.A., USGS MAP-I-1176
Reference (Deposit): COCHRAN, K.L., 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CALIF., NEV., UTAH, IDAHO, & COLORADO ADJACENT & TRIBUTARY TO FACILITIES OF THE UNION PACIFIC RR CO: UPRC, LOS ANGLES CALIF., 78 P.
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