The Rodenhouse Wash Beryllium Deposits is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah.
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Rodenhouse Wash Beryllium Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rodenhouse Wash Beryllium Deposits
Secondary: Vanguard Research Property
Commodity
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: FISSURE VEINS
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1962
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: BASIN AND RANGE
Type: L
Structure: REVERSE FAULTING
Description: N-S STRIKING, WEST-DIPPING REVERSE FAULTS.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: SLIGHT LIMONITE-STAINING, VUGGY APPEARANCE
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1965, RECENTLY DISCOVERED BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS NEAR GOLD HILL, UTAH: ECON. GEOLOGY, VOL. 60, PP. 1298-1305.
Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C., 1966, NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES: USBM RI 6828, P.50-52.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 177.
Reference (Deposit): EL-SHATOURY, H.M., AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 83, P.8-9, P.11-15.
Reference (Deposit): GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1969, BERYLLIUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73, P.71-75.
Reference (Deposit): PARK, G.M., 1968, SOME GEOCHEIMICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN WESTERN UTAH: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
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