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Limonite from
Hidden Treasure Mine, Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hidden Treasure Mine, Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:188968
Long-form Identifier:1:3:188968:0
GUID (UUID V4):96e3d2f3-7dfc-4b41-970b-c89ebd80c79b
Localities for Limonite in this Region
Chicago Workings, Hidden Treasure Mine, Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Sacramento Workings, Hidden Treasure Mine, Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Kearsarge Mine, Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) Mono Mine (Ophir-Mono Coalition; Madison Mines; Mono-Kearsarge Consolidated Mine), Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Queen of the Hills Mine (Mahogany; Flavilla), Jacob city, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Cliff Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Jim Fisk Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Admiral Dewey prospect, Ophir, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Silver Reef Mine, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) Ophir Canyon Prospect, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Silveropolis Hill Prospect, Mercur Mining District, Tooele 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.... . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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...lead-zinc mine________________________________ Park City or Uintah district________________________________...district____ __ ____________ _________ __ __ ____ ______ Tooele County________________________________________________
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;...to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades
Report (issue)
lead -zinc ore outcrops, mineralogy of gossan limonite, outcrop colors and porosity, with a discussion...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY................................ 5 MINERALOGY OF LIMONITE IN LEAD-ZINC GOSSANS. ......... 6 General remarks...Copperside mine, Goodsprings, Nevada ............................................ New Mayberry mine, Utah ................................ Hidden Treasure mine, Ophir Hill area, Utah ............................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
INTRODUCTION. In studyingnumerous miningdistrictsof Utah, the writer has found that complexbasic ferric sulphates...instancesare important ore minerals. In the literature of mining geology this class of mineralshasbeengivenscantattention...from the standpointof the prospectorand mine manager. Many mining men, however,as well as mineralogistsand...which was said to have come from American Fork district, Utah. This was ex- amined chemicallyand crystallographically...plumbojarositefrom six localitiesin BeaverCounty, Utah. In someof theseoccurrences the mineralwas presentin
Report (issue)
OF THE STOCKTON 7 1/2-MINUTE. QUADRANGLE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH By Edwin W. Tooker1 and RJ. Roberts2 Open-File...Canyon area of the Ophir mining district............ 15 Stockton mining district.......................1/2-min.quadrangle, Tooele County, Utah Figure 1. Location of the Stockton quadrangle, Utah. ................Recorded production of metals from the Ophir mining district, Utah, 1901-1970 ............................production of metals from the Stockton mining district, Utah, 1901-1970 ............................
Report (issue)
AT OPHIR, UTAH. By G. F. LOUGHLIN. *. ^ ^ K r f >- ^. V INTRODUCTION. Although the Ophir mining...mining district, Utah, has long been an important source of lead carbonate and of lead and zinc sulphide...and Hidden Treasure, that were shipping zinc carbonate ore. The output of this ore from each mine was...fraction of the total quantity of zinc from the district during 1913 and later years. - Some idea of the...the metal content of the ore from the Hidden Treasure mine may be obtained from the following data on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE OPHIR No. 7 MINING DISTRICT. SEYMOUR G. OLMSTEAD. INTRODUCTION. The Ophir Mining District is...discoveryand developmentof future minesin the older mining regionsmust depend,to a great extent, on the i...the geologist'sideas to practicalmining. The Ophir District lies 6n the westernside of the Oquirrh Range...southwesterlyfrom Salt Lake City by rail, and it is one of the early campsof the State of Utah. The Oquirrh Range...Bingham,Stockton,Ophir, Mercur and Tintic mining districts,is undoubtedlythe greatest mining region in the
Book
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
Report (issue)
Professional Paper Ill THE ORE ~DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY B. S. BUTLER, G. F. LOUGHLIN, V. C. HEIKES....... . ...... _. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ophir formation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...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
Report (issue)
»;V;» ;^ :-«.- '.''.- . ;-' »^ *4i*' s *.^,* Hidden Treasure < .;' ?& »?;; «A ''»" J- ': - ' . Wallrock...*«¥ Mineralogy and jlaragenesiSK* 4 I 3 Hidden Treasure f3?deposit^* .^ »^ S;>^-| 7' ","s Sulf ide...Descriptions of selected carnotite deposits. ..... Penju mine ..................... Deposit #440 ...............analyses of carnotite deposits in the Klondike district . . . D. Chemical and semiquantitative spectrographic...manganese and copper deposits in the Klondike district ...................... E. 2°° Estimated background
Report (issue)
SOME MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. By J. T. PARDEB. INTRODUCTION. The deposits described...ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1918, PART I. In the Renova district a bed of iron ore that as~a rule is steeply inclined...quartzite and overlying Cambrian rocks in the Renova district, which lies outside of the Three Forks quadrangle...(No. 24), 1896. MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN MADISON COUNTY, MONT. 133 These formations or their equivalents...irregular form. So far as they are exposed by the mine workings they merge gradually into the normal compact
Report (issue)
limestone or dolomite. It is a useful ore guide in many mining districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE........... Characteristics of jasperoid in major mining districts of the United States ..................................................... Tri-State district, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri ................Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona .............................. Bisbee (Warren) district, Arizona ........ Ely (Robinson) district, Nevada .............................. Leadville district, Colorado ......
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF LIMONITE WILLIAM IN LEAD-ZINC GOSSANS • C. KELLY ABSTRACT Differential thermal...analysiswas applied to ll2 specimensof gossan limonite obtainedfrom cappingsover lead-zincores of highly...outcropsis suggested. INTRODUCTION T•tv. term "limonite" is acceptedtoday as referring to any natural...most aggregatesof natural hydrousferric oxide (limonite) is surprising." x Publication authorized by the...Mines and Mineral Resources. 536 MINERALOGY OF LIMONITE IN LEAD-ZINC GOSSANS 537 The standardthermalanalysesfor
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enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground...oFtne ato aa Gem Ghd nQkTeane Uva a nes ly ia" mine Ui nrobs inesob cere ts ou ioe tok us 'aaieomolitt...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...and the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley Caballo...Mountains Chloride District Hansonburg District Socorro Area New Placers District Grants Area Nacimiento
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- [ URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR THE PARADOX BASIN, UTAH AND COLORADO TABLE OF CONTENTS Page THE PARADOX BASIN...AND MINING AREAS SLICK ROCK DISTRICT GYPSUM VALLEY DISTRICT BULL CANYON DISTRICT URAVAN DISTRICT GATEWAY...GATEWAY DISTRICT (EASTERN GATEWAY AREA) MC ELMO CREEK DRAINAGE AREA LA SAL CREEK AREA PARADOX DISTRICT BEAVER...VALLEY (BIG INDIAN) DISTRICT MOAB DISTRICT GREEN RIVER DISTRICT THOMPSONS DISTRICT INTER-RIVER REGION...REGION DRY VALLEY DISTRICT COTTONWOOD AND BUTLER WASH AREAS MONTEZUMA CANYON DISTRICT SEVEN-MILE CANYON
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Report (issue)
described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted...of Part B. Al (Alabara Cr.) Gold Rampart district Livengood (11.9, 10.35) approx. 65°35'N, 148°22'W...have been found in 1915, but no further mention of mining or prospecting. About a mile above mouth of creek...mainly Ordovician chert Alaska Gold Fairbanks district MF-413, loc. 42 Livengood (19.2, 1.55) 65°04'N...Gladstone, JupiterMars. Alaska Flyer Gold Fairbanks district MF-413, loc. 17 Livengood (17.95, 0.85) 65°02'N
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 4=78 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO BY JOHN DUER IRVING AND HOWLAND BANCROFT........................................ Official mining districts............................................................................. Lake City district.................................................................... Ore deposits of Lake City district....................................... The lodes...deposits Continued. Page. Ore deposits of Lake City district Continued. Pay shoots......................
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OP NORTHWESTERN COLORADO BARITE GRAND COUNTY Barite is reported as occurring on the Vasquez...River,1 a left branch of the Frazer River, in Grand County. N o attempt has been made to ship barite from...from this locality. BUILDING S T O N E ROUTT COUNTY Sandstone.—A creamy-white to pink sandstone has been...purposes. CLAYS NORTHWESTERN COLORADO In this district, there are abundant outcroppingx of the M a n...MINERAL RESOURCES OP THE WESTERN SLOPE COAL JACKSON COUNTY The coal beds of North Park are contained in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Quartz cluster (Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann...SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines Museum
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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 ....................................
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Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Carson City, NV Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne...and Book Sales Gale Thomssen RO. Box 1656 Carson City, NV 89702 Desion Wendell E. Wilson Subscriptions...Nugget," collected in 1865 at the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and donated...Harper’s article. John Dysart, Manager of the Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site, sent much additional information...gold. Genne and Robert Allgood (mining geologists for the Sonora Mining Company, right in the Mother Lode
 
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