 | | 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) | | 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) | | March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby ‘County, Alabama. Dan Behnke photo. MayIJune: Stibnite...Medal (gold) and gold-and-quartz specimen, Paymaster mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Royal Ontario Museum...beryl, Violet claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah. Private collection, Jeffrey Scovil photo. ...329; New Mexico, 109; Utah, 377, 409; West Virginia, 165 Barium-pharmacosiderite, Utah, 41 1 Benton, R.,...180-82 Beryl, Virginia, 237 Beudantite, Utah, 411 Bindheimite, Utah, 41 1 Bismuthinite, New Mexico, 109 Bismutite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hidden t re a s u re and other mines in the ophir district T O O E L E C O U N T Y, U T A H O re deposits...Mountains in 1865, and soon afterward the Ophir mining district was organized. The Hidden Treasure, Chicago...were the most famous mines in the early days of Utah mining (Gilluly 1932), producing many millions of dollars...the district until 1972, when the Ophir Hill Consolidated mine closed. The Hidden Treasure mine lies...lies at the top of Dry Canyon, affording spectacular views of the Stansbury Mountains and Rush Valley to |  | | Book (volume) | | 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 |  | | | | dendritic masses with pitchblende at Great Bear Lake. Also with native copper as cavity-fillings in basalt...in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and...and Texas in upper parts of salt domes. Also in tuff at Sulphurdale, Utah, and around fumaroles in Yellow¬ |  | | Book (edition) | | dendritic masses with pitchblende at Great Bear Lake. Also with native copper as cavity-fillings in basalt...in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...Texas in upper parts of salt domes. Also in tuff at Sulphurdale, Utah, and around fumaroles in |  | | Report (issue) | | INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING Sc TECHNOLOGY............................................... 7 Mining .......................................................................... Petaca mining district, Rio Arriba County ...................................25 25 25 Page Other occurrences, Rio Arriba County ............................................................................... 26 Bromide mining district .......................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | 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 |  | | Book | | shore, in the desert, in the National Parks, on old mine tips or even in the soil in their yard. Many people...present in large enough quantities to warrant its mining and refining. Parting A smooth fracture in minerals...Brownstone, which is used for building in eastern USA, comes from Conn., Wy., Neb. Californian and S. Dakotan...age. Mined in the Appalachian Mts. Peat occurs in USA and in Canada. Important mineral fuel, until recently...Birmingham, Alab. Hematite is interbedded with chert at Lake Superior. Many ironstones are mined commercially |  | | Report (volume) | | Lone Peak Wilderness Study Area, Utah and Salt Lake Counties, Utah By CALVIN S. BROMFIELD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Lone Peak wilderness study area, Utah and Salt Lake Counties, Utah. (Studies related to wilderness study...ofDocs.no.: I 2.3:1491 1. Mines and mineral resources-Utah-Lone Peak Wilderness Area. I. Patten, Lowell L....national forest lands in the Lone Peak study area, Utah, that are being considered for wilderness designation...is in the central Wasatch Range, southeast of Salt Lake City. * CONTENTS \ « ' ^ Page Summary |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lie at the Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho; Eureka, N e vada; Bingham Canyon, Park City and B i g and...good crystals and the best come from the Pop lin district of the Tri-State lead and zinc area and from Germany...with other minerals have been found at the Sullivan Mine, Kimberly, British Columbia, Canada. The next mineral...Colorado; and Campbell Shaft, Bisbee, and Cochise County, Arizona, are all localities known to contain fine...fine lead ore 583 have been noted in Dona A n a County, N e w Mexico. O n charcoal cerussite fuses easily |  | | Book (volume) | | Where & How to Djg, Pan and Mine Your Own Gen1s & Minerals Where & I-low to 1-Iunt for Treasure From...vacation stops at a roadside "dig your own" gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a p ach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Colorado Hawaii Kansas Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North...VOLUME4: Northeast States Co1mecticut Delawar District of Columbia IUinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts |  | | Report (issue) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Book | | how soils originate, why the walls of the Grand Canyon show such vivid hues, why the sands of the Florida...Death Valley, or New England) or from your home county; minerals of your favorite color; minerals that...one of the most vital sources of human wealth. Mining ranks with farming, fishing, and lumbering as a...and water. Salt must be in- it is a mineral indispensable to life—the location of salt licks has marked...by his discovery of the world’s largest diamond mine. Nevertheless, the amateur will surely find many |  | | Journal (issue) | | Farquharson Mineral Collection-page 11 CONTENTS 3 UK mining update 18 Christmas cheer for BMS Member(s) ...Obituary Michael (Mike) Peel Bayley Hemerdon Ball Mine update 16 24 27 31 OFFICERS - CONTACT DETAILS...at Easter to join the Northern Mine Research Society for a week of mine exploration, sight-seeing and...these weeks, fitted around the more structured mining history activities. On one famous occasion we were...Grizzled Bare The opening of the first tungsten mine in Britain this century proceeds, but slowly. Your |  | | Book (edition) | | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART |  | | 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 · .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains deposits... .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Book (edition) | | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S:...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | of the Richfield I°x2° quadrangle, west-central Utah Thomas A. Steven I and Hal T. Morris 2 Open-File.................................................. Lake Bonneville residues...............................areas associated with the silicic rocks in Kingston Canyon............................. Mineralized areas...geologic map of the Richfield I°x2° quadrangle, Utah, showing source areas for volcanogenic-hydrothermal...uranium deposits in the Richfield I°x2° quadrangle, Utah ii 43 44 47 ABSTRACT The geology of the Richfield |
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Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA