Buena No. 1 Claim

The Buena No. 1 Claim is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,449 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Buena No. 1 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: 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

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
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: THIN COATING

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: Fractures (N 35 E, Steep Nw)

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Zeolite & Minor Be & F

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1959 CHIP SAMPLE: 0.023% U3O8

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): STUDIES WOULD INDICATE THAT NOT ENOUGH URANIUM HAS BEEN FLUSHED FROM THE SOURCE ROCK TO BE CONCENTRATED IN ORE DEPOSITS

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

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A PIT 6 FT LONG X 2 FT WIDE X 3.5 FT DEEP

References

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M. L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

Reference (Deposit): LEEDOM, S. H. & MITCHELL, T. P., 1978, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF FAVORABILITY FOR URANIUM RESOURCES IN JUAB CO., UT: DOE GJBX-23 (78)

Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, D. A., 1979, PRELIM. RPT. ON TERT. VOLC. & U. MIN. IN THE THOMAS RANGE & N. DRUM MTNS: USGS OPEN FILE RPT 79-1076

Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069

Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415

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

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

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