Rainbow Pit

The Rainbow Pit 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: Rainbow Pit
Secondary: Blue Chalk
Secondary: Blue Chalk South
Secondary: Blue Chalk South Ii
Secondary: Topaz Mountain
Secondary: Topaz Properties of Brush-Wellman
Secondary: Spor Mountain
Secondary: Roadside Mine
Secondary: Fluro
Secondary: Taurus
Secondary: Sigma Emma
Secondary: Roadside Ii
Secondary: Roadside Iii
Secondary: Section 16
Secondary: Monitor

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Topaz-Spor Mountain

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

Type: State Lease
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Brush Wellman, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: P. O. Box 815, Delta, Ut 84624
Info Year: 1992

Production

Year: 1992
Description: 193,200 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 83000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1991
Description: 379,200 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 73000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1990
Description: 180,000 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 77000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1989
Description: 178,100 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 77000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1988
Description: 206,000 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 86000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1987
Description: 92000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1986
Description: 100000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1985
Description: 86000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1984
Description: 182,000 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 92000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1983
Description: 208,000 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 105000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1982
Description: 163,000 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 74000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1981
Description: 222,000 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 110000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1979
Description: 96000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1980
Description: 221,000 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 102000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1978
Description: 66000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1977
Description: 37000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1975
Description: 33000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1976
Description: 30000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1993
Description: 192,600 Kgs Be Contained In Ore Procesed 83400 Mt Ore Milled

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Leach-Solvent-Extract-Precipitation
Year First Production: 1969
Discovery Year: 1959
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): THE OWNER OF THE MINING PROPERTY IS BRUSH WELLMAN, INC., 1200 HANNA BUILDING, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115 QUANT GRADE MATRIX BASED ON RESERVES GIVEN IN BRUSH WELLMAN 1991 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 29. THIS QUANT-GRADE MATRIX DEFINES THE 1992 STOCKPILED ORE M9C4=M1C1, M9C5=M2C1,M3C1=R2; COMBINED PROVEN AND PROBABLE RESERVES GIVEN IN BRUSH-WELLMAN 1992 ANN REPT, P. 20. THE WHOLE MINING OPERATION AT THE TOPAZ MT MINE CONSISTS OF VARIOUS PITS THAT CONTAIN AN AVERAGE OF 450,000 MTS OF ORE. EACH PIT IS INITIALLY DEVELOPED BY STRIPPING AN AVERAGE AMOUNT OF 7,645,000 CU-M OF OVERBURDEN IN A ONE YEAR PERIOD BY A CONTRACTOR. THE CONTRACTOR REMOVES THE OVERLYING RHYOLITE, AND A PORTION OF THE UNDERLYING TUFF, BY DRILLING AND AND BLASTING THE RHYOLITE, EXCAVATING THE BROKEN ROCK USING A FRONT-END LOADER, AND HAULING AND DRUMPING THE ROCK, AS BACKFILL, IN AN ADJACENT MINED-OUT PIT. APPROXIMATELY 2.1-M OF ALTERED TUFF IS LEFT OVERLYING THE ALTERED TUFF CONTAINING THE BERTRANDITE ORE, AFTER THIS INITIAL STRIPPING PHASE. THIS OVERLYING TUFF IS REMOVED DURING THE MINING PHASE. THIS WASTE AND ORE ARE MINED USING A SCRAPER AND DOZER. THE ORE IS TRANSPORTED BY THE SCRAPER LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE PIT TO EITHER A LOW-GRADE STOCKPILE (LESS THAN 0.65% BEO), OR A HIGH-GRADE STOCKPILE (GREATER THAN 0.65% BEO). THESE TWO STOCKPILES ALLOW THE ORE TO BE BLENDED BY THE TRUCKS TRANSPORTING THE ORE TO THE PROCESSING PLANT, LOCATED AT LYNNDYL, UT, (NEAR DELTA, UT). THE AVERAGE MINE LIFE FOR THESE PITS IS 5 YEARS. PRESENTLY (1992), THE ROADSIDE III AND SECTION 16 PITS ARE BEING MINED. IN 1994, STRIPPING WILL COMMENCE AT THE MONITOR PIT. THE ORE IS DILUTED BY 7% WHEN MINED

Comment (Reserve-Resource): R1=M1C1, COL. 1 Q-P90 THRU Q-P10 RESERVES ESTIMATED BY UTAH GMS GEOLOGIST (SEE PERRY IN BIB SECTION). PROPERTY UPDATED SEPT 1992

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE OWNER OF THE MINING PROPERTY IS BRUSH WELLMAN, INC., 1200 HANNA BUILDING, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115 QUANT GRADE MATRIX BASED ON RESERVES GIVEN IN BRUSH WELLMAN 1991 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 29. THIS QUANT-GRADE MATRIX DEFINES THE 1992 STOCKPILED ORE. M3C1=R2, COMBINED PROVEN AND PROBABLE RESERVES GIVEN IN BRUSH-WELLMAN 1992 ANN REPT, P. 20.

Comment (Ownership): THE OWNER OF THE MINING PROPERTY IS BRUSH WELLMAN, INC., 1200 HANNA BUILDING, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115

Comment (Economic Factors): BERYLLIUM MINERAL IS BERTRANDITE. THE FEED GRADE IS A DILUTED BY 7% FROM THE IN-SITU ORE.

Comment (Geology): BERYLLIUM MINERAL IS BERTRANDITE.

Comment (Names): INV REC 1004: MINE TRANS COST INCLUDED IN MINE OP COSTS THE INVESTMENT RECORDS PERTAINING TO DEVELOPMENT COSTS REFLECT THE STRIPPING COST PERFORMED ON AN AVERAGE OF EVERY 5 YEARS TO OPEN A NEW PIT. THE COSTS ARE AMORTIZED OVER THE LIFE OF THE RESPECTIVE PIT. THE NAMES DENOTE THE INDIVIDUAL PITS THAT MAKE UP THE TOPAZ MT MINING OPERATION. EACH PIT HAS AN APPROXIMATE MINE LIFE OF 5 YEARS.

References

Reference (Deposit): OWNER-OP: BRUSH WELLMAN INC.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BUL 1142,M,1963,

Reference (Deposit): MESA METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BRUSH WELLMAN INC. 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 21.

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