Blue Queen Prospect

The Blue Queen Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,568 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: Blue Queen Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 5,568 Feet (1,697 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 39.74472, -113.19361

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Blue Queen Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Queen Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spor Mtn-District


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

Owner Name: Russell Knight, Edwin Pace
Years: 1967 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Spor Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: PIPE-LIKE-VEIN


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: The Adit Crosses A Fault That Strikes N22e And Dips 47 E. No Fluorite Is Found Beyond The 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: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ADIT SAMPLE 1964 ASSAY = .004% U3O8 1959 ASSAY: 25% CAF2, .004% U3O8


Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Carnotite
Gangue: Bertrandite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): STOCKPILE OF SORTED FLUORITE IN 1952 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT, AN ADIT, & SEVERAL PITS & TRENCHES. THE SHAFT IS ONLY 12 FT DEEP

Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF FLUORSPAR IS STOCKPILED NEAR THE WORKINGS.

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON A VEIN

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

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

Comment (Geology): WORKINGS SHOW A FEW FINE GRAINED MASSES OF PURPLE FLUORITE IN THE DOLOMITE ON WEST WALL NEAR PORTAL. F. HAS FILLED FRACTURES IN THE DOLOMITE & LINED SMALL VUGS.


References

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): 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069

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): 1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415

Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D.A., USGS MAP-I-1176

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110


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