Moody Beryllium Deposit

The Moody Beryllium Deposit is a beryllium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 4,760 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: Moody Beryllium Deposit  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 4,760 Feet (1,451 Meters)

Commodity: Beryllium

Lat, Long: 39.70972, -113.22444

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Moody Beryllium Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Moody Beryllium Deposit
Secondary: Horn Claims
Secondary: Beryllium International Corp. Claims


Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Uranium


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spor Mountain District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Beryllium International Corp (Dick Moody)

Owner Name: Cominco American Inc.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1965
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Utah Beryllium Belt

Type: L
Description: Ene-Striking High-Angle Faults. Beds Dip Gently To The Northwest


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration And Silicification


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE FROM THE DISTRICT GENERALLY CONTAINS GREATER THAN 0.28% BEO, WITH MINOR U AND F. GRADE OF DEPOSIT IS 0,67% BEO.


Materials

Ore: Bertrandite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Montmorillonite
Gangue: Opal
Unknown: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Development): DICK MOODY OF DELTA ORIGINALLY STAKED THE CLAIMS. HE THEN LEASED THEM TO BRUSH-WELLMAN IN 1976. BRUSH-WELLMAN DECIDED THAT THE DEPOSIT WAS NOT ECONOMIC AT THE TIME AND RETURNED THE CLAIMS TO MOODY. IN 1985, EMERY ENERGY INC. ACQUIRED THE MOODY BERYLLIUM CORP., AND THE DEPOSIT. IN 1987, THE COMPANY CHANGED ITS NAME TO BERYLLIUM INTERNATIONAL CORP. AND LEASED ITS CLAIMS TO COMINCO AMERICANINC. WHO EVALUATED THE PROPERTY AND DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN 1988. NO MINING PLANS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS OF 3-89

Comment (Workings): NO MINE WORKINGS. DEPOSIT EXPLORED BY DRILLING

Comment (Deposit): REFERENCE FOR THIS DEPOSIT TYPE IS: LINDSEY, D.A., AND SHAWE, D.R., 1982, SPOR MOUNTAIN BE-F-U DEPOSITS, IN ERICKSON, R.L., COMPILER, CHARACTERISTICS OF MINERAL DEPOSIT OCCURRENCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-795, P. 67-69. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1960'S

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS A REPLACEMENT OF THE BERYLLIUM TUFF MEMBER OF THE SPOR MOUNTAIN FORMATION. BE TRANSPORTED IN HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS AS A FLUORIDE COMPLEX AND DEPOSITED UPON PRECIPITATION OF FLUORITE REPLACING DOLOMITE IN THE TUFF.


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1989 CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, PUBLISHED BY THE NORTHERN MINER PRESS, LTD.

Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, D.A., 1977, EPITHERMAL BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN WATER-LAID TUFF, WESTERN UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, P. 219-232.

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB COUNTY UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-M, 36 P.

Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP, AND CROSS-SECTIONS OF TERTIARY ROCKS IN THE THOMAS RANGE AND NORTHERN DRUM MOUNTAINS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS SERIES MAP I-1176, SCALE 1:62500.

Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, D.R., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE SPOR MOUNTAIN BERYLLIUM DISTRICT, UTAH, IN, RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967: THE GRATON SALES VOLUME: NEW YORK, A.I.M.E., VOL. 2, PT. 8, CHAPTER 55, P. 1149-1161.


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