 | | Report (issue) | | FOR THE OPHIR AND MERCUR 7 1/2-MINUTE QUADRANGLES, UTAH By Edwin W. looker 1 Open-File Report 87-152 ...thrust fault in the Ophir and Mercur quadrangles, Utah....... Figure 2. Generalized stratigraphic section...FOR THE OPHIR AND MERCUR 7 1/2-MINUTE QUADRANGLES, UTAH By Edwin W. looker INTRODUCTION The adjoining Ophir...north-central Utah, and include the Ophir and Mercur mining districts and the neighboring Sunshine (South Mercur)...Mercur) and West Mercur mining areas. The Mercur district, closed since the 1940's, was reactivated in |  | | 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) | | azurite, Utah boasts an array of mineral species. AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT Mineral Collecting in Utah Downloaded...Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84106-3313 JAMES R. WILSON Weber State University Ogdeo, Utah 84408-2507 PAULA...PAULA N. WILSON University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-1183 sion to visit or collect material; indeed...to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dolomite is self explanatory, the Plastic Clay (SRM 98b) is plastic clay that typically contains three minerals:...ball-milled powdered clay and helps determine the elemental components in clay or material of a similar...to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...history are welcomed additions to my “mineral and mining memorabilia” collection. If you have some of these...become a reality. Figure 5 (Left) - Wisconsin Mining Display. Both are author’s images. Figure 6 (Right) |  | | Book (edition) | | "scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...weathering of older rocks beds by ancient seas. — clay, These are the stones and conglomerates. In from...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive... a trip. desert, such Green River country of Utah or the far southern part of California, is no place...behind great moraines or of boulders, gravel and clay which the ice had carried Diamonds are found in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | analysis shows that perhaps 8 0 % of the boxwork is calcite, the remaining 20% is quartz. The boxwork, as seen...layers are brown, rather coarsely crystalline calcite. Often only one of the outer layers is well developed...throughout the entire cave, and always filled with cave clay. "Some caves have minute amounts of this and Wind... What an interesting specimen is this boxwork calcite! It is dark brown in color, each 2 x 2 inches in...quarry on the east side of Highway 101 in Mendocino County, 5.4 miles south of Laytonville or 4.8 miles north |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...stream gravels, cut banks, breaks, hillsides, etc.Fairfield agates. CUSTER: N, (1) near Laughing Water Cr |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in cavities in altered variscite at Fairfield, Utah County, Utah; also manganoan overite recently has...minerals from around Colorado Springs ( E l Paso County), Colorado. His first professional collecting venture...Over also searched in Mineral County, Nevada, and in the Thomas Range, Utah, in 1933. During this period...spent much of the summer season in the Thomas Range, Utah, where they found ex ceptional specimens of bixbyite...Overite crystals (maximum length 4 mm) from Fairfield, Utah. D. W. Schmerling photograph. J A N U A R |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Oquirrh Mountains, Utah by Edwin W. Tooker Open-File Report OF 99-571 1999 This report...Acknowledgments Geologic setting of north-central Utah 11 13 15 17 Precambrian basement terrane and the...main nappes 30 31 Pass Canyon nappe 32 Bingham nappe 33 Rogers Canyon nappe 34 Significance of...nappe rocks in the Oquirrh Mountains 41 Pass Canyon nappe 42 Stratigraphic characteristics and correlation...Fork unit of looker and Roberts (1988) 45 Flood Canyon unit of looker and Roberts (1988) 46 __ __ __ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz. Clora May Mine, Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colo." The locality is described in Prof. Richard...localities swell this book to 223 pages). Chaffee County is in the central part of Colorado. CONNECTICUT—"I...consisting of yellow radiating stilbite with colorless calcite xls and green epidote xls—all on dark gray mica...astringent metallic taste. Thompson, in N / E Windham County, is in N / E Connecticut. FLORIDA—"I am mailing...on dark gray calcite—the calcite fl. brown, l.w. Belle Glade, in western Palm Beach County, is in southern |  | | Book (volume) | | quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in...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...exposures of blue clay, as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area |  | | Book (volume) | | quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in...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...exposures of blue clay, as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bross Ave., Longmont, Colo. Globe, in southern Gila County, is in S/'E Arizona. FLORIDA—"I am sending some...chalcedony—almost an agate ! Lakeland, in N / W Polk County, is in central Florida. GEORGIA — "The enclosed...Springs, near Summerville, Ga. From the cave they are mining red marble used in terrazo. The entire face of...Ro.r.e, Ga. Summerville is in centra! Chattooga County in N / W Georgia. MAINE — A few months ago David... Vaughan in Belfast, Maine, concerning the new mining strike in Blue Hill. I am sending you a few specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Little Rock city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated July 31, 1963 from Richard...rounded dark gray mass is a section of a large calcite nodule. It should take a nice polish. COLORADO... "That same day we followed the Arkansas River Canyon from Salida to Canon City, a very scenic drive...very, very high. But how many specimens of xled calcite do you see from Florida? This specimen was given...brought it home to me. Now just how much orange calcite xls do you hear of coming from Florida? I'll probably |  | | Journal (issue) | | TV-zenders, zoals VRT, VTM, RTBF, ATV. Ook in de USA haalde het nieuws talrijke TV-stations, zij het dan...paesina - Marmor aus Italien - Bildersandstein aus Utah/USA 14-20 Pietra Paesina 21-23 Landschafts-Sandsteine:...24-26 Schulkinder auf Schatzsuche 27-31 Bunte Calcite aus Spanien 32-44 Seltene Mineralien aus den K...in Rock, Illinois, USA 1-4 Denver shows 2001 5 Pea Ridge mine closes (Missouri, USA) * DER AUFSCHLUSS...Graveglia manganese district, Liguria, Italy 393-400 The Shirley Ann claim, Inyo County, California 403-405 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of beautiful calcite xls (dogtooth xis)—long, slender, and clear. "These dogtooth calcite xls are hard...the big ones."—on label! Globe, in southern Gila County, is in central Arizona. COLORADO — "Enclosed are...identified. They are all from southwestern Fremont County in the Hayden Creek area of Colorado. Pegmatite...Canon City, Colo. The samples consist of gray calcite (with a reddish tinge) ; red hematite on massive...xls (dark gray with bluish opalescence). Fremont County is in central Colorado. DELAWARE—"The enclosed |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................... Utah...................................................more extensive deposits of some others, such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical...deemed more appropriate (and more likely to gain mining industry support) to propose designating copper |  | | Report (volume) | | more extensive deposits of some others, such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general...it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...excellent museum specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | as specimens. Clarksville is in southern Johnson County in N / W Arkansas. COLORADO — "Recently we took...located one mile west of Wilbur Springs in S/W Colusa County in North California. The ore of the Manzanita Mine...red cinnabar but other minerals as native gold, calcite, marcasite, chalcopyrite and stibnite also occur...garnet mine at Roxbury Falls, in Southern Litchfield County of western Connecticut. Mrs. Scheffer's crystal...schist. GEORGIA — At Maysville, in southern Banks County in N.E. Georgia, nice quartz xls occur, so we have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | spotted. ph—phosphoresces treeless country. They are clay mines that have been recently closed. The particular...explore. I am sending along a specimen of the pink clay. Just imagine this color with purples, yellows,...— note from Mrs. Strong. Inyo Mts. are in Inyo County in S/E California. COLORADO — "A friend and I,...and then the softer clays underneath. Because the clay is soft, huge pedestal rocks are forming, that will...found in most gravel pits here in eastern Itasca County in northern Minnesota. There are no commercial |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...FLUORITE Dal’negorsk Tetyuche, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia...12:00 PM CT 9 52004 MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It...pristine and delicate could come from a desolate mining camp high in the Andes - the elevation at the mines |  | | Report (issue) | | Glauconite, quartz, dolomite, clay minerals (phosphorites); beryl, fluorite, calcite, hematite, phlogopite,...In the USA, at the Little Green Monster mine, Clay Canyon, about nine km west of Fairfield, Utah Co., Utah;...Utah; at Point of Rocks, Colfax Co., New Mexico; abundant (billions of tons of ore-grade material) in...phosphorite deposits of the southeastern USA and western USA Phosphoria Formation. From Mont Saint-Hilaire |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...company of 15 women to exploit it. The Alaska Garnet Mining and Manufacturing Company was the first all-woman...had first been located in 1881, but little actual mining had been done; it had become a favorite spot where |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |
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