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Malachite from
Posey Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Phurcaliteⓘ9 photos of Malachite associated with Phurcalite at this locality.
Azuriteⓘ5 photos of Malachite associated with Azurite at this locality.
Antleriteⓘ4 photos of Malachite associated with Antlerite at this locality.
Sandstoneⓘ1 photo of Malachite associated with Sandstone at this locality.
Brochantiteⓘ1 photo of Malachite associated with Brochantite at this locality.
Carbonatecyanotrichiteⓘ1 photo of Malachite associated with Carbonatecyanotrichite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Posey Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:187447
Long-form Identifier:1:3:187447:1
GUID (UUID V4):4ff6e7bd-b88d-4e29-ab38-216f27d8c662
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘMarkey Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘBlue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘWindy Day, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘWee - Hope Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘRadium King West Channel Workings Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘRadium King Eastern Working Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘCopperhead Open Pit, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘDaisy Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘBullseye Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘSpook - Dee Bullseye Coleman, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan 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 (volume)
Ore Deposits of the White Canyon Area San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah By ROBERT E. THADEN, ALBERT...systems___________________________________ Glen Canyon group________________________________________ Wingate...system________________________________________________ San Rafael group__________________________________________...129 129 Blue Lizard mine __________________ ~--------------------------Fry No.4 mine, by Earl J. Ostli...131 133 135 Jornac mine~-------------------------------------------------Posey mine________________
Report (issue)
217 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE WHITE CANYON AREA SAN JUAN COUNTY UTAH By W. E. Benson, A. F. Trites, Jr... PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE WHITE CANYON AREA SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH By W. E. Benson, A, F. Trites, Jr...Jurassic(?) rocks ....................... Glen Canyon group .................. Wingate sandstone ......Geologic map showing part of White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah ......... .Inside back cover Figure...map of Utah .................................................................. . 2 2. White Canyon and surrounding
Report (issue)
impregnation, replacement, or coating on fractures and mine walls. The commonly associated minerals are listed...other Survey geologists, AEC geologists, and by mine operators. Identification is based on the writers'...the solution will turn orange-red. Carnotite or tyuyamunite turns red-brown when a drop of concentrated...mineral grain on the glass slide. If the mineral turns red-brown it is a vanadate probably carnotite or tyuyamunite...tyuyamunite. This reaction is -immediate and the red-brown color will disappear quickly as the MINERAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen selected comes from the famous Musonoi mine, a locality that produces the world’s finest examples...Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining industry, is an avid collector of microminerals...not uncommon in the mines of the Grants district, McKinley County, New Mexico (Frondel 1958). Here, the...Mariano Lake uranium deposit within the Grants district (Sachdev 1980; Place, Valler, and Brookins 1980;...mines, Laguna district, Valencia County; the Iron Mountain No. 2 district, Sierra County; and in the Sanostee
Catalog/List
aupplied. Usually; the ■ine ~e ■ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speci■ens. PRIES:...lusterous (miniatures arc small) /\1.M/\NllIH Deep red/black xis on matrix ALMMJDI If 10-25mm Sharp xls...Champion Mine Utah Crystal Peak,CO Four Peaks Horseshoe Dam Spain Maine Carter Mine,NC Champion Mine Grants...little or no matrix ZURII( 2-Ira xl rosettes with Malachite balls on matrix - pretty! MURI 1-3mi rosettes...Mexico Weldon Mine Norman, OK BARYIOCACIIE Hasive xln with Hausmanite........fl blu /red calcite BASA[UMIII
Catalog/List
supplied. Usually; the ■ine naae ■ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speci1ens. PRICES:...lusterous (miniatures are small) ALMANDJTE Deep red/black xls on matrix ALM/INDITE 10-25mm Sharp xis...pg 115 M • Af!/\GONITE from Mexico & the Weldon Mine were misidentified!!-Sorry, but it's Calcite! ARAGONIIE/CALCITE...or no matrix */\ZURITE 2-7mm xl rosettes with Malachite balls on natrix - pretty! *AZURllE l-3mn rosrtles...Chanpion Hine Utah Crystal Peak,' Four Peaks Horseshoe Da111 Spain Maine Carter Hine,tl Champion Mine Grants
Journal (issue)
DESERT MAY 1 Annual fiesta and spring corn dance, San Felipe Indian pueblo, southwest of Santa Fe, New... Arizona. School music festival, Roosevelt, 1-2 Utah. Music festival, Elko, Nevada. 1-2 First annual...annual Mojave Desert re3 union, Perris Hill park, San Bernardino, California. Information, Celesta A. Lowe...Five-county school track meet, Huntington, Utah. Sierra club members to hike up Snow creek, Mt. San Jacinto...general trout fishing season, New Mexico. Feast Day of San Ysidro, patron of farmers, observed in many Spanish
Catalog/List
supplied. Usually; the ■ine naael aountain range, county and state will be furnished with speciNns. txlegy...0 XL w FF\ · X \ ±FL\z L\ Kw €zBj X X 9 Z9{w L· 'San Haruel Hi · c r k $ f x llg o9w 9F X L {F ...}FX9Hine,Hx t 9X j z • Fw DFz: xjµ X F€ k L\ F tX 9\ F{ Mine xj BV e 9\ D€ Hi, Magaa p L \F k 9w {zFX X :e s... · X \ µL {K k 9}z■9\ L {F ??? ?? ???G X red B9XB L{F. o9\ H<9\ :yµFDF\ ISA « p lp l • KL{F qj...BAUXITE Massive typical oolitic fonnation ll£RAUNI I[ Red xln with other phosphates 8[RIRANDIIE Micro clear
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
Report (volume)
____ __ __ __________ __ ___ 125 125 History of mining and production ____ ------------------------------Geologic...belt_-----------------------------------East ¡white Canyon belt____________________________________ ~[oab...vanadium, copper, and radium during various periods of mining in the past 50 years. Most of the deposits in Triassic...Triassic unconformity. In northeastern Arizona, eastern Utah, and western Colorado three mineral belts have been...formation, are the Monument Valley belt, the east White Canyon belt, and the Moab belt. The chief unoxidized uranium
Book
Gilbert Gautier; Eric Greene, Treasure Mountain Mining; Leonard Himes, Minerals America; Shelley and Dan...Nuclear Energy Agency and the IAEA, also known as the "Red Book," provides a statistical profile of the uranium...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...statistical "snapshot" of worldwide uranium mining activities and reserves, representing data that are believed
Journal (issue)
Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah. April 4—Easter pageant in Box canyon, Mecca, California, at 8:30 p...4-5—Annual convention, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah. April 5—Fiesta Jardinera (Gardeners'...peaks, Inyo county. April 5-6—State Mineral Society of Texas, mineral show in Plaza hotel, San Antonio,... April 6—Easter services, Grand Canyon Shrine of Ages, Grand Canyon, Arizona. April 6—Annual Easter services...show, Sonoita, Arizona. April 7—Second annual Yuma county agricultural fair, Yuma, Arizona. April 7-May 7—"Message
Journal (issue)
calcite, 11/2 inches across, Knippa Quarry, Uvalde County, Texas, photo by the author. Tucson 1999 - mouthwash...was some additional new danburite from Charcas (San Luis Potosi, Mexico). The crystals are white to colorless...nor post-mining. It came from two localities Posey Mine (San Juan Co., Utah, USA) and Planet Mine (La Paz...Paz Co., Arizona, USA). That from Posey Mine is composed of 5-10 mm veins, composed of fibers perpendicular...have many years of experience in mining and selling gems in Oxford County; Vandall King (the expert on Maine
Catalog/List
IUf)Plitd. Usually; }V• ■lne naael ■ountain ran9e, county and state will be K·yqXzVHF wlth Xw■Cl~111. • PRILS:...lusterous {111iniatures are s■all) N cP ALHANOITE Deep red/black xls on matrix 1.00 ~1.HANUl!E 10-25mm Sharp...xis on/off matrix Nea ALHAOOINE Very large dark red xls on/off.matrix NcP ALUIIITE Pinkish granular xln..._ _ _ 1.55. *AKAGANEITE Rare(at least rarely ID) Red coatings-on quartz matrix -11 ANllESilff /OLIGOClAS[...clusters - nice! ••• see M Vol lt,plOO 1.00 Magu Mine 4.50 ·BARITE Brown tabular sei--transparent x] clusters
Report (issue)
Marble Weston Pass Twin Lakes Lincoln Gulch Red Mtn. Ashcroft 39° Granite s nsa ka Winfield ...Gu Gold Brick Calumet Whitehorn iso Brown's Canyon Pitkin Gunnison n Ri ve r V Currant Creek...ree ver El Plomo / San Luis re Riv er Trinidad La San J Ja ra C uan Ri San Luis Hills Rio G...lor es Us ver N. Creede Silverton V s Ri Red Mtn. e Rico Rico Wet Mtns. Crestone Eureka Burrows...SIlverCliff - Westcliff Lamar Ophir Mt. Wilson V Red Mtn. Pass Ouray Ouray S. Ouray Sneffels Telluride
Book
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...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
Report (volume)
....................................... 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
Report (volume)
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... Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Journal (issue)
KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...gressman@minrec.org The Tintic District: Juab and Utah Counties, Utah..................................CLINOCLASE, 3.9 cm, from the Mammoth mine, Tintic District, Utah. Rock Currier collection; Jeff Scovil...sample of a pascoite group mineral at a mine in Grand County, Utah. Died, Alex Earl, 26 Jayson Alexander...Alexander (“Alex”) Earl was born in Logan, Utah, on March 20, 1997, to Shawn and Valerie Earl. Alex had a serious
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to
Journal (issue)
Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 Maynard Bixby - Part 1 Mining Expert, Mineral Dealer and Sharp Shooter Mark Ivan...varietal raspberry-red beryl. Both are found in the rhyolite-covered mountain ranges of Utah. He was a Salt...Salt Lake City mining expert often contracted to evaluate mines, a mineral dealer who sold western minerals...summarizing the known minerals and localities of Utah (Mitchell 1987). His personal mineral collection...Township, along the Susquehanna River, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Bixby 1914). This farm was just
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org/details/rockhoundingutahO00O0kapp Rockhounding Utah William A. Kappele Consulting Editor W.R.C. Shedenhelm...n Data Kappele, William A., 1931— Rockhounding Utah / by William A. Kappele ; consulting editor, W.R...guide)—T.p. verso. ISBN 978-1-56044-446-6 1. Rocks—Utah—Collection and preservation—Guidebooks. Guidebooks...962-0973 or e-mail premiums@GlobePequot.com. 2. Utah- 96-12047 CIP CONTENTS PORTIOWICUCINCOUS reer...ociees Ros eten Ts essere: ii ROCKHOUNDING SITES IN UTAH ie Ceol aleASale exit mee RE Atihid Ramis 2 20
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
 
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