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Opal from
Alvarado Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alvarado Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:188084
Long-form Identifier:1:3:188084:7
GUID (UUID V4):d1bfc758-9be7-40ff-b317-1b88dc3b8878
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
0.0km (0.0 miles) ā“˜Murphy-Lucky Strike Prospects, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ā“˜U.S. Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ā“˜Undine Mine, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ā“˜Gold Hill Wash Prospect, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ā“˜Wilson Consolidated Mine, Clifton, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ā“˜Monocco Mine, Clifton, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
45.1km (28.0 miles) ā“˜Kinsley Mountain deposit, Kinsley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) ā“˜Brush Wellman Mine, Spor Mountain Mining District, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA
76.0km (47.2 miles) ā“˜Buena no. 1 claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA
References
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Report (issue)
IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH by H. M. EI-Shatoury and J. A. Whelan UTAH GEOLOGICAL...AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES University of Utah~ Salt Lake City~ Utah Bulletin 83 Price $2.25 March 1970...The Alvarado Mine. . The Cane Spring Mine The Bonnemort Mine The Rube Gold Mine . The Frankie Mine The...Yellow Hammer Mine The Rube Lead Mine . . 29 29 30 32 32 32 33 34 FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT AND RECOMMENDATIONS...location and accessibility to the Gold Hill mining district, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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)
JUNE, 1931 No. 6 AN OCCURRENCE OF SPADAITE AT GOLD HILL, UTAHI W. T. ScsalLER AND T' B' Nor'aN, tInited...INrBonucrroN tion of sandy silica. I'he occurrence in Utah, here described, is therefore the third recorded...PaI',l865rp' ML a Butler, B. S., Ore deposits of Utah: tl. S- Geol" Sotraey, Prof' Paper lll' pp' 469482...Billingsley, P., Geology of clifton mining district and vicinity, Tooele County, TJtah: Econ. Geol., vol...an after effect of the intrusion. fn one of these-gold-bearing lodes in rather thoroughly silicated limestone-spadaite
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)
Director Professional Paper 177 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT U'TAH BY T. B. NOLAN UNItED STATES GOVERNMIĀ£NT...sedimentary rocks in eastern Nevada and western Utah __________ _ Carboniferous system____ __ __ _ _...___ ___ _ __ ____ ___ ______ Clifton district _ _ __ History of mining and production__ ___ __ __ __...(Ida Lull) _ __ __________ Napoleon Mining Co_________ __ __ Gold Bond_ _____ ______ ___________ Copper...119 119 II Mines and prospects-Continued. Clifton district-Continued. Mines and prospects-Continued.
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group of sharp crystals is from the Rowley mine (Maricopa County). (Jeff Scovil photo/ Scott & Margie Adams...piece of petrified wood, a black rock with visible gold on it, and a chunk of yellow uranium ore. I was...the Silver Reef article. I must have passed by the mine a dozen times. Next time, I will stop for sure....month SEPTEMBER 2015 I started this project with opal rough from Lightning Ridge, Australia. I do have...grit, up to a 50000 polish. To protect the finished opal, I designed a pendant with higher edges. I sculpt
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....................................... 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
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Festival, El Centro, California. January 12-13ā€”Yuma County Chamber of Commerce's Bandollero Tour to San Felipe...Western Dance, Clayton, New Mexico. January 25-27 ā€” Gold Rush Days, Wickenburg, Arizona. January 26-27 ā€”...at Leadfield By RUSS LEADABRAND LOST MINE Lost A p a c h e Gold in the Little Horn Mountains By HAROLD...r s NEWS From h e r e a n d there on the desert MINING Current n e w s of desert mines URANIUM Latest...water could be obtained. Later a showing of placer gold was found in the gravel banks below the spring and
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Famous mineral localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah ................................... S. Wise The Wagon Wheel Gap fluorspar mine, Mineral County, Colorado ....................................33 by B. Cairncross The Jan Coetzee copper mine, Namaqualand, South Africa .......................right of amateur colĀ­ lecting and recreational mining, and the use of public and private lands for educational...dark brown leather spine and black spine label with gold stamping. It is available in exchange for a $170
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NORTHERN EUROPEā€™S AMBER RUSH Soaring Prices Amidst a Mining Boom By Steve Voynick 56 BEGINNERā€™S GUIDE TO BUYING...winner, Marie Curie. Extracted from the Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi Dist., the Democratic Republic of the Congo...Congo, courtesy Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com; opal specimen, courtesy of The Arkenstone Gallery of Fine...walk along the Tomorrow River Trail, in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. ANTOINETTE RAHN our staff EDITORIAL...www.covington-engineering.com 877.793.6636 NEW OPAL SHIPMENT IN FROM ETHIOPIA THIS MAY BE THE BRIGHTEST
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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...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
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production. Date Festival to Stage "Arabian Nights" E COUNTY and the Coachella Valley desert area w roll out...attend the 1952 Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival at the county fairgrounds at Indio. California...lumber products. The exhibition of minerals and mining, under the supervision of Omar Kcrschncr of Indio...Foundation, Taos, New Mexico. February 3ā€”Wickenburg Gold Rush, sponsored by Roundup Club. Wickenburg, Arizona... Arizona. February 17ā€”Illustrated talk on Zion. Utah, by Dr. Richard F. Logan. Southwest Museum, Los
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Care! ARIZONA WULFENITE Down Deep in the Rowley Mine GEM GARNETS Popular for Centuries THE BALTIMORE...50th Show FIELD TRIP: www.rockngem.com Diamond Hill Quartz Winter Rockhounding in South Carolina RG_RED_cover_0914...toxic. This 6 cm spray of needles is from the Herja mine (Baia Mare, Maramures), Romania. (Gerhard Brandstetter...common sense FIELD TRIP by Steve Voynick Diamond Hill Quartz ................................. 52 Underground...in the Rowley................... 22 This Arizona mine is a specimen treasure trove Winter rockhounding
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Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States Part 2. Utah By ALLEN V. HEYL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN ...detailed study of the supergene zinc deposits of Utah UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache...district____ __ ____________ _________ __ __ ____ ______ Tooele County________________________________________________..._______ ___ ____ ______ ______________ __ __ Gold Hill district__________ _____________ __ _________________
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
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JADEā€”Wyoming. Beautiful Green Nephrite that can be yellow Gold Filled Neck chains polished to a high gloss free...7Aā€”1 gross Assorted Jump Ringsā€”Sterling silver or Gold Regular Black Finish $3.85 filled. $1.75 per grossā€”boxed...Indians, Las Cruces, New Mexico. December 11-12ā€”Annual Utah Turkey Show, Salt Lake City. December 12 ā€” Matachines...PHOTOGRAPHY Pictures of the Month LOST MINE Lost Desert Q u e e n Mine, b y W. R. HILLERY . 17 . LIARS...26 NEWS From Here and There on the Desert 28 MINING Current n e w s of desert mines 33 HOBBY G
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Professional Paper Ill THE ORE ~DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY B. S. BUTLER, G. F. LOUGHLIN, V. C. HEIKES...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...S. F. Emmons; the Park City district, by J. M. FIELD .WORK AND AUTHORSHIP. summer of 1908 by making
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adventure and scenic beauty in Ihe gorgeous canyons of Utah and Arizona. Staunch boats, experienced overmen...Duncan Hines, AAA) MEXICAN HAT EXPEDITIONS Blanding, Utah Visit LAS VEGASā€”Gaming Center of the World ā€” Nevada's...23ā€”Don's Club Trip to Silverbell Mine, from Phoenix, Arizona. Jan. 28-30ā€”Gold Rush Days. Wickenburg, Arizona...Tucson CALENDAR January events on the desert MINING BOOM They're Finding Paydirt en the Colorado Plateau...The Mule I'll Never Forget, by BEA MARSH . LOST MINE . 9 Waybill to the Lost Jabonero TRUE OR FALSE
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California Issued California State by the Mining Bureau Francisco. Ferry Building, San Lewis ...transmit Bulletin honor to F. George Bureau: Mining Ornamental the Honorable and California, of...-------------- CHRYSOPRASE 76 ---------------- JASPER 75 OPAL ----------------- ALBITE 78 ----------------...CALIFORNIA APPENDIXā€”CALIFORNIA 121 ---------- STATE MINING BUREAU 159 ----- LIST No. Relief 1. of...Valley Hydraulic Mine,ā€ in 41 County Amador at Volcano, Flat, Cherokee County 41 Butte 9. showing
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hobby by Jordan D. MarchĆ© II Boulder and Matrix Opal Fiery veins stand out in host rock The Pendleton...museum, the Silver Reef Museum [see ā€œSilver Reef, Utahā€, by Steve Voynick, June 2015] has a top-notch staff...Reef (Harrisburg) Mining Districtā€, by Paul Dean Proctor, which was published by the Utah Geological and...mind that this survey was done during the uranium-mining era. While in St. George, you should go down to...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc, Alameda County Fairgrounds; 4501 Pleasanton Ave; Fri. Noon-6 pm
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00 Cryptomelane Discovered at the Roxbury Iron Mine, Roxbury, Connecticut Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...from the classic locality of the Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut has been...morphology resembles the material found at the Clara Mine in Germany. The Roxbury specimen was collected about...collected about 30 years ago at the Roxbury Iron Mine. I originally picked it up because I had some good...minute cluster of cryptomelane from the Roxbury Iron Mine, here as extremely small, thin needles extracted
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Gold-Bearing Skarns U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1930 AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE U.S...1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. ā€¢ SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State St. ā€¢...FAIRBANKS, Alaska--New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. Gold-Bearing Skarns By TED G. THEODORE, GRETA J. ORRIS...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gold-bearing skarns I by Ted G. Theodore ... [et al.}...references. Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.3: 1930 1. Skarn. 2. Gold ores. I. Theodore, Ted. G. II. Series. QE75.89 no
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