Taurus Mine

The Taurus Mine is a beryllium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Taurus Mine
Secondary: Taras

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
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

Owner Name: Brush-Wellman Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1971
Discovery Year: 1970
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tintic -Deep Creek Mineral Belt, Spor Mtn Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East.

Type: L
Description: Basin And Range High Angle Faults Tilt Ore Bearing Strata.

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: ORE BODIES IN RANGE OF 0.20-1.15% BEO BY BERYLOMETER.
Analytical Data: 1966 ASSAY: 1.0, 2.43, 4.0% BEO

Materials

Ore: Bertrandite
Ore: Uranophane
Unknown: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): AT LEAST TWO ORE BODIES WITH SHALLOW DIPS (APPROX. 15 DEGREES SW) ABOUT 10 AND 80 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE AT POINT WHERE TUFF CROPS OUT.

Comment (Deposit): MISSPELLED AS "TARAS" IN USGS REPORT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Comment (Geology): THE TUFF CONTAINS NUMEROUS CRYSTALS OF QTZ, SANIDINE, AND PEBBLES OF CARBONATE ROCK.

References

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 MIN. SUR.

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

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

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): 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069

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