 | | 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...on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone a resurgence...many more species new to Utah. Here we present a list of localities in Utah that have either been historically |  | | Book (edition) | | TN 2.4-' Bixby j| atalogue of Utah minerals and localities THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA...for Collectors MAYNARD BIXBY A CATALOGUE OF UTAH MINERALS AND LOCALITIES With Descriptive List,...Collectors. -byMAYNARD Salt Lake BIXBY. City, Utah. 1904. Copyright, 1902, by MAYNARD (Third ...& CO., ASSAYERS AND CHEMISTS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY...BIXBY. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite, banded |  | | Journal (issue) | | Front cover: Fluorite on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family;...effort, the mining of variscite nodules at Fairfield, Utah (the type locality for what are now known as montgomeryite...carefully pried away the jagged, iron-stained quartz rock from the ever-widening seam. It finally opened...came from a single cavity lined with crystals of quartz, orthoclase and lepidolite, accompanied by small...that I made a discovery while removing some broken rock. A small, irregular pocket three inches across was |  | | Report (issue) | | CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most common mineral, quartz, in this beautiful...State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings.... . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................... Utah...................................................about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Compendium of the mineral resources of Arkansas, Little Rock Board of Trade Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | ANNIVERSARY NUMBER 25 CENTS n Suit Lake City, Utah Dear Mr. Henderson: Have just read with interest...gopher holes proved to be harder than the surrounding rock, and they weathered out, finally falling horizontal...glass. And am I peeved? MRS. H. A. WELLS. Hard Rock Shorty of . . . Death Valley By LON GARRISON EAH—I...an' I don't need no better proof 'n that." Hard Rock moved his chair farther back into the shade and...Volume 3 NOVEMBER 1939 Number 1 COVER "NEWSPAPER ROCK" in Petrified Forest national monument. Photograph |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...are so widespread, as in the case of the alluvial quartz gemstones of the Midwest, that it is impossible...formations containing cryptocrystalline varieties of quartz, such as agate and petrified wood, extend over...(V esuvianite), The Garnet Group. 199 246 III QUARTZ FAMILY GEMSTONES IV RARE AND UNUSUAL GEMSTONES...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and |  | | Report (volume) | | Conservation Commission Water Resources Circular. Little Rock, Ark. Asoc. Mexicana Ge61ogos Petroleros Bol.-Asociaci6n...Proceedings. Denver, Colo. Compass-The Compass. Provo, Utah. Condor-The Condor. Berkeley, Calif. Copeia. Ann...WaterSupply Paper. Washington, D. C. Utah Geol. Mineralog. Survey Bull.-Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey...Survey Bulletin. Salt Lake City, Utah. Va. Div. Geology Reprint Ser.; Mineral Res. Circ.-Virginia Division...Stewart). Tertiary rocks of Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho, in Utah Geol. Soc., Guidebook, no. 10, p. 1-22 |  | | Book | | of vvhich 70% is in New Mexico, 16% in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in Wyo1ning. These figures...3,200 A. Short wavelengths are produced by cold quartz tubes utilizing mercw-y vapor ionization at low...liquid jn a field of low magnification. Much dark smoky quartz owes its coloration to alpha-particle bo1nbardment...concentrations of radioactive elements can also darken quartz, as well as adjacent radioactive grains, although...of time ( Marshall, 1955). Not all gray to black quartz is discolored by radiation ; in some the dark color |  | | Journal (issue) | | Stampede. Phoenix, Arizona. February 17-22 — Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival. Indio, California...trip to Borrego, Calif. February 20-28 — Maricopa County Fair, Mesa, Arizona. February 21—Desert Sun Ranchers'...About those who write for Desert 26 FICTION Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 27 WILDFLOWERS Forecast...cliffs to the mesa above. Heading for civilization in Utah they were overtaken and killed by marauding Indians...narrow canyon a cloudburst means a wall of muddy rock-filled water that sweeps all life before it. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | From Here a n d There on the Desert FICTION Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley CLOSE-UPS About those w h...which they grow. Many a campfire site in Nevada, Utah and southeastern California is sacred to me because...nibbling off twigs to carry off to their homes in the rock crevices), small spotted skunks, once a curiosity...there was a sudden explosive report and flying of rock splinters that really set us back on our heels....stay near the place as one after another red hot rock flake flew out menacingly toward us. It was all |  | | Journal (issue) | | Indians, Las Cruces, New Mexico. December 11-12—Annual Utah Turkey Show, Salt Lake City. December 12 — Matachines...the Dinosaurs By RANDALL HENDERSON FICTION Hard Rock Shorty o f Death Valley HISTORY Johnny Shoshone...gray bush of sandy space With bright and spiney smoky lace, Why did God plant you 'way out there To waste...the Green and Yampa Rivers. A section of Steamboat Rock is at the left. If Echo Park Dam is built all this...Green River meets the Yampa River in northeastern Utah. It was late afternoon when we arrived, but the |  | | Journal (issue) | | March 6-7 — Fifth Annual Almond Blossom Festival, Quartz Hill, in southwest corner of Antelope Valley, California...o g r a p h b y ROBERT J. MORRIS of O g d e n , Utah A w a k e n i n g , a n d other desert p o e m s...LEDERER Forecast for March 13 16 FICTION Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 16 EXPERIENCE HUMOR Life...considerable distance by bobbing up and down behind a rock. During lamb census work, bands of ewes and lambs...These two well known naturalists from Riverside County, California, were making camp when a ram sauntered |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1978. SEGNIT, E. R.: Further Minerals from the Dome Rock Mine, South Australia. The A ustralian Mineralogist...STEMVERS,P.: Talk van Luzenac. Gea, Juni 1978. 0 USA FRENCH, B.: Gemstone Discovery in the Desert. Gems...E.: The Amity Area (Mineral-Übersicht), Orange County, New York. The Minera{ogical Record, März/ April...Rockhound State Park (Mineraliensammeln in New Mexico). Rock/10u11d, April 1978. EowAROs CLYNE,P.: Bcryl Mountain...Rockho1111d,Apnl 1978. REAM,L. R.: Smoky Quartz Crystals at Rock Corral (Central Utah). Rockhound, April 1978. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Finished S3.85 contain Tiger Eye, Chrysocolla, Rose Quartz, Beautiful blue, green. Cornelian, and black Brazilian...DESERT MAGAZINE DESERT CALENDAR May 30—Lincoln County Homecoming Day. Caliente, Nevada. June 1-30 — Special...Salt Lake Union Stock Yards. North Salt Lake City. Utah. June 4-5—Pioneer Days celebration, Clovis, New...Wouldn't Be Civilized By CLIFFORD L. BURDICK Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley FICTION June 12-17 — Future...TRIP CLOSE-UPS June 17-19—Vernal Rodeo. Vernal. Utah. About those who write for Desert LOST MINE June |  | | Report (issue) | | of wall-rock control of certain pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado...pitchblende-bearing veins at Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, by George W. Walker and Frank W. Osterwald...---Uranium in the fluorspar deposits of the Thomas Range, Utah, by Mortimer H. Staatz and Frank W. Osterwald__________...Geology of the Los Ochos uranium deposit, Saguache County, Colorado, by R. C. Derzay _·- _______ ____ __...and Hopi Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, by Eugene M. Shoemaker________________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | paleochannels, and faults in the Wasatch Plateau in Utah ________ Montmorillonite in coal partings ________...____________________ Texas ________________________ Utah ________________________ Wyoming ___———————____________...167 Experimental geophysics —- — ——— - — — — — — Rock magnetism __———————————————— Geomagnetism __—_—...exploratory drilling for ground water in Fairfax County, Virginia _____________ Geologic and hydrologic...____------_------_------------------ range RASS ———__ Rock Analysis Storage System REE —----___-_--___--_ rare-earth |  | | Book | | are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...,o Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. __ _) 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...mol Molecular. norite A coarse-grained plutonic rock containing labradorite as a chief component and...phenocrysts Relativlely large , conspicuous crystals in rock with a finer groundmass. pillow basalt Pillow-shaped...mineral A mineral formed at the same time as the rock enclosing it; see secondary mineral. pseudomorph |  | | Report (issue) | | Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer...Spruce Pine district ____________ Madison County and Haywood County _____________________ _ Zirconia district...monazite belt in the Piedmont province __ Stokes County and Surry County_ Wilkes, Alexander, Catawba, Caldwell...Rutherford County and Cleveland County __ --------------Lincoln County and Gaston County _____________________ |  | | Report (volume) | | by name of field. Papers written for the layman. Rock names and areas; restricted to new or unusual rocks...or State and foreign geological surveys. Chemical rock- or mineral-forming systems; alphabetically by formula...are as follows: COLORADO. Mineralogy. Montrose County, uranium-vanadium deposits: Weeks, A. D., 13R....Iron, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F., 5. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous...Journal. Birmingham, Ala. Ala. Geol. Survey Bull.; County Rept.; Inf. Ser.; Map; Mus. Paper; Special Rept | | | Book | | species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary...Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA R5W i... Molecular. A norite coarse-grained plutonic rock containing labradorite as a chief component and... is Relativlely large, conspicuous crystals in rock with a finer ground- phenocrysts mass. Pillow-shaped |
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Rock Corral, Beaver County, Utah, USA