The Unknown is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Juab county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lithium
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spor Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: 1943 - 1962
Material type: F
Description: Cp_Grade: ^75 % Caf2
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LARGE LOW GRADE CAF2 (5%) ASSOC. WITH BE DEPOSITS.
Comment (Production): U FROM YELLOWCHIEF; BE BY BRUSH BERYLLIUM CO.; SMALL FLUORSPAR OPERATIONS CONTINUING FROM 1962 TO PRESENT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FLUORITE IN IRREG PIPES AND VEINS IN LIMESTONE. FLUORITE (5%) IN WATER-LAID TUFF WITH BE, LI, AND MN OXIDES.
References
Reference (Production): DASCH, 1964
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, USGS PROF. PAPER 415
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