 | | 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 |  | Stein, H.J., Bankey, Viki, Cunningham, C.G., Zimbelman, D.R., Brickey, D.W., Shubat, M.A., Campbell, D.L., , (1989) Tooele 1 x 2 Quadrangle, Northwest Utah; a CUSMAP preassessment study. Open-File Report Vol. 1989 (89-467) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89467 | Report (issue) | | THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Tooele I°x2° Quadrangle, Northwest Utah A CUSMAP Preassessment Study by...Mel H. Podwysocki2 Prepared in cooperation with Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Open-File Report......................... CURRENT STATUS OF MAJOR MINING DISTRICTS......................... 28 28 37 39................................................. Mercur......................................................................................... Recent Mining Activity References........................... |  | | Report (issue) | | OF THE STOCKTON 7 1/2-MINUTE. QUADRANGLE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH By Edwin W. Tooker1 and RJ. Roberts2 Open-File.............. . . .13 Quartz monzonite. .............................. .14 Quartz-monzonite porphyry.....Canyon area of the Ophir mining district............ 15 Stockton mining district..........................1/2-min.quadrangle, Tooele County, Utah Figure 1. Location of the Stockton quadrangle, Utah. ................Recorded production of metals from the Ophir mining district, Utah, 1901-1970 ............................ |  | | Report (issue) | | Stansbury Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Tooele County, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1745-B ... 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN...Stansbury Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Tooele County, Utah By MICHAEL P. FOOSE and KAREN A. DUTTWEILER...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS NORTHWESTERN UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MANUEL LUJAN, JR.,...Stansbury Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Tooele County, Utah / by Michael P. Foose, Karen A. Duttweiler |  | | 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) | | of Base- and Precious-Metal Mining Districts in the Oquirrh Mountains, Utah by Edwin W. looker1 Open-File.... ......... 5 Geologic Setting of North-Central Utah .......................... 7 Oquirrh Mountains Nappes...Structural and Stratigraphic Characteristics of Mining Districts in the Oquirrh Mountains ..............(West Mountain) mining district ................ .14 Mercur (Camp Floyd) Mining District ................Ophir Mining District.................................. .27 Stockton (Rush Valley) Mining District ... |  | | Report (issue) | | PEAK 7 1/2-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, UTAH, AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH Compiled by Edwin W. Tooker...Peak 7 1/2-minute quadrangle, Tooele, Salt Lake, and Utah Counties, Utah Figure 1. Location of the Lowe...PEAK 7 1/2-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, SALT LAKE, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH" Compiled by Edwin W. Tooker...easternmost part of the Ophir mining district and the southern part of the Bingham district. A disseminated gold...prospect, similar to the deposits in the Mercur mining district has been explored in West Canyon, immediately |  | | 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.... . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | 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...intrusive and extrusive rocks 70 Bingham mining district area 70 Middle Canyon-Soldier Creek areas...Ophir-Mercur mining district areas 72 Associated mineral resources 73 Bingham mining district 74 ... Mercur mining district 74 Ophir mining district. 75 Production from the Bingham, Mercur, and Ophir |  | | Report (issue) | | EXPLANATION PAMPHLET FOR THE OPHIR AND MERCUR 7 1/2-MINUTE QUADRANGLES, UTAH By Edwin W. looker 1 Open-File...the Midas thrust fault in the Ophir and Mercur quadrangles, Utah....... Figure 2. Generalized stratigraphic...EXPLANATION PAMPHLET FOR THE OPHIR AND MERCUR 7 1/2-MINUTE QUADRANGLES, UTAH By Edwin W. looker INTRODUCTION...and Mercur quadrangles comprise the southern end of the Oquirrh Mountains in north-central Utah, and...Ophir and Mercur mining districts and the neighboring Sunshine (South Mercur) and West Mercur mining areas |  | | Report (issue) | | resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Utah by George Wong Open-File Report 83-722 This...Refereaces cited Appendix A - 2 7 Table Table 1. District descriptions Preliminary map of the resource...resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Utah By George Wong The purpose of this map is to identify...Range Province. These areas include past or present mining and prospecting activity as well as areas of potential...map are not legal mining district boundaries and may include more than one district as well as adjacent |  | | Report (issue) | | Limestone in the Bingham Nappe, Oquirrh Mountains, Utah by Mackenzie Gordon, Jr1 , Edwin W. Tooker2 and...Long Trail Shale Member. ................... .11 Mercur Limestone Member of Tooker and Gordon (1978). ...Silveropolis Hill, Ophir mining district, Utah ..... .26 2. Reference locality, Mercur limestone member, Great...Great Blue Limestone, Mercur mining district, Utah ........................................ 46 ILLUSTRATIONS...Bingham, Ophir, and Mercur mining districts in the southern Oquirrh Mountains, Utah .................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mines at Paris, Oxford County, Maine, and the Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton County, New Hampshire. It occurred...jordanite in zinc ores mined at Balmat, Edwards County, New York (Jensen 1978). It was a rare mineral...mineral in zinc ores at Sterling Hill, Sussex County (Palache 1941) and was an unusual mineral occurring in...at the Lower New Street trap-rock quarry at Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. It is a very rare accessory...groups of crystals from the Getchell mine, Humboldt County, where individual crystals to 12 cm have been found |  | | Book | | ;.s.>i<»^ f HAHOLO B. "-' I. " - PHOVO. UTAH qv Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011... Ts.'Mf ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MEROUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, BY J. EDWARD SPURR. /' \ WITH INTROr>UCTION...HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY BRIOHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITV PROVO, UTAH \ CONTENTS. Page. — Introduction. The Oquirrh...development of mining districts Production of mining districts Camp Floyd or Mercur mining district 349 349...370 370 371 372 374 Mercur district Conclusions Chapter I. —The Mercur District Structure Lower Blue |  | | Report (issue) | | STOCKTON AND LOWE PEAK 7 1/2-MINUTE QUADRANGLES, UTAH By Edwin W. Tooker1 and Ralph J. Roberts2 Open-File...location of the Stockton and Lowe Peaks quadrangles, Utah. Figure 2. Columnor section comparing stratigraphy...STOCKTON AND LOWE PEAK 7 1/2-MINUTE QUADRANGLES, UTAH By Edwin W. looker and Ralph J. Roberts INTRODUCTION...Valley) and Ophir-Dry Canyon mining districts. Mining began in the Stockton district as early as 1864, and in...in the Ophir district, beginning in 1870. These districts have been active sporadically in recent years; |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | /4 /04 (!Jctol,.,., f9J/.J/. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................COME FROM NEW MEXICO ORPIMENT AND REALGAR FROM MERCUR, UTAH .................. GEM WERNERITE FROM MADAGASCAR...c:iation ROCKS AND MINERALS 302 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ROCKS & MINERALS Rates High! Editor R & M: Please...2 inches or more in length, are found in small quartz veins and clay seams in a large hematite mine....weighing hundreds of pounds, is often uncovered during mining operations. Fine specimens of dark gray crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | J.D. Grice. 1994. Can. Min. 32, 843. Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Na26REE(S...IMA, 1986. 102. Mira Flores mine, H u a n u n i district, Oruro, Bolivia. FeA16(PO4)a(OH)8.4H20. Evidently...to subhedral crystals to 1 mm in a quartz vein from Ankang County, Shaanxi Province, China. Ideal formula...pleochroism; reflectance data are given. Named for the County in which the type locality is situated. Antimonselite...mine, found in human secretions. Graham County, Arizona, USA. PbA1F3(OH)2. Baumhauerite-2a. A. Pring |  | | Journal (issue) | | typically contains three minerals: kaolinite, mica and quartz. The SRM consists of 60 grams of air-dried and...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)...(Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia. Author’s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | consistent with the observed alteration features, i.e. quartz precipitation, calcite dissolution and sericite-kaolinite...high-grade portions of these deposits, such as at Mercur, have been mined since the last century (Jewell...most important fossil hydrothermal systems in the USA. Until the past few years, the prevailing hypothesis...gold is hosted by hydrothermal arsenian pyrite and quartz, with considerably lesser amounts present in carbonaceous...location of many of the major SHDG deposits in western USA. The characteristics of many of these deposits are |  | | Report (issue) | | limestone or dolomite. It is a useful ore guide in many mining districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE........... Characteristics of jasperoid in major mining districts of the United States ..................................................... Tri-State district, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri ................Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona .............................. Bisbee (Warren) district, Arizona ........ Ely (Robinson) district, Nevada .............................. Leadville district, Colorado ...... |  | | Journal (issue) | | Occurrence of irhtemite and adelite at the Mercur Mine, Tooele Co., Utah; the western hemisph ere's first occurrence...lorandlle recovered from the Mercur Mrne (a Carlin-type gold deposit), Tooele Co., Utah, a white, s ilky, fibrous...lorandile, calcite, realgar, orpiment, flu orite, quartz. stibnite, s tibiconite, s ulfur and othe r species...associated with adelite and picropharmacolite at Mercur. A ll occur as white fibrous masses associated...and frequently found attached to lorandite and quartz replaced host rock. (Continues o n page 3) 2 |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MercurGoldDistrict,Utah PAULA N. WILSON AND W. T. PARRY Department of Geology andGeophysics, University of Utah,SaltLakeCity...Rl-typeillite-smeetite (20-35%smeetite) + ehlorite+ kaolinitc + quartz+ pyriteor Fe oxides to anassemblage consisting...R3-typeillite-smeetite (5-10% smeetite) + kaolinitc+ quartz+ pyriteor Fe oxides. ShalewithR3 illite-smeetite...PAPtRY 112010' ( KNOB QUARTZMONZONITE 40'20' MERCUR EAGLEHILL RHYOLITE WD-59 (177-+7Mo) NERCUR...5-km-thick sequence of late Paleozoic sediMercur district that is still not well understood. The data do |  | | Report (issue) | | lower Upper Mississippian strata across northwestern Utah By Raymond C. Gutschick Department of Earth Sciences...Page Figure 1. Mississippian strata of northwestern Utah (Hintze, 1973) A. Distribution and thickness of...Mississippian rocks in Pool Canyon, Gold Hill area, western Utah. Detailed section shows Madison-Woodman contact...sequence, Buckhorn Canyon section, Dugway Range, Utah 32 7. Mississippian phosphatic zone localities...Spring Canyon occurrence, see fig. 14), northwestern Utah. Solid circle, locality examined and trenched |
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