Apex East

The Apex East is a beryllium and tungsten mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,640 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

Name: Apex East  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)

Commodity: Beryllium, Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.7575, -113.87972

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Apex East MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Apex East


Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spring Creek Area


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Harold B. Stafford
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 W And Faults Thattrend N-Nw And W-Nw


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite


Rocks

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TRACE TO 4.5% WO3 0.82-3.12% BEO


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS


References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 99

Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99.

Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069.

Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.

Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP. 111

Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP UGMS BULL 77

Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979; PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22

Reference (Deposit): 1977 RECON UGMS RI 177

Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8 (80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB

Reference (Production): USBM, 1961 IC 8013 P30


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