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Agate from
Castle Valley, Emery County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Castle Valley, Emery County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:182693
Long-form Identifier:1:3:182693:7
GUID (UUID V4):bae7856a-a8e4-434c-a1f1-eb96823083d8
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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...State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings.... . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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...MAYNARD BIXBY. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite
Report (issue)
UTAH MINERAL INDUSTRY OPERATOR DIRECTORY compiled by Carlton H. Stowe UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY...division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah BULLETIN 101...101 PRICE $3.00 AUGUST 1973 CONTENTS Page County Maps Showing Location of Operators: Beaver . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Emery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
• GOBLIN VALLEY WRITE FOR FREE FOLDER SLEEPING RAINBOW GUEST RANCH Via Box 93 Torrey, Utah DESERT •...around and all directions from Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun, there's fun, adventure and vacation...For color literature and "Places to Stay," write Valley of the Sun Visitors Bureau, Phoenix, Arizona. Dept...corner of Utajh: j • • San Juan River * Monument-Valley * Natural Bridges The scope and variety of San...Monument Valley. "As for this photo," writes DeDienes, "what else can I say except that Monument Valley is
Journal (issue)
dreds of tons of fragments ; and everywhere , over valley and plain , where ever the ancient inhabitants...with a tin foil back of it . The beautiful opal agate , specimens of which , with their pink , yel low...fine amethyst objects made by them . Chalcedony , agate , jasper and other minerals of this class are found...workable quantities in Son ora . Chalcedony and agate figures , carved by the ancient Mexicans , are to...Maynard Bixby , a discriminating collector , writes of Utah minerals . We reproduce the entire article here
Report (volume)
is most often used in porous stones, such as the agate. The unattractive gray and pale shades may be changed...shades. The common dyeing procedure is to soak the agate in the desired chemical (nitric acid for red shades...and sulfates for blue shades). The Romans dyed agate by soaking it in honey, removing it from the liquid...the same effect is achieved by first soaking the agate in a sugar solution, and then in sulfuric acid to...eventually deposited as alluvial gravels. Opal and agate are formed from aqueous solutions. Diamonds are
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite VILLAGE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...ClIRYSOCOLLA AUBREY GROUP, in Northern Arizona Agate, (in Kuibab limestone) BIG BUG CREEK, Yavapai Co...Turquoise KEYSTONE MINES, Gila Co. Chrysoprase KIRKLAND VALLEY, Pima Co. Onyx Marble LIVE OAK, Gila Co. Chrysoprase
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...Canyon, diggings on N of hwy. Extending up canyonagate, Beryl, Almandite garnets, Lepidolite, Staurolite
Report (volume)
............................................... Utah...................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Report (issue)
RAFAEL SWELL AND SOME ADJACENT AREAS IN EASTERN UTAH By JAMES GILLULY and JOHN B. REESIDE, Jr. INTRODUCTION...information on the stratigraphy of the region Eastern Utah is a part of the Colorado Plateau treated. province...109° tions will suffice to FIGURE 2.—Index map of Utah, showing location of numbered stratigraphic sections...portion of the Plateau region had been mapped by Emery 1 in 1917 and much province which includes the San...The results of earlier 1 Emery, W. B., The Green River Desert section, Utah: Am. Jour. Sci., 4th ser
Book (volume)
mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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
Book (volume)
mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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
Report (volume)
863 GEOLOGY OF THE SALT VALLEY ANTICLINE AND ADJACENT AREAS GRAND COUNTY, UTAH BY C. H. DANE UNITED...structure______-___-___-__---__--__-----___-_-_____ Salt Valley anticline.__-------_-_-_____---_---_____________...area_----_~---_---_----_-___-___---_-.._---_-___Cache Valley graben________-_..___________________________ Elephant...ILLTJSTKATIONS Pago PLATE 1. Geologic map of the Salt Valley anticline and adjacent areas.-----------------...In pocket 2. Structure contour map of the Salt Valley anticline and adjacent areas.__________-__--__
Journal (issue)
RESERVATIONS WRITE CAPITOL REEF LODGE, FRUITA, UTAH (VIA TORREY) Phone 425-3558. •mmmmi^HANKSVILLE...such areas as Goblin Valley, the Circle Cliffs, the South Desert, and Cathedral Valley. Here is found some...may wish to visit throughout Utah. Call Capitol Reef Lodge, Fruita, Utah 425-3558 CAPITAL LODGE IClRCLEVILLE...Lake Powell, Utah, Phone Moab, Utah Routu, Bullfrog Basin 2233; or Salt Lake City, Utah, Executive offices:...offices: 231 East 4th South, Salt Lake City, Utah 841 1 1 Phone (801) 355-2991. Resort & Marina Desert
Journal (issue)
402 East State Highway, Copperton. Bingham Canyon, Utah 84006 MINERALS AND Mrs. G. E. Lee , Treasurer...A. J. Bybee, Treasurer 1054 Cross Street, Ogden, Utah 84404 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES...customers MINIMUM ORDER SS.00 • WE PAY POSTAGE USA on Items This Ad • • 10 DAY RETURN PRIVILEGE • SATISFACTION...Multnomah Exposition Center. Portland, Oregon. Oregon Agate and Mlnertil Society, host. Norman Nicholson, 514...Newark, De. 19711. Dealers. May 6 and 7. Wabash Valley Gem and Mineral Society. Annua l Show. Tippecanoe
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eleva¬ tion. There is a talus slope in the Antelope Valley in Southern California where the rock fragments...obvious that the garnets had washed into the river valley from the hills about, and that the flatland or...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...minerals both on the surface and below. c. This flat valley area possibly represents the old stream bed and...other hand, inclusions in agate give the characteristic effect that makes moss agate so valuable. An example
Journal (issue)
9—FFA and 4-H Stock Show, Kaysville, Utah. May 9-10 — Humboldt County Auction and Fair, Winnemucca, Nev...Division Rodeo, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. May 10—Re-enactment of the Golden Spike Ceremony...Plain City, Utah. May 15-18—Helldorado, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 16-18—Grubstake Days, Yucca Valley, California... Sonoita, Ariz. May 18 — Beaver County Livestock Show, Milford, Utah. May 23-25 — New Mexico Mobile Home...and Parade, Ephraim, Utah. May 24-25—American Legion '49ers Day, Milford, Utah. May 26-27 — Uranium Convention
Journal (issue)
stabbed t\o'fl (\ ,.._.,, ,'rl) stone - Jade, quartz, agate, glass. etc. Works 9 6 ~o 6 ot,O T-"-e(\,... well...Metal-Bond Diamond Wheels. By James Wisse Yucaipa Valley Gem and Mineral Society Go Diamond all the way...made from calcite onyx from an area near Death Valley, California. The first operation, of course, was...shopping mall which was sponsored by the Chippewa Valley Gem and Mineral Society. The unique exhibit was...Various types of jasper, picture rock, rhodonite and agate are the materials that have proven the most productive
Journal (issue)
Moss .t.gate Green 25 35 40 46 5, 60 M ou Agate Red 50 70 80 90 1 10 Matachote 38 70 95...red spots. $3.50/lb., 5 lbs/$14.85 • GREEN MOSS AGATE - transparent, with lots of moss floating around...violet. $5.25/lb., 5 lbs./$22.30 • GOLDEN LACE AGATE - top material with white background and good distribution...fractures. Fine color. $1.75/ lb., 5 lbs./$7.50 • TREE AGATE, best ever from India - white with leaf green swirling...COPPER WORLD MALACHITE - $2.00 lb. • AMETHYST LACE AGATE, Mexico - purple, orange, white and silver bands
Journal (issue)
members will climb San Jacinto peak from Strawberry Valley. Toni Gamero, leader. July 1-2—Annual rodeo at...Mexico. FIELD TRIP July 7-9—Ute Stampede at Nephi, Utah. PHOTOGRAPHY July 14 — Annual Fiesta and Corn...Cochiti Indian Pueblo, New Mexico. July 15-16—Round Valley rodeo at Springerville, Arizona. July 21-22—Members...Sanborn, leader. July 28-30—Racing meet at Cedar City, Utah. During July Southwest Museum in Los Angeles will...Lost Loma Gold, by KARL HUDSON 8 . . . . Death Valley '49er Encampment for 1951 . 13 . 14 On Black
Journal (issue)
and SHAPES In any alabbed atone - Jade, quartz. agate, glass, etc. Worka well on Metallcs such as Silver........... 80 HOW-TO-DO How to Cut Mexican Fire Agate by Ken Scherer ...................................BOTSWANA AGATE - Hard agate nodule& of beautiful fine white banding on translucent grey or purple agate. They...outside, but the Inside Is attractive agate similar to Lake Superior agate which sells for much more. It comes·In...lined with quartz crystals or solid agate with nice patterns of blue agate. Priced at $1 .25 per lb. or 10
Journal (issue)
JUNE, 1951 35 CENTS DEATH VALLEY PROGRAM TO BE STAGED IN NOVEMBER Next November 10-11-12 have been...tentative dates for the 1951 Encampment of the Death Valley 49ers, as planned at a recent meeting of the board...elaborate pageant which drew 35,000 people to Death Valley in the centennial year of 1949. Rather, the program...supplemented by exhibits of historical weapons, Death Valley minerals, and a square dance carnival. John Anson...pioneers. (3) To make the charm and majesty of Death Valley known to all the world. President Ford was authorized
Journal (issue)
East State Highway. Copperton , Bingham Canyon, Utah 84006 Mrs . G. E. lee. Treasurer (NFMS) 704 S. W...A. J. Bybee, Treasurer 1054 Cross Street. Ogden, Utah 84404 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES...Multnomah Exposition Center. Portland, Oregon. Oregon Agate and Mlnel'III Society, host. Norman Nicholson, 51...Mogresite Cornotite - Beryl Bauxite Tripoli Emery Bomite Talc Reolgor Azurite Cuprite Borax Halite...Hydromognesite Trone Apophyllite • Meyerhollerire Agate Stibiconlte Blue Calcite Prose Wonderstone Pyrophyllite
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Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin...Family Gemstones The Various Names and Forms of Agate Opal and Its Varieties Recommendations for Use of...quartz family minerals ( agate, carnelian, chalcedony, chert, flint, jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite, rock...the most ancient of all Egyptian burials, in the Valley of the Royal Tombs at Abydos west of the ancient...making je\veled ornaments set with precious coral, agate, motherof-pearl, and lapis laz11li brought from
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mine in western Gila mountains, sponsored by Yuma County, Arizona, chamber of commerce. Mar.5—First annual...Almond Blossom Festival at Quartz Hill, Antelope valley, Lancaster, California. Tours to blossoming orchards...mountains. From Phoenix, Arizona. Mar. 5-12—Imperial Valley Lettuce Growers' and Shippers' 22nd annual Golf...show of the Coachella Valley Mineral society, at main building, Riverside county fairgrounds, Indio, California...starting from Yuma, Arizona. Trip sponsored by Yuma County chamber of commerce. Mar. 15-20—Palm Springs, California
 
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