Rodenhouse Wash Beryllium Deposits

The Rodenhouse Wash Beryllium Deposits is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Rodenhouse Wash Beryllium Deposits  

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 40.1317, -113.79080

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Rodenhouse Wash Beryllium Deposits MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rodenhouse Wash Beryllium Deposits
Secondary: Vanguard Research Property


Commodity

Tertiary: Beryllium


Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: FISSURE VEINS
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1962
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Type: R
Description: BASIN AND RANGE

Type: L
Structure: REVERSE FAULTING
Description: N-S STRIKING, WEST-DIPPING REVERSE FAULTS.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: SLIGHT LIMONITE-STAINING, VUGGY APPEARANCE


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1965, RECENTLY DISCOVERED BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS NEAR GOLD HILL, UTAH: ECON. GEOLOGY, VOL. 60, PP. 1298-1305.

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C., 1966, NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES: USBM RI 6828, P.50-52.

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 177.

Reference (Deposit): EL-SHATOURY, H.M., AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 83, P.8-9, P.11-15.

Reference (Deposit): GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1969, BERYLLIUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73, P.71-75.

Reference (Deposit): PARK, G.M., 1968, SOME GEOCHEIMICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN WESTERN UTAH: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.


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