Green Crystal Mine

The Green Crystal Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,899 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Green Crystal Mine

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Beryllium
Secondary: Uranium

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

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1952
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: PIPE-LIKE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: This Ore Body Does Not Appear To Be Within A 150 Ft. Of Any Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay Alteration

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: OPEN CUT ROAD LEVEL = .022% U3O8, 79.8% CAF2 OPEN CUT = .020% U3O8, 92.5% CAF2, .038% U3O8, AVE: 67.9% CAF2, 18.4% SIO2, 1.69 CACO3, AFTER CRUSHING & SCREENING: 78.8% CAF2, 10.6% SIO2, 1.07% CACO3
Analytical Data: SURFACE SAMPLE (1964) = .015% U3O8, 57.3% CAF2

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Bertrandite
Gangue: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE PIPE IS OVAL IN PLAN AND IS 43 FT LONG BY 18 FT. WIDE. IT APPEARS TO PLUNGE STEEPLY IN AN EAST-SE DIRECTION. THE ORE IS GENERALLY PALE-DARK PURPLE & OCCURRS MAINLY AS BOXWORK.

Comment (Workings): 35 FT. DEEP

Comment (Geology): STRATA STRIKES N40E DIPS 30NW

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

Comment (Development): RECENT URANIUM EXPLOR. INDICATES A FAIR U3O8 CONTENT (UP TO 0.15-0.20%), BUT IT OCCURS IN COMPLEX STRUCTURE WITH F IONS WHICH MAKES IT ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL FOR EXTRACTION

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): 1951 DIREXPL US AEC

Reference (Deposit): COCHRAN, K.L., 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CALIF., NEV., UTAH, IDAHO, & COLORADO ADJACENT & TRIBUTARY TO FACILITIES OF THE UNION PACIFIC RR CO: UPRC, LOS ANGLES CALIF., 78 P.

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, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES: USGS PP. 415

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULLOCK, 1976 , P. 49

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