The Moody Beryllium Deposit is a beryllium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 4,760 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,760 Feet (1,451 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.70972, -113.22444
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Moody Beryllium Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moody Beryllium Deposit
Secondary: Horn Claims
Secondary: Beryllium International Corp. Claims
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spor Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Beryllium International Corp (Dick Moody)
Owner Name: Cominco American Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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 FROM THE DISTRICT GENERALLY CONTAINS GREATER THAN 0.28% BEO, WITH MINOR U AND F. GRADE OF DEPOSIT IS 0,67% BEO.
Materials
Ore: Bertrandite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Montmorillonite
Gangue: Opal
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Development): DICK MOODY OF DELTA ORIGINALLY STAKED THE CLAIMS. HE THEN LEASED THEM TO BRUSH-WELLMAN IN 1976. BRUSH-WELLMAN DECIDED THAT THE DEPOSIT WAS NOT ECONOMIC AT THE TIME AND RETURNED THE CLAIMS TO MOODY. IN 1985, EMERY ENERGY INC. ACQUIRED THE MOODY BERYLLIUM CORP., AND THE DEPOSIT. IN 1987, THE COMPANY CHANGED ITS NAME TO BERYLLIUM INTERNATIONAL CORP. AND LEASED ITS CLAIMS TO COMINCO AMERICANINC. WHO EVALUATED THE PROPERTY AND DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN 1988. NO MINING PLANS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS OF 3-89
Comment (Workings): NO MINE WORKINGS. DEPOSIT EXPLORED BY DRILLING
Comment (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): Discovery Year: 1960'S
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 (Reserve-Resource): 1989 CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, PUBLISHED BY THE NORTHERN MINER PRESS, LTD.
Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, D.A., 1977, EPITHERMAL BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN WATER-LAID TUFF, WESTERN UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, P. 219-232.
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.
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