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Sphalerite from
South Hecla Mine, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view South Hecla Mine, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:186606
Long-form Identifier:1:3:186606:3
GUID (UUID V4):c7558481-64a1-49f9-b0c7-e4c4f9e79013
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Quincy Mine, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Tom Moore Tunnel Occurrence, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Emma Mine, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Emily Mine, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Wasatch Drainage Tunnel, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Michigan-Utah Mine, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Reed and Benson Mine (Craig Tunnel; New Goodspeed Tunnel), Mill D South Fork, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Prince of Wales Mine, Silver Fork, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Antelope No. 3 Tunnel, Honeycomb Fork, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Annie Tunnel, Honeycomb Fork, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake 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)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH BY F. C. CALKINS AND B. S. BUTLER...Petrographic details_______________ Granodiorite (Alta stock)________________ General character and occurrence-____...details____ _____________ Quartz monzonite (Little Cottonwood stock)-___-_._____--___-_-___________ General...lime__----_____-------_----_____-__ Diorite of Big Cottonwood Creek_________ Lamprophyric dikes__.._---_----_-_-...---54 General features.______________-_---_--54 Alta thrust zone.__--___________-----__55 Columbus o
Report (issue)
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 ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache...____ _ Salt Lake County_____________________________________________ Alta area-Big Cottonwood distri...district__________________________ Alta area-Little Cottonwood district________________________ Summit Cou
Report (issue)
A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING REGION, UTAH. By B. S. BUTLER and G. F. LOUGHLIN...of 1912 during a reconnaissance of the mining districts of Utah made in a general study of the ore deposits...presented Avill be of assistance to those engaged in mining. It should be borne in mind that both the descriptions...general features of the district, lack the detail desirable for the laying out of mining development. Such...very careful mapping. A portion of the Park City district, mapped by Boutwell, Irving, and Woolsey, is shown
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
Journal (volume)
RE HE SALT LAKE ‫עתנו‬ ESTABLISHED APRIL SE DY. VOL . 18. No. 1 . pood SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH , APRIL...Activities at the Howell Mine BY WILL C. HIGGINS The Howell Mining Company, of Salt Lake City, is making preliminary...property in the South Fork The property of the Howell Mining Com of Big Cottonwood canyon, about twentyfive...the great Cardiff mine, its near to the discovery of the property of the Howell Mining Company, of the...that Cottonwood was pay from the very grass -roots. The discovery of the Howell reads al district has
Journal (volume)
RESEARCH LIBRARIES 3 3433 11003 4026 W Mais Salt ЗНА + INDEXEDY APR 80 $ THE BACCHUS PLANT...Illustrated . OU THESALT LAKE 689388 W G E N I I V N E I R M ... MINING REVIEW Table of Contents...23 VOL . 17 ESTABLISHED, APRIL , 1899 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH , APRIL 15 , 1915 No. 1 SINGLE COPY, 15...RICHMOND MACHINERY COMPANY SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH Il f 2 THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW , APRIL 15, 1915...attention than to OTHERBRANCH the Engineering and Mining Trade.BUSINESS Carrying a dowe full line give in
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...as the continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...to the fascination of these pegmatites. 437 South Dakota The commercial production of minerals, principally...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm
Report (issue)
Professional Paper Ill THE ORE ~DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY B. S. BUTLER, G. F. LOUGHLIN, V. C. HEIKES.......................................... ·. .... Lake deposits..........................................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
Journal (issue)
to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...finely powdered obsidian rock obtained from Clear Lake in Oregon. It is used to validate the methods and...materials. NIST Price: 35 grams @ $493.00. Iodized Table Salt (SRM 3530) This SRM consists of one specially sealed...table salt. SRM 3530 helps validate methods for determining the amount of iodide in table salt or similar
Journal (volume)
OF IOWA 3 1858 045 060 781 | TE THE SALT LAKE G N I MIN REVIEW . ESTABLISHED APRIL11099 ...30, 1915 The Salt Lake Mining Review 1601 Walker Bank Building SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH 2 620.05 SI...Recent Progress at the Alta Tunnel .: By Murray Schick . 18 19 Pack Creek , Utah , Has Large, Rich Carnotite... Editorial Make the Prospect Pay. Editorial The Utah Products Show The Prospector and His Burro . By:...1914. The Utah Consolidated Stone Co. The Nevada . : Items : The Cameron Coal Mines , Utah Detail Costs
Report (issue)
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH VOL. X DECEMBER. 1919 NO. 11 I~ E THE I MINERAL INDUSTRY OF UTAH I ! ! ~ ~ §§...VARLEY ~ i I ~ ~ ~ ~ == ~ I ~ ~ LETIN No. 12 Utah En.,i,."en. Department of III eta//urgicaJ Research...~ I I! ~ PUBLISHED BY THE ;== JNIVERSITY OF UTAH. STATE SCHOOL OF MINES S !liE I In Co-operation...CENTURY~PRJNTlNG I ) ./ Utah Engineering Experilllent Station The Utah Engineering Experiment Station...Mines, the engineering college of the University of Utah. The station is authorized "to carryon experiments
Report (volume)
so successful. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Mining Machinery Dept. OFFICES For Canadian MILWAUKEE...Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...service from Superior Jaw Crusher Worthington mining equipment the from the standpoint of first cost...most wear, Worthington meets the needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...(all types) Crushers Crushing Rolls NEW YORK Mine Pumps Oil Engines Sampling Machinery Screens Stamp
Report (volume)
California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Hydraulic TurbinpM MILWAUKEE, Metallurgical Machinery Mining Machinery Perforated Oil l-:imini-- Metals I'liiiiliini:...are getting the most in service from Worthington mining equipment — :the most from the standpoint of first...power consumption. Worthington meets needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...Compressor NEW YORK Crushing Rolls Air Compressors Mine Pumps Ball Mills Blast Furnaces Oil Engines Screens
Report (volume)
- . . . . A reconnaissance of the Cottonwood -American Fork mining region, tab, by B.S. Butler and G...Preliminary report on t.he economic geology of Gilpin County, Colo., by E. S. Bastin and J. M. llill (publish... 21, 1916). __ ____ . __________ The Aztec gold mine, Baldy, r. Mex ., by W. T. Lee (published Jan ....aluni te d evelopments near Marysvale and Beaver , Utah, by G. F. Loughlin (published Dec. 3, 1915)- ---..._____ .. __ . _.. ____. ___ a iterite in San Diego County, Cal., by W. T . chall er (published J an. 15,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of copper crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is...Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of the new mineral finds...Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior native copper district, is located on the isolated, rugged...out into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The now-dormant copper mining industry,...conglomerate beds collectively known as the Portage Lake Volcanics (PLV). The lodes were all deposited during
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
T. J. Bornhorst, P. Brandes, R. Clark (Cliffs Mining Services Co.), B. C. Cornilsen, R. V. Dietrich...helpful suggestions throughout the project; to Ashton Mining of Canada, Inc. and Crystal Exploration, Inc.,...APPENDIX I: MICHIGAN MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITS FEATURING MINING, MINERALS, ROCKS, AND FOSSILS .......................243 APPENDIX II: MINERAL SPECIES LISTED BY COUNTY ...............................248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS...shallow nested spoons whose long axis trends north-south (Figure 2). At the center of the basin, just west
Journal (issue)
with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard A. Kosnar...(1929) is considered to be the classic for the district. Many of these works are currently out of print...and research will serve as an overview of the district and as a framework from which interested persons...location and associated geology of the mines in the district. Historical and production information is summarized
Report (issue)
(CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur...verle ( chrysocolla vein) seen running out into Lake Superior at Hayes Point guarding Copper Harbo·r...wealth of the new territory on his exploration of Lake Superior in 1820 on the way to discover the source...physician, on Schoolcraft's first and second voyages to Lake Superior in 1831 and 1832, eventually led to one...one of the biggest and most important "mining booms" in this country's first century. Despite early setbacks
Journal (issue)
resin, from Switzerland. Andorite: with stibnite, sphalerite, quartz, etc., from Felsobanya, Hungary. Andorite...Sweden. Batavite : pearly slabs from graphite district at Passau, Bavaria, Bentonite: a Wyoming clay...: black, cubic crystals with topaz near Simpson, Utah. Bouglisite : a mixture of anglesite and gypsum...Hauchecornite: in cavities in siderite at the Friedrich mine, near Hamm, a. d. Sieg, Prussia. Hauiefeuillite:...mineral from Orebro, Sweden. Langbeinite : in rock salt at several places in Germany, Lawsonite: with epidote
Journal (volume)
LIST OCT 1 1922; \v INDEX TO VOLUME : . Mining and January •^ Pa ire . 117 227 . . . . ...review Akins flotation niactiine Alaska in 1921. mining Aldrich Pump Co 410 395 350 281 55 in W . ...Zinc. Lead & Smelting Co . . . . . . Copper Mining Co 199, 144 227 405 90 307 331 16S 60 240 ...advertisements P. b. McDonald. Black, H. E Errors latent in mine-sampling. Blomfield, A. L The engineer. Boiling-over...Brick-making Brinsmade. R. B. Bruhl. P. T Russian placer mining. H. C. Robson .... . . .Militarism and millionairisni
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JanuaryFebruary: Ferro-axinite on calcite, Dodo mine, Puiva Mountain, KhantyMansi Avt. Okrug, Tyumen’...Pyromorphite on quartz, Manhan River mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Marvin Rausch specimen...crystals, No. 11 shaft, South Hecla branch of the Calumet and Hecla mine, Houghton County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman...JulyIAugust: Vanadinite and wulfenite, Old Yuma mine, Pima County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil...amazonite), Two Point claim, Lake George intrusive center, Teller County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen
Journal (issue)
........................... A visit to an amber mine in East Prussia. By Miss Gertrude Schmidt ........In due time. Ten mineral collectors hiked to a mine One fell down a shaft then there were nine. Extensive... Was.hlngton and Wind River met at the Fremont County Vocational High School In Lander. The meeting was...lead mines on the Alston Moor and the newly opened mine at Nenthead and Nentbury. I was able to persuade...which runs from there up into the Alston Moor district; the whole journey took about an hour. There the
Journal (volume)
Mil' i I ';> ?mii Wmmh 11181 \ lMINING / DEPAfiTtriEiT Of Library Numbrr; M / Return...SD^al loan. / permJssie INDEX TO) VOLUME Mining and I imiin n ni 1920 it^!/f/vt n nun t...161 Science and industry. Allen, A. moving from mine-hoists Signaling Allen, C. A 232 cages 645 Allis-Chalmers...Operations of Consolidated Gold Fields of South 881 Africa 747 American Mining Congress Editorial. 752. 790, 826...book review Assaying methods at the Globe & Phoenix mine 4 51 H. R. Edmands. 108 Association of Accountants
 
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