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Actinolite from
Alta Mine, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alta Mine, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:186620
Long-form Identifier:1:3:186620:9
GUID (UUID V4):c79a9d5b-fb3e-4f6a-b9f3-234d7ff16f89
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...Evergreen Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84106-3313 JAMES R. WILSON Weber State University Ogdeo, Utah 84408-2507...84408-2507 PAULA N. WILSON University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-1183 sion to visit or collect material;...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
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 ā€¢ PRICE $4.00 ā€¢ MAY... Norman C. Williams . ā€¢ 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Intrusions of the Central Wasatch Mountains, Utah DAVID A. JOHN U.S. GeologicalSurvey,345 Middlefield...45-km-longeast-trendingbelt acrossthe centralWasatchMountains, Utah. The intrusionsvary systematically from westto eastin...the Alta andClaytonPeakstocksin the centerof the belt but are absentin the deeperparts of the Alta an...andClaytonPeakstocksandin the Little Cottonwoodstockon the westsideof the belt. In the Alta andClaytonPeakstocks...fluidinclusionpopulations in igneousandvein quartzin the Alta andClaytonPeakstocksindicates that high-salinit
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.ļ‚¾Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ļ‚¾gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ļ‚¾petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: ļ‚ area ridges, slopes, stream beds, etc...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sierrita and Tombstone, in Arizona; Bingham and Alta, Utah; Ely, Nevada; and Brenda, British Columbia. Amphiboles...rocks span the range from magnesio-hornblende to actinolite, commonly even within one grain. Barren intrusions...References for most recent geological description Alta, UT Bingham, UT Globe-Miami, AZ Sierrita, AZ Tombstone...sericitization. Sampling strategy In this study the mining districts examined include the Christmas, Globe-Miami...Sierrita and Tombstone districts of Arizona, Bingham in Utah, Ely in Nevada, and Brenda in British Columbia.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TILLITE AT ALTA, UTAH BnoNsoN SrnrNcn.q,uaNp Mnx P. EnrcrsoN, Unhersity oJ Utah, Salt Lake Ci.ly, Utah. The...The occurrence of tillite in Utah is well known from the findings of Blackwelder, Hintze, Eardley and others...tillite described.In the Cottonwood-American Fork region 14 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, near the old...old ghost mining town of Alta, the tillite has been thermally metamorphosed by the Cottonwood granodiorite...features. Gnwnnar-GBorocv Calkins'2 map of the Cottonwood-American Fork region includes the area where
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bingham, Utah W. T. PARRY,ā€  Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah...Utah 84112-0111 PAULA N. WILSON, Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Utah Museum of Natural History...East 135 South Room 719, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0111 D. MOSER, Department of Geology...Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0111 AND MATTHEW T. HEIZLER New...Bingham, Utah, is located in the central Oquirrh Mountains 32 km southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah (Fig.
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH BY F. C. CALKINS AND B. S. BUTLER...Petrographic details_______________ Granodiorite (Alta stock)________________ General character and occurrence-____...details____ _____________ Quartz monzonite (Little Cottonwood stock)-___-_._____--___-_-___________ General...lime__----_____-------_----_____-__ Diorite of Big Cottonwood Creek_________ Lamprophyric dikes__.._---_----_-_-...---54 General features.______________-_---_--54 Alta thrust zone.__--___________-----__55 Columbus o
Report (volume)
Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. ā€¢ SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State...of Hydrothermal Fluids in the Alta Stock, Central Wasatch Mountains, Utah By DAVID A. JOHN U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Acknowledgments 2 Geology of the Alta stock 2 Hydrothermal alteration of the Alta stock 4 Mineralization associated...associated with the Alta stock 6 Fractures and veins in the Alta stock 6 Types and relative ages 7 Distribution...orientations 7 Comparison of fracture data in the Alta stock to other areas in the central Wasatch Mountains
Report (issue)
27 32 Illustrations Figure 1. Location map of mining districts in the Reno 1Ā° x 2Ā° quadrangle, Nevada...Table 1. Table 2. Table 3. Known production from mining districts in the Reno 1Ā° x 2Ā° quadrangle, Nevada.............. Occurrences of mineral deposits in mining districts of the Reno 1Ā° x 2Ā° quadrangle, Nevada...for 4 years. This report is a review of the known mining districts within the Reno quadrangle, as well as...starting point for those interested in previous mining and research efforts within the Reno quadrangle
Report (issue)
............................................ 12 Alta Formation ....... _............................................... .... ...................... 23 Lake Lahontan deposits ................................of laumontite and calcite in altered andesites of Alta Formation ................................... _................. 22 Main pit of Celatom diatomite mine ............ .... .................... ...........proximity to the State's most productive silver district, the Comstock Lode, in the adjacent Virginia City
Report (issue)
Professional Paper Ill THE ORE ~DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY B. S. BUTLER, G. F. LOUGHLIN, V. C. HEIKES.......................................... Ā·. .... Lake deposits..........................................81 83 84 84 85 87 87 87 87 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH. By B. S. BuTLER. PART !._:_GENERAL FEATURES. INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION. reports are those on the Mercur district, by J. E. Spurr and S. F. Emmons; the Bingham... began district, by J. M. Boutwell, Arthur Keith, and field work on the ore deposits of Utah in the S
Report (issue)
Church (Salt Lake City) built with Nugget Sandstone Utelite expanded shale plant, Summit County, Utah Holnamā€™s...Holnamā€™s Devilā€™s Slide plant, Morgan County, Utah !7IB5F7-jbgfej! Utah Geological Survey MP 01-2 ISBN 1-55791-654-3...MINERALS - THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST FORUM 1999 Salt Lake City County Building constructed of Kyune Sandstone...held: May 2-7, 1999 in Salt Lake City, Utah Miscellaneous Publication 01-2 Utah Geological Survey a division...division of 2001 Utah Department of Natural Resources Proceedings of the 35th Forum on the Geology
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY OF UTAH TO 1966 compiled and edited by Barbara S. Childers assisted by Bernice Y. Smith Utah Geological...and Mineral Industries University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Bulletin 86 Price $4.00 October 1970...all graduate theses concerned with the geology of Utah; senior theses are omitted. Several theoretical...pertinence to a particular mineral deposit or locality in Utah. Others which should have been included may have...hoped that the reader will report omissions to the Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey so that they
Book
shades Ā«3 a. Toad Mountain mining camp.......... 6. Hot Springs or Harrison mining camp... eu rtlendryxvInimnoealnp...INtOLlan se. Anueematnd sh dewalt nee aks a. Stump Lake or Nicola mines........... From other claims in...oresā€”above). Silver ores from the Thunder Bay mining region, Lake: Superior) Ontapioas aah. .. ieee Silver...od staan tek Te) elo eeS VII. Brings, SALT, AND Brines and salt Mineral waters VIII. 2s MINERAL WATERS...ON SPECIMENS... 0... 0Ā¢ cus eee eae eed INDEX TO MINING DISTRICTS, AREAS, CAMPS, LOCATIONS AND CLAIMS,
Journal (issue)
stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...find of calcite in complete "balls" from the Herja Mine near Baia Mare. Evidently a large vug, or series
Report (issue)
IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH by Kenneth c. Bullock Geneva Works, U. S. Steel Corporation, near Provo. Courtesy...Courtesy of U. S. Steel Corporation . UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL -SURVEY affiliated with THE COLLEGE...AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah BULLETIN 88 PRICE $4.50 DECEMBER...the Iron Industry in Utah Ā· .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains deposits... .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IntrusiveandVolcanic Rocksof theBingham-Park CityBelt,Utah DAVID BORROK,*STEPHENE. KESLER? Departraent of...theincorporation of copperinto belt for the two major mining districts that it includes. Intrua mineral, however... 1214 BORROKET AL. Salt Lake City [] Wasatch Fault Bingham porphyry copper Utah deposit Soldier Canyon...Stock Tertiary intrusive rocks OntarioMayflower Alta Stock Stock Stock Park Premier Pine Claā€¢on Peak...trend takes SULFIDEMINERALS,BINGHAM-PARK CITY BELT,UTAH 1215 placeat lowerfo.2thatprevents the formation
Report (issue)
Rocks and Wall Rock Alteration, Mayflower Mine, Wasatch County, Utah Part 1: Primary Rock and Mineral Compositions...showing location of Mayflower mine and igneous rocks of the Park City district (geology after Baker, others...Generalized longitudinal section of the Mayflower mine with geology projected on to the plane of the Mayflower...rocks from the Mayflower mine... 4. Plan maps of levels of the Mayflower mine showing igneous rock lithology...from Hecla Mining Co.) A. 2005 mine level....................................... B. 2200 mine level...
Report (volume)
- . . . . A reconnaissance of the Cottonwood -American Fork mining region, tab, by B.S. Butler and G...Preliminary report on t.he economic geology of Gilpin County, Colo., by E. S. Bastin and J. M. llill (publish... 21, 1916). __ ____ . __________ The Aztec gold mine, Baldy, r. Mex ., by W. T. Lee (published Jan ....aluni te d evelopments near Marysvale and Beaver , Utah, by G. F. Loughlin (published Dec. 3, 1915)- ---..._____ .. __ . _.. ____. ___ a iterite in San Diego County, Cal., by W. T . chall er (published J an. 15,
Catalog/List
grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 Ā£2.50 1x1 Ā£4 1x2 Ā£10 156 NATIVE...in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 Ā£4 1x2 Ā£7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece Ā£ 5 5mm Ā£3 WITH UNUSUAL...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins Ā£4 107 CHLORARGYRITE...dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm Ā£4 up to 1.5cm Ā£7 242 KOLBECKITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
513ā€“533, 2001 Boron metasomatism of the Alta stock contact aureole, Utah: Evidence from borates, mineral chemistry...77005-1892, U.S.A. ABSTRACT Geochemical study of the Alta stock and adjacent contact aureole rocks provides...magmatic fluids emanating from the Alta pluton could supply most B in the Alta aureole. It is estimated that...Heinrich 1998). Recent studies of the Alta stock contact aureole, Utah, have shown that fluid infiltration...(Cook 1992; Ferry 1994; Cook and Bowman 2000). The Alta stock appears to be the source of infiltrating fluids
Report (issue)
outcrop exposures or rock exposed by exploration and mining operations. Note that these site descriptions apply...anthophyllite (anthophyllite asbestos), (4) actinolite (actinolite asbestos), and (5) tremolite (tremolite...production (Ross and Virta, 2001; Virta, 2002). Mining of crocidolite and amosite deposits accounts for...closed in 2002; this mine worked a large chrysotile deposit in the Coalinga district of central California...asbestos into the environment from manufacturing, mining, and other occupational sites. Federal regulations
Book (volume)
............................................452 Utah .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona ā€“ Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
 
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