Spider #1, 2 Claims

The Spider #1, 2 Claims is a uranium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Spider #1, 2 Claims

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Beryllium

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Honeycomb Hills

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Dow Chemical Co.

Owner Name: Dow Chemical Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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: Honeycomb Hills

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: Honeycomb Hills Is A Small Erosional Remnant.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BACK GROUND OF BRECCIA HOST RUNS 0.04% EU3O8, READINGS ON MINERAL SHOWS RANGE FROM 0.20-0.50% EU3O8

Materials

Ore: Uranophane
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Comment (Development): URANIUM WAS DISCOVERED IN 1950, AND BERYLLIUM IN MARCH 1961 BY C.R. SEWELL GEOLOGIST OF DOW CHEM. CO. DOW NEGOTIATED LEASE OPTIONS WITH OWNERS AND CONDUCTED MAPPING, TRENCHING & DRILLING FROM MARCH TO AUGUST 1961.

Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER WORK CONSISTING OF TRENCHES, ROADS, AND DRILL SITE PREPARATION WAS COMPLETED IN AUG. 1961. FIFTEEN HOLES WERE DRILLED WITH A TOTAL FOOTAGE OF 2,930 FT

Comment (Geology): THE SMAPLE FROM THE RED TUFF WHICH CONTAINED ANOMOLOUS AMOUNTS OF BEO ALSO HAD A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE ZEOLITE MINERAL PHILLIPSITE (25%). A CORRALATION MAY EXIST BETWEEN ZEOLITES & BEO & U CONTENT

Comment (Deposit): X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A CRYSTALLINE MINERAL OTHER THAN FLUORITE. ASSAYS DID REVEAL ABNORMAL QUANTITIES OF CESIUM, RUBIDIUM, & LITHIUM. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 6

Comment (Commodity): URANIUM OCCURS IN SMALL FRACTURES OF LAVENDER TUFFACEOUS BRECCIA AS FINE DISS. YELLOW MIN. (SECONDARY) IN CLOSE ASSOC. WITH WHITE CLAY.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1961 DIREXPL DOW CHEM. CO. (1961) 2,930 FT DRILLIN

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

Reference (Deposit): MONTOYA, J.W., BAUR, G.S., & WILSON, S.R., 1963, MIN. INVEST. OF BEBEARING TUFF, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB CO., UT: USBM RI 6408, 11 P.

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., & BAUER, H.L., JR., PRELIM. EXAMIN. OF THE URANIUM PROSPECT AT THE SPIDER #1 CLAIM, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB CO., UT: USAEC RPT TEM-165, 1950

Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N. & LEVINSON, A.A., 1964, RARE ALKALI & BE MIN. IN VOL. TUFFS, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB CO., UT: ECON. GEOL. V. 59, P. 768-774

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