Claybank Prospect

The Claybank Prospect is a beryllium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,725 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Claybank Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite

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 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: Eagle Rock Ridge

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Eagle Rock R. Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East.

Type: L
Description: A North Trending Fault System That Cuts Spor Mtn, Including The Thomas Caldera Ring Fracture

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillite, Dioctahedral Smectite, Sericite

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1963: 0.08-0.14% BE

Materials

Ore: Bertrandite
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

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

Comment (Geology): THE TUFF IS IN FAULT CONTACT WITH THE PALEOZOIC DOLOMITES. THE FAULT STRIKES N-S & DIPS STEEPLY EAST.

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

References

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

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M. H., & OSTERWALD, F. W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1069

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