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Smithsonite from
Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:686982
Long-form Identifier:1:3:686982:3
GUID (UUID V4):dc2320a4-fbef-41c1-a44a-31ccc8e8e0c6
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
17.7km (11.0 miles) Honerine Mine (Bauer; Bullion Coalition; Great Basin; Tip Top Mine), Stockton Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
17.8km (11.0 miles) Brooklyn Mine, Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) Kearsarge Mine, Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) Hidden Treasure Mine, Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Cliff Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
19.1km (11.8 miles) Queen of the Hills Mine (Mahogany; Flavilla), Jacob city, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
20.3km (12.6 miles) Chloride Point Mine, Lion Hill, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
28.9km (17.9 miles) Wells Canyon Nickel and Clay Pits, Sunshine Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) Wells Canyon, Oquirrh Mountains, Utah County, Utah, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Selected Mining Districts of Utah by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district...MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION 05-5 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY a division of 2005 Utah Department of Natural Resources...Resources STATE OF UTAH Jon Huntsman, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Michael Styler, Executive...Executive Director UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Richard G. Allis, Director PUBLICATIONS contact Natural Resources...toll-free: 1-888-UTAH MAP website: http://mapstore.utah.gov email: geostore@utah.gov THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Report (issue)
CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...JANUARY 1981 MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most.... . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Colorado is omitted because its minerals are always...the Coelophysis quarry, Ghost Ranch, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Displayed at the Cleveland Museum...Chinle Formation at the Ghost Ranch, Rio Arriba County, were incredibly complete, thus allowing this species...that smithsonite would be a good choice. The fabulous smithsonite specimens from the Kelly mine, Magdalena...Magdalena mining district, Socorro County, Figure 3. Smithsonite, 11 × 7.5 cm, from the Kelly mine, Magdalena
Report (issue)
THE STOCKTON 7 1/2-MINUTE. QUADRANGLE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH By Edwin W. Tooker1 and RJ. Roberts2 Open-File...nappes ............ . .8 Sedimentary rocks of the Bingham nappe. ............... .9 Sedimentary rocks of..... 15 Dry Canyon area of the Ophir mining district............ 15 Stockton mining district.............quadrangle, Tooele County, Utah Figure 1. Location of the Stockton quadrangle, Utah. ........................ 20 Figure 2. Location of the Bingham and South Mountain nappes and their major structures ....
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hidden t re a s u re and other mines in the ophir district T O O E L E C O U N T Y, U T A H O re deposits...Mountains in 1865, and soon afterward the Ophir mining district was organized. The Hidden Treasure, Chicago...were the most famous mines in the early days of Utah mining (Gilluly 1932), producing many millions of dollars...the district until 1972, when the Ophir Hill Consolidated mine closed. The Hidden Treasure mine lies...lies at the top of Dry Canyon, affording spectacular views of the Stansbury Mountains and Rush Valley to
Catalog/List
Mammoth, Arizona. Pyrargyrite, crystallized, Samson Mine, Harz, Germany Cuprite on Native Copper, very fine... Malachite, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Malachite, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Native Silver...Silver, Aspen, Colo., Mollie Gib­ son Mine, one of the greatest Silver Mines ever discovered. Native...Calcite, Golden, N. M. Gold Leaf on Quartz, Burdette Mine, Nevada Co., Cal. Agatized Wood, Adamana, Arizona...Adamana, Arizona Vanadanite, Crystallized, Rio Cloud Mine, Yuma Co., Arizona Carnotite, Very Rich. San Miguel
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (issue)
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH VOL. X DECEMBER. 1919 NO. 11 I~ E THE I MINERAL INDUSTRY OF UTAH I ! ! ~ ~ §§...VARLEY ~ i I ~ ~ ~ ~ == ~ I ~ ~ LETIN No. 12 Utah En.,i,."en. Department of III eta//urgicaJ Research...~ I I! ~ PUBLISHED BY THE ;== JNIVERSITY OF UTAH. STATE SCHOOL OF MINES S !liE I In Co-operation...CENTURY~PRJNTlNG I ) ./ Utah Engineering Experilllent Station The Utah Engineering Experiment Station...Mines, the engineering college of the University of Utah. The station is authorized "to carryon experiments
Report (issue)
Professional Paper Ill THE ORE ~DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY B. S. BUTLER, G. F. LOUGHLIN, V. C. HEIKES.......................................... ·. .... Lake deposits..........................................81 83 84 84 85 87 87 87 87 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH. By B. S. BuTLER. PART !._:_GENERAL FEATURES. INTRODUCTION...are those on the Mercur district, by J. E. Spurr and S. F. Emmons; the Bingham The senior author, J3.... began district, by J. M. Boutwell, Arthur Keith, and field work on the ore deposits of Utah in the S
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................... Utah...................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Report (issue)
GUIDEBOOI( OF NORTHERN UTAH Edited by Mead LeRoy Jensen Kennecott's Bingham Canyon mine, the world's largest...of Utah's fore~ost industry - copper production. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY affiliated with...AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah BULLETIN 82 • PRICE $4.00 • MAY... Norman C. Williams . • 17 PREHISTORIC MAN IN UTAH by fohn P. Marwitt 21 A SUMMARY, References ...View of the deposits of Danger Cave near Wendover Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Cluster of Basketmaker
Report (issue)
INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING Sc TECHNOLOGY............................................... 7 Mining .......................................................................... Petaca mining district, Rio Arriba County ...................................25 25 25 Page Other occurrences, Rio Arriba County ............................................................................... 26 Bromide mining district ..........................................
Book (volume)
vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for... Oklahoma ‘Texas Utah VOLUME 4 Northeast States Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Illinois...U.S.A. 4TH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 2: SOUTHWEST STATES...the US.A.: 4th Edition Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals Volume 2: Southwest States
dendritic masses with pitchblende at Great Bear Lake. Also with native copper as cavity-fillings in basalt...in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and...and Texas in upper parts of salt domes. Also in tuff at Sulphurdale, Utah, and around fumaroles in Yellow¬
Book
shore, in the desert, in the National Parks, on old mine tips or even in the soil in their yard. Many people...present in large enough quantities to warrant its mining and refining. Parting A smooth fracture in minerals...Brownstone, which is used for building in eastern USA, comes from Conn., Wy., Neb. Californian and S. Dakotan...age. Mined in the Appalachian Mts. Peat occurs in USA and in Canada. Important mineral fuel, until recently...Birmingham, Alab. Hematite is interbedded with chert at Lake Superior. Many ironstones are mined commercially
Book (edition)
dendritic masses with pitchblende at Great Bear Lake. Also with native copper as cavity-fillings in basalt...in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...Texas in upper parts of salt domes. Also in tuff at Sulphurdale, Utah, and around fumaroles in
Report (volume)
depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Jopliu-region___________ Composition of waters of Lake Superior mines_____________ Experimental data on the...199 Butte, Montana__________________________ 199 Bingham, Utah__________________________ 206 Bisbee, Ar...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico
Report (volume)
report on Park City mining district, Utah, by J. M. Boutwell_ 41 Placer gold mining in Alaska in 1902,...by Alfred H. Brooks 49 The Glenn Creek gold-mining district, Alaska, by Arthur J. Collier_ _ Gold and pyrite...pyrite deposits of the Dahlonega district, Georgia, by Edwin 57 C. Eckel_ _ 64 Neocene rivers of the...field, Alaska, by Walter C. Mendenhall . 76 Gold mining in central Washington, by George Otis Smith Ore...by J. E. 81 Spurr Gold mines of the Marysville district, Montana, by Walter Harvey 88 Weed 90 List of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Diabase-Chert Formation (DCF) of the Podrinje Metallogenic District (PMD), Serbia. It is located several kilometers...Laboratory for Scanning Electron Microscopy, Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, Djušina 7...Rujevac-Brezovica (RB), (Fig. 1). The Podrinje Metallogenic District (PMD) lies within the SMMP and includes several...differentiation (similar to hydrothermal systems at Bingham Canyon in Utah, Bowman et al. 1987; Kloppenburg et al...Microanalyses (EPMA) were obtained at the Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, using a JEOL
Journal (volume)
OF IOWA 3 1858 045 060 781 | TE THE SALT LAKE G N I MIN REVIEW . ESTABLISHED APRIL11099 ...30, 1915 The Salt Lake Mining Review 1601 Walker Bank Building SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH 2 620.05 SI...Tunnel .: By Murray Schick . 18 19 Pack Creek , Utah , Has Large, Rich Carnotite Deposits . Silver King... Editorial Make the Prospect Pay. Editorial The Utah Products Show The Prospector and His Burro . By:...1914. The Utah Consolidated Stone Co. The Nevada . : Items : The Cameron Coal Mines , Utah Detail Costs
Journal (issue)
PRINTED IN USA RG_turquoise_cover_1214.indd 2 ROCKPICK LEGEND CO. A Full-Service Utah Rock Shop 10/29/14................................ 44 A full-service Utah rock shop by Steve Voynick 12 Field Notes ......MidTennessee Gem & Mineral Society; Williamson County AgExpoPark; 4215 Long Ln.; Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5;...ARIZONA: 58th Annual Show; Gila County Gem & Mineral Society; Gila County Fairgrounds; 3 miles northeast...wife, Beverly, for fulfilling my dream of owning a mining claim. Jake very seriously said, “Oh, no—ya never
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
 
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