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The Thomas Range is a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
of north central
Juab County
Juab County ( ) is a county in western Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 10,246. Its county seat and largest city is Nephi.
Juab County is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical ...
of western
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
, United States.
Topaz Mountain
Topaz Mountain is a summit in the Thomas Range of Utah, east of the Thomas caldera. The summit and surrounding area are known for their abundances of semiprecious minerals including topaz, red beryl and opal.
Geology and geography
Topaz Mounta ...
is in the southern part of the range and
Spor Mountain lies to the southwest.
[''Utah Atlas & Gazeteer,'' DeLorme, 9th ed., 2014, pp. 30-1 ]
References
External links
Spor Mountain beryllium mines article at NASA
Earth Observatory
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, July 16, 2021
Slides of the Fluorspar, Beryllium, and Uranium Deposits at Spor Mountain, Utah by David A. Lindsey USGS
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Mountain ranges of Utah
Mountain ranges of Juab County, Utah
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