Fluoride # 13 Mine

The Fluoride # 13 Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,079 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: Fluoride # 13 Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 39.73278, -113.17472

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Fluoride # 13 Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fluoride # 13 Mine


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Beryllium
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/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Spar, Chad and Ray
Home Office: Delta, Ut.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: PIPE-LIKE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: Numerous Branching Faults That Are Difficult To Trace Unless They Contain Breccia


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay Alteration


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1976 AVERAGE 80 % FLUORITE


Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Bertrandite
Gangue: Carnotite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SOUTH TRENDING 40 FT TRENCH CUT ABOUT 20 FT DEEP, AND A 30 FT VERTICAL SHAFT

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

Comment (Development): RECENT URANIUM EXPLOR. INDICATES A FAIR U3O8 CONTENT (UP TO 0.15-0.20%), BUT IT OCCURRS IN COMPLEX STRUCTURE WITH F IONS WHICH MAKES IT ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL FOR EXTRACTION

Comment (Deposit): OVAL SHAPED ORE PIPE, ORE RANGES FROM SOFT FRIABLE TO HARD BOXWORKS.

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


References

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

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): 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): 1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL. 1069

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

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

Reference (Production): BULLOCK, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL 110

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULLOCK, 1976 , P. 45


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