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Agate from
Escalante, Garfield County, Utah, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Escalante, Garfield County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:183033
Long-form Identifier:1:3:183033:0
GUID (UUID V4):483dd761-e507-4ec8-b7df-619757e36141
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
64.0km (39.8 miles) Casto Canyon, Garfield County, Utah, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) Voljag Occurrence, Sevier Plateau, Garfield County, Utah, USA
92.9km (57.7 miles) Curtis Formation Jasper Nodule Locality Occurrence, Caineville Reef Area, Wayne County, Utah, USA
95.8km (59.5 miles) Mammoth Occurrence, Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah, USA
References
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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...State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings.... . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
s | of the Coal Area 9 \ of South-Central Utah it 12 Cory-iled by -'- i K. A. Sargent and...southcentral Utah 2o e { I 7 a j i - Structure map of the coal area of south-central Utah- - - in...in pocket 3. Coal fields in south-central Utah 4. Preliminary generalized map of areas underlain...of 10 south-central Utah 11 Figure 1. 12 - i-- - in pocket Map of Utah showing physiographic...Cretaceous strata, coal zones of south-central Utah 6. 4 25 Kaiparowits Plateau - in pocket 30
Book
FOUND IN UTAH Adapted by Martha R. Smith o UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of UTAH DEPARTMENT...found in Utah is based on a chapter on Gem Materials, written by M.D. Dasch and published in Utah Geological...Survey Bulletin 73, Mineral and Water Resources of Utah. Bulletin 73 , published in 1969, was prepared by...has been updated and expanded. DID YOU KNOW? .. Utah has a wide variety of gem materials from which semiprecious...semiprecious gemstones and ornamental stones found in Utah include: azurite and malachite; beryl (aquamarine
Report (issue)
cinder blocks, brick and tiles and other materials. Utah has large resources of these commodities, mostly...show the distribution of industrial commodities in Utah. Because sand and gravel are widely distributed...potentially important industrial commodities found in Utah is described in this brochure. Quarrying stone...stone near Salt Lake City in early 1900s (photo: Utah State Historical Society). 1,250 25 1,000 20 750... 100 IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES FOUND IN UTAH 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 YEAR ALUNITE:
Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF THE CEDAR CITY 1° X 2° QUADRANGLE, UTAH By Robert G. Eppinger , Gary R. Winkler2 , Theresa...with Michael A. Shubat, Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah. This report is preliminary...The Cedar City 1° X 2° quadrangle in southwestern Utah contains abundant mineral resources and the probability...conducted as a multidisciplinary effort by USGS and Utah Geological and Mineral Survey personnel. The study...the adjacent Richfield and Delta quadrangles in Utah. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Section 1 EXECUTIVE
Journal (issue)
Sept. 1-2—Iron County Fair, Parowan, Utah. Sept. 1-2—Box Elder County Fair, Tremonton, Utah. Sept. 1-2—Morgan...1-2—Morgan County Fair, Morgan, Utah. Sept. 1-4—Nevada State Fair, Fallon. Sept. 1-4 —Elko County Fair and...Bishop, Calif. QUIZ Sept. 2-3-4 — Tooele County Fair, Tooele, Utah. Sept. 2-17 — Arizona Photographers eighth...Lincoln County Fair, Pioche, Nev. Sept. 7-8-9—Southern Utah Livestock show, Cedar City, Utah. Sept. 7-8-9...7-8-9 Nephi, U Juab County Fair, Sept. 9-10—Annual Lucerne Valley Days celebration, Calif. FICTION
Journal (issue)
RESERVATIONS WRITE CAPITOL REEF LODGE, FRUITA, UTAH (VIA TORREY) Phone 425-3558. •mmmmi^HANKSVILLE...may wish to visit throughout Utah. Call Capitol Reef Lodge, Fruita, Utah 425-3558 CAPITAL LODGE IClRCLEVILLE...Lake Powell, Utah, Phone Moab, Utah Routu, Bullfrog Basin 2233; or Salt Lake City, Utah, Executive offices:...offices: 231 East 4th South, Salt Lake City, Utah 841 1 1 Phone (801) 355-2991. Resort & Marina Desert...this book covers ghost towns of Nevada, western Utah and eastern California. Hardcover, 291 pages. Price
Report (issue)
UTAH MINERAL INDUSTRY OPERATOR DIRECTORY compiled by Carlton H. Stowe UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY...division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah BULLETIN 101...101 PRICE $3.00 AUGUST 1973 CONTENTS Page County Maps Showing Location of Operators: Beaver . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Garfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (edition)
Locations - · -- v. � y Bessie W. Simpson UTAH GEM TRAILS A Field Guide for Collectors By Bessie...Spring -· ·-·--················· ..... 8-9 Red Agate - Eureka .............. ..........................and Mercur . .. . ..... .. .12-13 Palm Wood and Agate - Nephi ...................................... 14-15...Woodland ···········--············ .. ······-···30-31 Agate - Looking Glass Road .................. ··-····...40-41 Red andBlue Agate - Summit .................. ......... . ........ .42-43 Agate - Panguitch . ..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE WOOD OF ESCALANTE By BILL NOBES 2207 Blodgett St., Muskegon, Michigan 49441 1 have just returned...abundance of collecting material in the area of Escalante, Utah, has prompted me to pass along the information...wonderful collecting in or around Escalante. The wood of Escalante will take a back seat to no other...pictured Utah wood as being a drab grey to black. Boy was I wrong. As one enters Escalante from Bryce...very wonderful peopIe that have set roots i:1 Escalante only last year after one previous visit to that
Book (edition)
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
Report (issue)
GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF PARTS OF UTAH AND ARIZONA BY HERBERT E. GREGORY AND RAYMOND...------------------------Climate of southeastern Utah ________________________________________________________..._ ---- _______ -·-_-- _____ ------ _______ _ Escalante----------------------------------------------... Present knowledge of the Jurassic.of southern ·utah _____________________________________________________...___ ·_____________________________________ _ Escalante Valley _______________________________ . ____
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
azurite, Utah boasts an array of mineral species. AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT Mineral Collecting in Utah Downloaded...Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84106-3313 JAMES R. WILSON Weber State University Ogdeo, Utah 84408-2507 PAULA...PAULA N. WILSON University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-1183 sion to visit or collect material; indeed...an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone a resurgence...many more species new to Utah. Here we present a list of localities in Utah that have either been historically
Report (volume)
1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN...Upper Jurassic Rocks, Western Colorado Plateau, Utah and Arizona By FRED PETERSON The Encinal Canyon...Upper Jurassic rocks, western Colorado Plateau, Utah and Arizona / by Fred Peterson The Encinal Canyon...Upper Jurassic rocks, western Colorado Plateau, Utah and Arizona, by Fred Peterson 13 (C) The Encinal...to the San Rafael Swell-Monument upwarp area of Utah (fig. Al). These reports have applied the name Wanakah
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
issue of this' magazine entitled, "The Wood of Escalante". Since that appeared in the January issue, I...Rockhounds fortunate to visit that area near Escalante, Utah. This Spring, a new find in the area produced...Laundermat of Escalante, along with a California friend, found a location for some new agate in many shades...yellow, etc. This is some of the nicest, newer agate that I have seen in a long time. It takes a beautiful...beautiful polish, too. On my last trip to Escalante in August and September, with Lou Janda and John Riley
Journal (issue)
California. July 3-5 — American Legion Rodeo, Cedar City, Utah. July 3-5 — La Mesilla Fiesta, Old Town section...Days and Rodeo. Prescott, Arizona. FIELD TRIP Agate Hunting Along the Gila By FENTON TAYLOR 20 July...— Sons of Utah Pioneers trek over old Donner and Oregon trails. From Salt Lake City, Utah. July 7-8—Spanish...Espanola, New Mexico. July 10-12 — Ute Stampede, Nephi, Utah. July 10-13 — Rodeo de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico...22-25 — Spanish Fork Annual Rodeo, Spanish Fork, Utah. July 25 — Santiago Day at Taos Pueblo, Taos, New
Journal (issue)
trip to include one or more days at the Imperial County Mid-Winter fair —a nine-day exposition of the arts...semi-precious stones and minerals found in the Imperial county desert area, on exhibit in the main exposition...building at the fair grounds. 12th ANNUAL mperial County mid-Winter fair IMPERIAL, CALIFORNIA Admission...information write D. V. Stewart, Secretary, Imperial county Fair, Imperial, California. When you go EAST or... Arizona. Hugh Bennett, arena director; Graham county junior chamber of commerce, sponsors. $1250.00
Journal (issue)
CALENDAR August 30-September 1—Iron County Fair, Cedar City, Utah. August 31-September 3—Labor Day Rodeo...Annual Southern Utah Livestock Show, climaxing FFA and 4-H club activities, Cedar City, Utah. September 5-9...5-9 — Annual Farmer's Fair of Riverside County, Hemet, California, San Jacinto-Hemet Rockhounds annual...Lancaster, California. September 7-8—Tooele County Fair, Tooele, Utah. September 8 — Sixth Annual Dick Wick...by Yavapai County Fair Association, Prescott, Arizona. September 14-16 — Annual Colfax County Fair and
Journal (issue)
SLEEPING RAINBOW GUEST RANCH Via Box 93 Torrey, Utah DESERT • PARADISE FLATS FOREST ON EARTH" • THE... Happily, the wilderness wonderland of southern Utah is less than two-days driving distance for 80 percent...people who will read this magazine. And a southern Utah vacation is within range of every pocketbook. We...entrepreneurs and friendly communities to you. From one Utah visit will spring lifetime friendships for both...EXPEDITIONS * WONDERLAND EXPEDITIONS • WONDE • ESCALANTE - GLEN CANYON BOATING EXPEDITION RAINBOW BRIDGE
Journal (issue)
The most wonderful one I ever found was in Apache county, Arizona. It was a large flat-iron shaped rock... Illustrated with motion pictures. 5 Riverside county chamber of commerce meets at Palm Springs. 6 Approximate...girl of 11, we started from Barbour county, Kansas, for Yavapai county, Arizona, with two covered wagons...disappeared at 20 in the wasteland of Southeastern Utah, last seen in November 1934. "Nemo" is Latin for...Associated civic clubs of southern Utah. Captain P. M. Shurtz of Escalante, Utah, led a dozen men in a 10-day
Book (edition)
ROCKHOUNDING Utah SECOND EDITION A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites WILLIAM A. KAPPELE.... . . . . . . ix Introduction: Welcome to Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.... . . . . . . . . . 30 South Utah 1. Central: Agate . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 2. Hurricane Mesa: Petrified Wood, Agate . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Gooseberry Mesa:...Brian Head: Agate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. Cedar Breaks: Agate. . .
Journal (issue)
Observatory Library. June 1-3—Kids' Rodeo, Otero County Fairgrounds, Alamogordo, N. M. June 1-15—Second...Mission, Taos and Ranchos de Taos. June 7-9—Murray, Utah, Rodeo. June 9-10—Carson Valley Days, Minden, Nevada...June 20-23—Annual Strawberry Days, Pleasant Grove, Utah. June 23-24—Lions Club All Indian Rodeo, Gallup...Miniature Parade and Stock Parade, Lehi, Utah. June 29-30—Vernal, Utah, Amateur Rodeo. June 29-July 1—Rodeo... Charcoal kilns near the ghost town of Frisco, Utah. CHARCOAL The West's Forgotten Industry NEVADA
Journal (issue)
personnel from the National Park Service, Utah Fish and Game and Utah Park and Recreation are stationed in...South Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone (801) 355-2991 erent: A LAND THAT'S ESCALANTE COUNTRY Skeptical...most grandiose, glowing descriptions. Here's why Escalante Country is DIFFERENT: You will find a wide variety...of scenery and activity. Within minutes from Escalante you can climb to tall-timbered, lake-studded mountains;...think, is the most important difference of all: Escalante Country is Unspoiled — no smog, no chemicals in
Book (edition)
were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn up almost...diagonally through matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in
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vacation season, Phoenix, Arizona. Oct. 1—Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo, Sonoita, Arizona. Oct. 1-7—Annual...association annual conference, Las Vegas. Oct. 5-8—Graham County Fair, Safford, Arizona. Oct. 6-8—Tri-State Fair...Cochise County Fair, Douglas, Arizona. Oct. 7-8—Mass field trip sponsored by the Clark County Gem Collectors...gathering, Roswell, New Mexico. Oct. 18-23—Pima County Fair, Tucson, Arizona. Oct. 19-21 — Grand Chapter...much exact information. To remedy this situation, a Utah university professor embarked two decades ago upon
 
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