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Opal from
Horn Silver Mine, Frisco, San Francisco Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Horn Silver Mine, Frisco, San Francisco Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:182028
Long-form Identifier:1:3:182028:7
GUID (UUID V4):82630c68-0088-4247-b20c-5d81affd3a76
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
25.8km (16.0 miles) ⓘRuby Violet claims (Violet claims; Violet Mine; Red Emerald Mine; Harris Mine), Beaver County, Utah, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) ⓘHyalite occurrence, Milford, Beaver County, Utah, USA
37.5km (23.3 miles) ⓘRoosevelt Hot Springs, Roosevelt Hot Springs Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘCreole Mine, Lincoln Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, USA
85.4km (53.1 miles) ⓘVeater Mercury Prospect, Spry Mining District, Garfield County, Utah, USA
92.4km (57.4 miles) ⓘProspector Mine (Sugar Daddy Incline), Henry Mining District (Durkee Mining District), Antelope Range, Piute County, Utah, USA
98.4km (61.1 miles) ⓘDiatomaceous Earth (MRDS - 10010745), House Range, Millard 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)
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)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS UTAH BY B. S. BUTLER WASHINGTON...Great Basin structure Structure in the San Francisco district Geology Sedimentary rocks Geologic periods...relations Morehouse (?) quartzite (Silurian?) of Star district Distribution General character Conditions of deposition... 4 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REGION, UTAH. Geology—Continued. Sedimentary rocks—Continued...stream wash (Quaternary) Comparison of the San Francisco section with other sections Summary Igneous
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
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along...beds, excavations, etc.ï‚ŸSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ï‚Ÿgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...tributary gravels, etc.ï‚Ÿpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream
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Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States Part 2. Utah By ALLEN V. HEYL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN ...detailed study of the supergene zinc deposits of Utah UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...____ _ ___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________...County_______________________________________________ Beaver Creek lead-zinc mine________________________________..._______ Utah County_________________________________________________ American Fork district (Alta ar
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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...Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo...Collier, Eugene. Pennsylvania.... .Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGISTS No. JANUARY-FEBRUARY,1967 SILVER-BEARING BLACK MINING D. F. HEWETT CALCITE DISTRICTS AND.... Tybo district, Nye County,Nevada ................................... Pioche, Lincoln County, Nevada...Ophir district, Tooele County,Utah .................................. San Franciscodistrict,Beaver County...County,Utah ........................... Tombstonedistrict, CochiseCounty, Arizona ............................. Lake Valley, Sierra County,New Mexico ............................. Review ...................
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...INTRODUCTION. reports are those on the Mercur district, by J. E. Spurr and S. F. Emmons; the Bingham... 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
Book (volume)
chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...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
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chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...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
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............................................452 Utah .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
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
Book (volume)
............................................387 Utah.....................................................467 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................473 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
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............................................387 Utah.....................................................469 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................475 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book
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
Report (issue)
14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N. Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends...resources ________________———— Utah __________________________ Marysvale district (Piute and Sevier Counties)...Counties) Southern Wah Wah Mountains (Beaver and Iron Counties) ___________—————— Deposits in other areas ____________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(undivided) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER CREEK AREA WEST OF MARYSVALE, UTAH MOLLOY AND KERR, PLATE 1 Geological...New Yor^, N. Y. Tushar Uranium Area, Marysvale, Utah Abstract: A thick sequence of late Tertiary volcanic...covers portions of the Tushar Plateau in southcentral Utah. Rhyolite of similar age fills parts of the Sevier...zone of weakness which passes through Marysvale, Utah. Younger fault systems cut across this zone and...Acknowledgments 212 1. Index map of the Marysvale area, Utah . . . 213 Rock units 214 2. Diagrammatic section
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Carnelian — Cinnabar — Bituminous Coal — — Brittle Silver Ore — Brown Coal— — Celestine — Cerussite — —...— Gold Graphite — Gray Copper Ore — Gypsum — Horn Silver — Iron Pyrites— Jasper — Kaolin — Lenticular...Platinum — Red Copper Ore — Red Hematite — Red Silver Ore — Rensselaerite — Rock Crystal— Rock Salt —...Rutile — Serpentine — Silicate of Copper — Silver — Silver Glance — Smaltine — Smithsonite — Spathic Iron... CHAPTER IV. Prospecting for Diamonds, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead Iron. Indications — Mineral Riches
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a—Bituminous Coal— Blende—Bo^ Iron Ore—Brittle Silver Ore—Brown CoalCalamine—Cannel Coal—Carnelian—Celestine—Cerussite—...Garnet — Gold— Graphite—Gray Copper Ore—Gypsum—Horn Silver—Iron Pyrites—Jasper—Kaolin—Lenticular Iron Ore—Limonite—...Hematite—Red Silver Ore—Rensselaerite—Rock Crystal— Rock Salt—Rutile—Serpentine—Silicate of Copper—Silver — Silver... CHAPTER IV PAGE. Prospecting for Diamonds, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead And Iron.—Mineral Riches, how Di...any Rock for Gold and Silver—To Find the Purity of Gold—To Detect and Assay Silver Ores—Assay of Copper
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" \ AN)» el \} -w y = —Z- es MC =) a oS MINING 147 AND MINERAL OPERATIONS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN...cataloged as follows: United States. Bureau of Mines. Mining and mineral operations in the Rocky Mountain States;...and nonmetallics. Stable and economic domestic mining, mineral, metal, and mineral reclamation industries...enjoy your experiences. This pamphlet, a guide to mining and mineral operations that may be observed or...aid tourists and students who are interested in mining. Some may wish to study our Nation’s romantic past;
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49 Cl if ton-Mo reuci district, Ariz__________ ,______ 50 Beaver County, Utah __ _____ _ ______ 50 Foreign... AIUNITE, A NEWLY DISCOVERED DEPOSIT NEAR IARTSVAIE, UTAH. By B. S. BUTLER and HOYT S. GALE. INTRODUCTION...alunite, whieh has but recently been discovered in Utah, is now being developed with so favorable a showing...common potash alum. 5 6 ALUNITE NEAR MARYSVALE, UTAH. It is insoluble but is readily converted to either...about 7 miles due southwest of Marysvale, Piute County, Utah. It is located in and near sec. 16, T. 28 S
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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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OIAF GEOLOGIC BFL^NCH Ferry Building, San Francisco San Francisco P. JENKINS Chief Geologist BULLETIN...°\ x *T U L A R E I s_ i»KCBSFltLO ‱Z R f SAN, BERNARDINO \ SSANTA BARBARA j^^'»-f"''*\L0SAN6tLCS...1 D E J ‱LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since
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decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and...Swager, W. L. , and Sullivan, J. D. , 1951, Sulphur: Mining Engineering, vol. 3. , pp. 403409. The history
 
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