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Liebigite from
Rifle Mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Liebigite
Formula:Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3 · 11H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Liebigite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rifle Mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:488207
Long-form Identifier:1:3:488207:7
GUID (UUID V4):2fac854f-3959-44bd-834d-0a42b519993e
Nearest other occurrences of Liebigite
86.3km (53.6 miles) Tipton Ranch occurrence, McCoy Mining District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
86.7km (53.9 miles) Belden Shale, McCoy Mining District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
= 93◦ 040 X-ray Powder Pattern: Hillside mine, Arizona, USA. 7.66 (10), 13.1 (9), 3.83 (6), 2.69 (5)...39.40 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Hillside mine, Arizona, USA; recalculated from an original total of 100...gypsum (Hillside mine, Arizona, USA); schröckingerite, gypsum (Hideout mine, Utah, USA); tyuyamunite,...uranophane, liebigite, carnotite (Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA). Distribution: In the USA, in Arizona...Arizona, from the Hillside mine, about 5.5 km north of Bagdad, Eureka district, Yavapai Co., and in the Cole
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andersonite, and liebigite. Schrockingerite is sometimes known as dakeite and liebigite may be known as...as an efflorescence on the wall of the Hillside mine, near Bagdad. The association was with gypsum, and...been pretty well established, at least in the Colorado Plateau material. Briefly, a primary uranium ore...as an efflorescence on the walls of the Hillside mine, near Bagdad, Arizona. An efflorescence is a powdery...schrockingerite, swartzite, andersonite, and liebigite. Gypsum was also present. BAYLEYITE has been reported
Report (volume)
Utah 5 Lance Creek, Wyoming 5 Lone Tree deposit, San Rafael Swell, Utah 5 Maybell, Colorado 5 Palangana...Limestone Member of the Wanakah Formation of the Grants area, New Mexico 6 Geology of uranium occurrences that...petroliferous materials 7 Carlsbad, New Mexico 7 Chalone Creek, California 7 Edna, California 7 Ellis, Missouri...Morrison Formation of the Grants area, New Mexico 9 Rifle Creek, Colorado 9 Shirley Basin, Wyoming 10 White...associations with petroliferous materials 10 Anderson mine, Date Creek Basin, Arizona 10 Cameron, Arizona 10 Edgemont
Report (issue)
Occurrence of Uranium and Vanadium Minerals From the Colorado Plateaus GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1009-B...OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM AND VANADIUM MINERALS FROM THE COLORADO PLATEAUS By A. D. WEEKS and M. E. THOMPSON ABSTRACT...identification and occurrence of uranium minerals of the Colorado Plateaus, contains descriptions of the physical...mineralogic investigation of uranium ores from the Colorado Plateaus. This work is part of a program undertaken...other 13 14 URANIUM AND VANADIUM MINERALS FROM COLORADO PLATEAUS compilations: Gruner and Gardiner's
Report (issue)
Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Colorado Plateau Uranium Ores Compiled by ROBERT M. GARRELS and ESPER...provided an unequaled opportunity to investigate the Colorado Plateau uranium ores. This volume summarizes the...uranium deposits than those represented on the Colorado Plateau. The general patterns of the oxidation...Introduction. 1 Part 1. Geologic setting of the Colorado Plateau ores, by Alice D. Weeks and R. M. Garrels________...of the uranium deposit at the Happy Jack mine, San Juan County, Utah, by Albert F. Trites, Jr., Randall
Report (issue)
Germany)............. German Democratic Republic (East Germany).......... Greece.........................(Malagasy or Malagasa)........................... Near East............................................... India.............................................. Far East...................................................Lake-Blind River area, Canada (average grade 0.12 percent U30s), and at the Witwatersrand basin area in the Republic...mining; and in medium-grained sandstones in the Colorado Plateau, U.S.A. (average grade 0.2 percent U30g)
Report (volume)
listing reports_________________ Explanation of area and subject index_.______ Acknowledgments .. __...Division of Mines Special Reports _.......__ ________ Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology...___________________ Author index ___._____________________ Area and subject index__________________ 95 95 103 ...index number. Entries in the author index and the area and subject index refer to the reports by these...for articles published in journals. EXPLANATION OF AREA AND SUBJECT INDEX In the index most of the areas
Report (volume)
the mineralogy of the uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau, which was also started during this period...occurrence of uranium and vanadium minerals from the Colorado Plateaus," by A. D. Weeks and M. E. Thompson,.... ______________________________ . ___ _ ~- Liebigite·---------------------------------------------...(U0 3 ) from pitchblende from the Georg Wagsfort mine at J ohanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge of Saxony...supplemented by the ·carnotite deposits of the Colorado Plateau, discovered in 1898, and to a certain
Book
URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR THE PARADOX BASIN, UTAH AND COLORADO TABLE OF CONTENTS Page THE PARADOX BASIN OVERVIEW...DISTRICT (EASTERN GATEWAY AREA) MC ELMO CREEK DRAINAGE AREA LA SAL CREEK AREA PARADOX DISTRICT BEAVER AND...INTER-RIVER REGION RICHARDSON-DEWEY AREA LOWER KANE SPRINGS AREA INDIAN CREEK REGION DRY VALLEY DISTRICT COTTONWOOD...AREAS MONTEZUMA CANYON DISTRICT SEVEN-MILE CANYON AREA ORE CONTROLS AND EXPLORATION GUIDES REFERENCES TABLE...10 Gateway District (Eastern Gateway area) 11. La Sal Creek Area 12. Paradox District 13. Beaver and Polar
Report (issue)
--8. Cross sections of roll ore bodies of the Colorado Plateau region_________________________________________...size in sandstone beds of Triassic age in the Colorado Plateau region__ 10. Histogram showing the percentage...deposits in sandstone beds of Triassic age in the Colorado Plateau region_______________________________...outcrop of the Coconino Sandstone in the Grand Canyon area, Arizona ___ --------- ______ --------- ________...and shapes of sandstone pipes in the Grand Canyon area, Arizona ___________ -------------· ·--------- ________
Book
mid-1957, of vvhich 70% is in New Mexico, 16% in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in Wyo1ning. These...availability of previous reference works in this area, e.g., George, 1949; Palache et al. , 1944, 1951;...siliceous and Ruoritic types, and the oxidized Colorado Plateau deposits are desc1ibed vvith those that...origin, e.g., Blind River, \i\litwatersrand, and Colorado Plateau. The writer has attempted to present equitably.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colorado Plateau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book
provide an account of his experiences in the Sterling mine. Don Newsome, first president of the Fluorescent...31 Some Early Day Collecting / 32 In the Sterling Mine / 40 Building a Collection / 52 Preparation and...The Balmat-Edwards District, New York / 84 The Colorado Plateau / 87 Evaporite Minerals / 90 Borate Deposits...employed at Franklin for exploration within the mine and was kept handy to the sorting table to aid in...concentrate the ultraviolet produced into a small source area. This increased the intensity of short wave ultraviolet
Book
do minerals fluoresce? Robbins explores here an area left largely uncovered by most mineralogy guides...provide an account of his experiences in the Sterling mine. Don Newsome, first president of the Fluorescent... Some Early Day Collecting / 32 In the Sterling Mine / 40 Building a Collection / 52 Preparation and...The Balmat-Edwards District, New York / 84 The Colorado Plateau / 87 Evaporite Minerals / 90 Borate Deposits...employed at Franklin for exploration within the mine and was kept handy to the sorting table to aid in
Report (volume)
Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT
Book
tri1nn1ing a san1ple. and thoroughly clean the \\'Ork area afterv.rards. Avoid displaying specimens on an open...softvva re, using data files from the Boulder, Colorado; Pau la Piilonen, Candian Museum of An1erican...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated...to start production at the Talvivaara Ni-Zn-Cu-Co mine, ,vhere bio-heap leaching is used to extract metals
Journal (issue)
SERING 1705 East- Michigan Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46201 - Telephone: Melrose 4-1658 Area Code 317.................................... SILVER CRATER MINE—Ilia Kerr ..................................................... NEW GEOLOGIC MAP OF WINDSOR LOCKS AREA................................... EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP...group to advise on the state’s proper program in the area of collecting scientific data, on setting up a clearing...scientific disciplines, so as to deal with the broad area of human welfare. Governor Brown’s deep concern
Book
geographic boundaries and the known minerals of each area. Entire chapters are devoted to several key fluorescent...Livers Lambert, Boulder, Colorado. Typography by Argent Associates, Boulder, Colorado. Contents Preface...interest themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral...to explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent
Book
geographic boundaries and the known minerals of each area. Entire chapters are devoted to several key fluorescent...Livers Lambert, Boulder, Colorado. Typography by Argent Associates, Boulder, Colorado. 549!.125 QBI93-652...interest themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral...explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in ...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent
Book
deposits at that time-those in Portugal, Cornwall, Colorado, etc.-were practically untouched. Even thorium...St. Ives in Cornwall, in the Paradox Valley in Colorado and in Portugal. The first discoveries of uranium...ratios range from 0.71 (Vesuvius 35 ) to 1.61 (FAMOUS area 39), but, much more important e 26 Ra/ 238U) ratios...model evolution in some volcanic areas Volcanic area Isochron age, billion years ILl K1 K2 Reference... 68 67, 68 7, 36 38, 59, 69 39,61 42 V olcanic area Stromboli Vulcano, Vulcanello. Lipari Vesuvius
Report (issue)
and adjoining areas, Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties, ·Colorado, by Paul K. Sims and Edwin W. Tooker_...deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado, by John W. Adams and Frederick Stugard, J...to pitchblende-bearing veins at Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, by George W. Walker and Frank W. Osterwald...of the Los Ochos uranium deposit, Saguache County, Colorado, by R. C. Derzay _·- _______ ____ __ __ _------------...ROCKS Uranium-vanadium-copper deposits on the Colorado Plateau, by Richard P. Fischer _______ ____ __
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...only about distance from a better known town in the area but also about the administrative regional units...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado
Report (volume)
Crossroads: Lyons, P. L., 4. Gilbert H., 10. Colorado, South Silverton area: Expanding horizons: Lay, R. L.,L Geophysicist..., 11. D. J. Rocky Mtn. geosyncline in Canada: Colorado Plateau: Wengerd, Warren; P. S., 4. S. A., 6....Reading: Military Service Pub. Co. Texas, Tordilla Hill area, color: Shale nomenclature: Clark, T. H. ,6. South...Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor: Wright...Indian Mtn. area: Crawford, Potash: Calif. Dept. Nat. Res. T. J., 1. Div. Mines, 33. Piedmont area: Baker
Report (volume)
Mines Quart.-Colorado School of Mines Quarterly. Golden, Colo. Colo. Sci. Soc. Proc.-Colorado Scientific...Robert LeRoy). Stratigraphy of the Book Cliffs in east central Utah, in Intermountain Assoc. Petroleum...aquifers of the upper James River Valley, Brown County, South Dakota [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Bull....studies based on gravimetric and geologic data in east-central Minnesota [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Bull...deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 1030-G, p. iv, 187-209
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...address Harper 6 Row, Publishers, Incorporated, 49 East 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y. * FIRST EDITION...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...Forty-Niners, as well as their predecessors in the states east of the Mississippi, the major mining districts...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand
Book
shales was an important uranium source in several East Block countries. This type was not considered economic...(South Africa, Namibia), Chenoweth W. (Colorado Plateau, USA), Coste A. (Limousin, France), Cuney M....France), Dardel J.RM. (France), Ewers G. (Pine Creek Geosyncline, Australia), Fritsche R (mineralogy)...Grauch R (western USA), Gautier A. (breccia pipe deposits, USA), Halladay Ch.R (eastern USA), Harshman E.N...N. (Wyoming Basins, USA), Hruby J. (CSFR), Kolb S. (Bavaria, W-Germany), Krol W. (Eastern Europe), Matos
 
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