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Garnet Group from
Star Mine, Bingham Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Star Mine, Bingham Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:518602
Long-form Identifier:1:3:518602:0
GUID (UUID V4):b2bdea6c-4596-45fc-8466-130c3192831a
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group
0.3km (0.2 miles) Carr Fork Mine, Bingham Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Venice Tunnel Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) Apex-Delaware Group Mines (Utah Apex), Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Argentine Shaft Occurrence (Argentine Tunnel), Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) Castro Gulch Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) Bingham Tunnel No. 2 Occurrence, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) Mascotte Tunnel Occurrence, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
16.8km (10.5 miles) Treasure Hill Mines Company Mine, Dry Canyon area, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) Cliff Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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...are those on the Mercur district, by J. E. Spurr and S. F. Emmons; the Bingham The senior author, J3.... 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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instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
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Rock-Marble Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides Gemstone-Star Blue Quartz Soil-Bama Series Mineral-Rhodochrosite...Mammoth * Arizona Gemstone-Turquoise Mineral-Garnet Fossil-Eubrontes 26 27 * Delaware Mineral]-Sillimanite...Fossil-Belemnite Soil-Greenwich Loam Series 29 30 31 * District of Columbia Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified...Soil-San Joaquin Series iii 4] * Idaho Gemstone-Star Garnet Fossil-Hagerman Horse 43 44 * Illinois Mineral-Fluorite...Gem-Turquoise Fossil- Coelophysis * New York Gem-Garnet Fossil-Eurypterus remipes 102 103 104 * South
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museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...rocks contain large crystals, often of the feldspar group and are known as porphyries. The individual crystals...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...are the home of a number of interesting minerals. Garnet, staurolite and andalusite are typical minerals...minerals change. A number of silicate minerals such as garnet and epidote and some sulphides giving metallic
Journal (issue)
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 .......................41 by J.-M . Fourcault FMrTGMS-MSA Symposium on Garnet: Abstracts ....................... 61 Colum ns...right of amateur col­ lecting and recreational mining, and the use of public and private lands for educational
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22:65-69 [Abstracts of the] FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Garnet (chairman: K. J. Wenrich) 24:61-68 Abstracts of...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
Journal (issue)
Care! ARIZONA WULFENITE Down Deep in the Rowley Mine GEM GARNETS Popular for Centuries THE BALTIMORE...from the Herja mine (Baia Mare, Maramures), Romania. (Gerhard Brandstetter photo) Garnet: Gem of the Ages.......................... 44 A colorful silicate group by Bob Jones 10 Deadly Minerals .................in the Rowley................... 22 This Arizona mine is a specimen treasure trove Winter rockhounding...Notes New owners took possession of the Mary Ellen mine property on July 1, 2014 and no collecting is being
Report (issue)
INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district
Catalog/List
fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156.... 348 RHODIZITE (K Cs)Al (B,Be) 0 pale yellow, garnet shaped single crystal. 3 mm £3.50 (Antsirabe Madagascar)...in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE
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ANDRADITE garnet group ♦ ANGLES ITE Pb SO/4 ANHYDIUTE Ca SO/4 AN KERITE-KUTNAIIORITE Dolom ite group ANN ITE...ANORTHOCLASE Felspar Group ANTHOPH YLLITE Amphibole 2cm £8 3cm £ 15 Near Chelan. E.Washington USA !x i £3 ½"...Quebec Ix! £ 1.10 ,Canada Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Ix½ £3 Malawi Nandan Meteroite, Lihu,Nandan 3mm... Rich wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero Norway...Mapimi. Mexico A LLOPHANE ALSi O A LMANDINE garnet group ♦ A LSTONITE Ba C a CO/3 A LUJ\UNITE Al SO/4
Report (issue)
Garnet Great Balls of Fire ISBN 978-0-9790998-4-7 Publisher Lithographie, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut...Connecticut, USA © 2008 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 263 • East Hampton, CT 06424 • USA Phone 1.860.267 .1512...cm tall andradite on hematite is from the Wessels Mine near Hotazel in northern Cape Province, South Africa...Grossular on diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul Stahl specimen...meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Garnet Great Balls of Fire Contributors Lothar Ackermann
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feldspars but not actually members of the feldspar group), pyroxenes, amphiboles, micas and olivine. Other...feldspars feldspathoids members of the feldspar group leucite, sodalite, nepheline, cancrinite Mafic...members of the pyroxene group members of the amphibole group members of the mica group micas The mineralogist...the lowest temperatures. Additionally there is a group of less common elements which began by being dispersed...gold, magnetite, ilmenite, cassiterite, scheelite, garnet, mica, apatite, tourmaline and topaz. Mesothermal
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Illustrations: Crowle Art Group Note: For illustrative purposes, some images in...of just a few minerals; quartz and the feldspar group are the most abundant species. These are the major...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 cm. Biominerals Crystals formed by biological...periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA » 18 x 24 x 8 om 14 MINERALS: PRODUCTS
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Miguel Hortiguela, LPPO Illustrations: Crowle Art Group Printed in China The publisher gratefully acknowledges...ofjust a few minerals; quartz and the feldspar group are the most abundant processes — called biominerals...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS
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5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...Dowse’s Agate Shop, Salt Lake City, Utah, by William J. Bingham of St. Paul, Minnesota, by Guy Wilson...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken
Catalog/List
mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, free standing. ______ ______ Malawi Black crystal...Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall...ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________ County. Arizona, U.S.A £5___...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________...across garnet group__________ 1 x '/2 £4 pure grey masses with possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, ALSTONITE
Catalog/List
fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE...Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE Ba Na Ti B...£20 348 RHODIZITE (X Cs)Al (B,Be) 0 pale yellow, garnet shaped single crystal. 3 mm £3.50 (Antsirabe Madagascar)...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U
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BUTTERWORTHS GEM BOOKS GARNET JOHN DROUSE ♦ BUTTERWORTHS ◊ Butterworths Gem Books Edited by Peter...Peter G. Read Beryl John Sinkankas Garnet John D. Rouse Pearls, natural, cultured and imitation Alexander...Darragh Topaz D. B. Hoover Butterworths Gem Books Garnet John D. Rouse Butterworths London Boston Durban...Letchworth, Herts Preface Only a few books on garnet gemstones have been published up to the present...to answer all the questions one might have about garnet, but rather to stimulate the readers to explore
Catalog/List
mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, lxl ins £5 lx2ins _lyro?'~~e . __ __ _ ___ ___...Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey...lins £4 garnet group Crystal 1 inch across Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½
Report (issue)
000unse FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ‘MINING INDUSTRY. of IDAHO FOR THE YEAR ARTHUR CAMPBELL...Secretary. | FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY of IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 19 2476 IDAHO...Processing Mills, 34 Located in Coeur d’Alene District Lucky Friday Makes Rich Silver Strike South Side...Custer Mine Still Lingers Giant Explosion at Arco 2 Leesburgh—A Ghost Town : Clark Fork District, Lead...Largest in World (Morning Mine) Gem Collectors, Work At Own Mine Idaho Mining Association Hopes and Fears
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amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm (1 in.) across. TOP GROUP. Green fluorite (121... Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...gold. The necklace is 45 cm (18 in.) long. BOTTOM GROUP. Deep, spinel red oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct)
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crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...grey rnetallic spots in matrix (LookoutPass. Tooele County, Ut2h) lxl f7 ½ ins f4 478 ZIRCON Zr Si0/4...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ • yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula • Russia) (6a pure plate
Report (issue)
_ Beryl_______________________________ Helvite group._________________________ Other minerals-._____..._________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ Pag« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...Ltd., mine...... --_--______.______ Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ Tern Piute district.........district____ .________..__ Nevada Scheelite mine.. _ ______ Hooper No. 2 mine __ _____ _ _ Yankee Girl mine_______________
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~black cry~t~i;,o;-~;atrix. M~~nl Malo~O:. i:~n{ba District. IX I ins £5 2 AEGIRINE £10 Pyroxene Malawi lxl...IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix. £5 PbSiO/3 County. Arizona. U.S...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~...grey masses '1.\ith possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, Ix½ £4 13 ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 micros. Hexham,Northumberland....maenification there are small crystals · - · .County. A:fiZC>i:i--=a=--- 60 AMAZONITE Attractive green
 
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