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Epsomite from
Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Epsomite
Formula:MgSO4 · 7H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epsomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:686995
Long-form Identifier:1:3:686995:3
GUID (UUID V4):ade382c6-acbe-4953-ad8d-e9a26898158c
References
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ZnSO4¡7H2O. Polymorphism & Series: Forms a series with epsomite. Occurrence: A secondary mineral in oxidized portions...particularly as coatings on walls of mine passages. Association: Epsomite, melanterite, pickeringite, chalcanthite...post-mining efflorescences. A few notable localities include: in Germany, from the Rammelsberg mine, near...Sain-Bel, near Lyon, Rhône, France. At the Almagrera mine, Tharsis, Huelva Province, Spain. In Italy, at Capanne...the USA, in Arizona, at Bisbee, Cochise Co. and many other districts; from the Central district, Grant
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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OF UTAH'S MINING INDUSTRY By Utah Mining Association 918 Kearns Building Salt Lake City, Utah MILES P...material was available to give Utah citizens an account of their mining industry. Most of the available...segments of mining activity. We have attempted in the following pages to discuss mining in all phases...picture of the mineral deposits and of the mining activity in Utah as time and effort permit. In the writing...the person interested in, but unacquainted with mining, mineral processing, and mineral economics, could
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steadily To nearby mountains that we see. There is a mine owned by my friend And he’ll be there at this road’s...clothes we don. After four hours we get there. The mine site fills us all with cheer. A rustic air-conditioned...dam without a din. The lodge is built right at the mine. Outside the lodge there points a sign. It says...retail show; Henry Stelline; junction of Route 441 at Lake Emory Rd.; near center of town; daily 8-dark; free...fluorescent mineral display, kids’ Wheel of Fortune, Gem Mine, jewelry making, school field trips Fri., door prizes
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Professional Paper Ill THE ORE ~DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY B. S. BUTLER, G. F. LOUGHLIN, V. C. HEIKES.......................................... ¡. .... Lake deposits..........................................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
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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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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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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...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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;
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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 Âť 18 x 24 x 8 om 14 MINERALS: PRODUCTS...for cutting other minerals. Calcite, Oklahoma, USA * 10 x 11 x 8 cm Talc, Mpumalanga, South Africa...* 12 x 23 x 3 cm. Quartz, Mount ida, Arkansas, USA * 14 x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11
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Bulletin, vol. 41. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 25-36; Transactions,...series, vols. 27, 28. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, llth Annual Session;... vol. 2, no. 2. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 54-56. San Francisco, Cal...Transactions, vol. 8, pt. 3. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 30. Toronto and Montreal, Canada...vol. 12, pp. 95-222. Davenport, Iowa. . Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 4, nos
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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...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22
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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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
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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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
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museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Dolomite resembles limestone but contains magnesium. Salt, coal and oil are associated with sedimentary deposits...sedimentary rocks and are often associated with salt deposits because they are precipitated from evaporating...cubic. Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology
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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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stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
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minerals is described, together with the methods of mining them. Italics emphasize essential scientific terms...Lane, Manager of Public Relations, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia; Eldridge Miller...Heritage 2. PROSPECTING AND MINING . . . . .11 Prospecting Mining Milling, Smelting, Refining ...structure of the earth. The mineral halite, or common salt, becomes such a rock when it exists in extensive...feet 4 Rocks and Minerals thick. The immense salt deposits of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio are
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Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide, and was...article beginning on page 311 for more on the Ray mine. n o te s fr o m t h c j EDITOR ARIZONA This
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the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Silica-rich minerals are deposited by the hot water...1500s, the German Inspired by Button's ideas, more mining engineer Georgius Agricola and more geologists...rocks, like these sandstones in Utah's fam ous Zion Canyon, are marked by countless bedding planes marking...clay. As a river washes into the sea, or into a lake, the heaviest quartz grains are dropped nearest...out of the water first. , .2.t'l UNDERSTAN DING MINE RALS HOVV MINERALS FORM Minerals are the natural
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• t --•- """"" ' The Lornex copper-molybdenum mine and plant, Highland Valley, British Columbia. (By...Professor of Geology and Geophysics University of Utah Alan M. Bateman Late Silliman Professor of Geology...measurements have been retained in specific cases such as mine levels when measured in feet, values of gold and...institutions of MIT, Yale University, and the University of Utah, where I have spent most of my educational and teaching...inhabited continent. Also, to those exploration and mining geologists, and the personnel of foreign geological
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Native minerals Gold Silver Diamond Copper Mighty mine Sulfides Pyrite Ore minerals Oxides Ice Under the... , ~ ~ ;ii. Hydrated minerals Mineral salts Salt 76 78 80 Carbonates and borates Spectacular spring...tiny particles of rock and mud form in places like lake bottoms, coasts, and sea beds. Inside Earth, heat...pressures underground. Devil's Tower, Wyoming, USA. A rock that cooled within a volcanic vent and that...The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. The Colorado River has cut a 1.6-km-(1-mile-) deep canyon through layers
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unconformity-related U deposits (McArthur River, Rabbit Lake, Eagle Point, P-Patch and Millennium) located in...from 11 quartz and dolomite veins from the Rabbit Lake deposit. They found molar Cl/Br ratios between 110...zone; VRSZ: Virgin River shear zone; BLSZ: Black Lake shear zone. organic matter in shales could account...thickness of the sedimentary cover is 1.5 km (Rumple Lake) and is thought to have reached 5 km based on P–T...mudstones of the Lazenby Lake and Wolverine Point Formations, sandstones of the Locker Lake and Otherside Formations
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89A, 468 (1914). HALITE [NaCl]. Common or Rock Salt. Muriate of Soda, Sodium Chloride. Kochsalz, Steinsalz...Southwest Africa. Enormous deposits are found in the Salt Range in the Punjab, sulfates of potassium, various... In the United States, large bedded deposits of salt occur in the Salina formation of the Upper Silurian...over a wide area in central and western New York. Salt also occurs near Cleveland, Ohio, and extensive...Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted
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Lane, Manager of Public Relations, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia; Eldridge Miller...Our Mineral Heritage PROSPECTING AND MINING Prospecting Mining Milling, Smelting, Refining How To IDENTIFYMINERALS...minerals is described, together with the methods of mining them. Italics emphasize essential scientific terms...structure of the earth. The mineral halite, or common salt, becomes such a rock when it exists in extensive...Cheshire and Staffordshire are underlain by beds of salt, while considerably thicker and more extensive seams
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Alfred C. Emery, President INSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL Edward W. Clyde. . . Joseph E. Bernolfo... . . . Utah State University United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company ¡ . . . Utah Geological...Geological Association ¡ .. . . . Morton Salt Company ¡ . . . . Utah Petroleum Council ¡ . United States Steel...Young University ¡ . Kennecott Copper Corporation Utah Sand and Gravel Products Corporation (retired) ... . .First Security Corporation . . . . . . .Utah Mining Association ¡ United Park City Mines Company
 
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