Eagle Rock Prospect

The Eagle Rock Prospect is a uranium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,820 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Eagle Rock Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: VEIN-IRREGULAR

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

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

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: A SAMPLE CONTAINING 0.59% U3O8 WAS FOUND ON THE VEIN, BUT WAS A SELECTED SAMPLE, AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE NORM. CAF2 = 34.6% URANIUM CONTENT RANGES FROM 0.088-0.17% U3O8: 2 SAMPLES FROM THE ORE PILE MEASURED 0.18 & 0.31% U3O8

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Geology): HIGHLY SILICIOUS & BOXWORK STRUCTURE. BED ROCK STRIKES N45E DIPS 30NW. THE BOXWORKS ARE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES. ROLAND BLANCHARD WOULD LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THESE. ; GEOL.DESC: CARNOTITE COATS FLUORITE VEIN

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON A VEIN. THE DEPOSIT IS HARD & SILICIOUS & IN A BOXWORK STRUCTURE WHICH IS IN CONTRAST TO THE POWDERY FLUORSPAR COMMON TO THE DISTRICT.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TRENCHES, AN OPEN CUT, & AN ADIT DRIVEN S83W TOWARD THE DISCOVERY TRENCH

Comment (Commodity): CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: USGS PP 415

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): COCHRAN, K.L., 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH, IDAHO, AND COLORADO ADJACENT AND TRIBUTARY TO FACILITIES OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY: UNION AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, LOS ANGLES, CALIFORNIA, 78 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 (Production): STAATZ, 1951, RADIOACTIVE FLUORITE IN THE THOMAS RANGE: USGS TEI #136, 88 P.

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