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Talc from
Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:237439
Long-form Identifier:1:3:237439:0
GUID (UUID V4):30246ea4-a817-4cf2-849b-484bf9c55a2a
Localities for Talc in this Region
Albian Basin, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
3.1km (1.9 miles) Albian Basin, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Dolphin and Carioca Prospect (Hilton and Dobie Prospect), Brighton, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Big Cottonwood Mine, Great Western Mine Group, Brighton, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Mountain Lake Mine (Jack Mine), Great Western Mine Group, Brighton, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Relief Shaft, Great Western Mine Group, Brighton, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Bingham Tunnel No. 2 Occurrence, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Mascotte Tunnel Occurrence, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
40.9km (25.4 miles) Butterfield South Mines, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) Saints Rest Gulch NE Mines, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) Saints Rest Gulch SW Mines, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
513-525, 1994 Contact metamorphismsurroundingthe Alta stock Thermal constraintsand evidenceof advectiveheat...Geology and Geophysics,University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 841 12, U.S.A. Ansrnc,cr Metamorphism...mid-Tertiary Alta stock has produced a series of isograds with increasing metamorphic grade: talc, tremolite...temperature regime in the southern portion of the Alta aureole was affectedsignificantly by advective heat...contactmetamorphism,this increaseis controlledby the Alta stock exhibit a well-developedprogressivemetathermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OCCURRENCES OF SEPIOLITE A. J. EHLMANN, IN UTAH AND NEVADA L. B. SAND, AND A. J. REGIS CONTENTS...Sepiolite (2MgO.3SiO2-4H•O) occurrencesin four mining districts were investigatedby field and laboratory...the Maxfield Mine, Big CottonwoodCanyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, sepioliteoccursin carbonates of the M... the Ferber Mining district, Elko County,Nevada. In the Gold Hill, Utah, mining district, the sepioliteoccurswithin...lime- stonematrix. In the Mineral Range,Beaver County,Utah, white sepiolite, in veins up to 1 inch wide
Report (issue)
Church (Salt Lake City) built with Nugget Sandstone Utelite expanded shale plant, Summit County, Utah Holnam’s...Holnam’s Devil’s Slide plant, Morgan County, Utah !7IB5F7-jbgfej! Utah Geological Survey MP 01-2 ISBN 1-55791-654-3...MINERALS - THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST FORUM 1999 Salt Lake City County Building constructed of Kyune Sandstone...held: May 2-7, 1999 in Salt Lake City, Utah Miscellaneous Publication 01-2 Utah Geological Survey a division...division of 2001 Utah Department of Natural Resources Proceedings of the 35th Forum on the Geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
513–533, 2001 Boron metasomatism of the Alta stock contact aureole, Utah: Evidence from borates, mineral chemistry...77005-1892, U.S.A. ABSTRACT Geochemical study of the Alta stock and adjacent contact aureole rocks provides...magmatic fluids emanating from the Alta pluton could supply most B in the Alta aureole. It is estimated that...Heinrich 1998). Recent studies of the Alta stock contact aureole, Utah, have shown that fluid infiltration...that all metamorphic zones, including the outermost talc zone, required some fluid infiltration (Cook 1992;
Book (volume)
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, etc...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
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
Journal (issue)
CONVENTION, MARCH 7, 8, 9, 1946 ....... . THE LITTLE COTTONWOOD AREA, UT AH. By Ronald L. 1-ves... . CHlLIAN...will be held in Pr.oenix, Ariz., on March Salt Lake City, Utah; Humphrey S. Keith7, 8, 9, 1946 (Thursday...held on the last day, Sat., March 9th. Society of Utah . The Convention is open to all who are T he Federation...February 1946 Whole No. 175 :h- THE LITTLE COTTONWOOD AREA, UTAH lZ. By RONALD L, IVES DC· Vice-President...mineralogy, and topography of the Little Cottonwood Area, Salt Lake County, Utah, are here described, and 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
Book
IN U.».A. R-m DESERT FEVER f An Overview of Mining in the California Desert Larry M. Vredenburgh...an overview of mining in cl981, S. F. PUBLIC LIBRARX This publication and related mining and historical...Special First Edition of Desert Fever: An Overview of Mining in the California Desert has been limited to 1...Future Imperial County 7 Riverside County 24 San Bernardino County Kern County 181 Inyo County 222 58 269...269 Summary of Mining in the California Desert Bibliography 284 Glossary of Mining Terms 299 Index 305
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:...Electric Furnace in Iron and Steel Industry 27 29 Talc and Soapstone Safety in Tunneling Our Large Scrap
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
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 (volume)
RE HE SALT LAKE ‫עתנו‬ ESTABLISHED APRIL SE DY. VOL . 18. No. 1 . pood SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH , APRIL...Howell Mine BY WILL C. HIGGINS The Howell Mining Company, of Salt Lake City, is making preliminary arrangements...South Fork The property of the Howell Mining Com of Big Cottonwood canyon, about twentyfive miles, in a...to the discovery of the property of the Howell Mining Company, of the great ils sure that gives such...that Cottonwood was pay from the very grass -roots. The discovery of the Howell reads al district has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
18O/16O-depleted periclase zone marbles in the Alta aureole, Utah: insights from ion microprobe analysis of...layers in the periclase (Per) zone of the Alta Stock aureole, Utah. These data define a steep, coherent gradient...Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA e-mail: bowman@earth.utah.edu J....University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA calculations indicate that conservative time scales...the outer half of the periclase zone of the Alta stock, Utah, contact aureole (Fig. 2). These layers (layers
Report (issue)
27 32 Illustrations Figure 1. Location map of mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada...Table 1. Table 2. Table 3. Known production from mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada.............. Occurrences of mineral deposits in mining districts of the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada...for 4 years. This report is a review of the known mining districts within the Reno quadrangle, as well as...starting point for those interested in previous mining and research efforts within the Reno quadrangle
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 (issue)
GEOLOGY OF UTAH TO 1966 compiled and edited by Barbara S. Childers assisted by Bernice Y. Smith Utah Geological...and Mineral Industries University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Bulletin 86 Price $4.00 October 1970...all graduate theses concerned with the geology of Utah; senior theses are omitted. Several theoretical...pertinence to a particular mineral deposit or locality in Utah. Others which should have been included may have...hoped that the reader will report omissions to the Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey so that they
Journal (issue)
Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona. Aug. 1—Walker Lake annual outboard motor regatta. Hawthorne, Nevada...Mexico. Aug. 3-4—Ogden junior fat stock show, Ogden, Utah. Aug. 4—Feast day of Santo Domingo, Fiesta and summer...Mexico. Aug. 12-13—Wasatch county fair and Blackhawk encampment, Heber City, Utah. Aug. 15—Summer visitors'...19-21—Summit county fair, Coalville, Utah. Aug. 19-21—Box Elder county fair, Tremonton, Utah. Aug. 19-21—Davis...19-21—Davis county fair, Kaysville, Utah. Aug. 19-22—Twenty - seventh annual Inter - Tribal Indian Ceremonial
Book
Gold mines and mining—Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)—History. 4. Gold mines and mining—Amargosa River...242 210 310 338 360 vl CONTENTS SALT AND SCENERY aid The Salt of the Earth Mostly Mud and Rock The...mineral wealth, has been the work of many hands, mining and refining it. The final metal owes much to the...the desert West. It’s just a little deeper, a little hotter, and a little drier. What sets it apart more...up on March 11, when the barometer set up on the salt flat below Furnace Creek indicated they were 377
Report (issue)
Creek-Owyhee River, Jarbidge River, Juniper Creek, Little Owyhee River, North Fork Owyhee River, Owyhee River...Yatahoney Creek Wilderness Study Areas, Owyhee County, Idaho / by Michafel F. Diggles ... [et al.] ;...Beakhouse, G. P. Geology of the Grenville Lake area, district of Thunder Bay. Toronto : Ontario Ministry...A873 1989 ACID MINE DRAINAGE CALIFORNIA ALPINE COUNTY. Ball, J. W. Final revised analyses of major and...Plateau transition zone study area in southwestern Utah, southeastern Nevada, and northwestern Arizona (the
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...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,...11. 12. 13. 14. Sketch map of Yellow Pin mining district, Clark ounty, N v.. Contorted flow structure
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shades «3 a. Toad Mountain mining camp.......... 6. Hot Springs or Harrison mining camp... eu rtlendryxvInimnoealnp...INtOLlan se. Anueematnd sh dewalt nee aks a. Stump Lake or Nicola mines........... From other claims in...ores—above). Silver ores from the Thunder Bay mining region, Lake: Superior) Ontapioas aah. .. ieee Silver...od staan tek Te) elo eeS VII. Brings, SALT, AND Brines and salt Mineral waters VIII. 2s MINERAL WATERS...ON SPECIMENS... 0... 0¢ cus eee eae eed INDEX TO MINING DISTRICTS, AREAS, CAMPS, LOCATIONS AND CLAIMS,
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...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Journal (issue)
INC OF THE FAMED YOGO~ 'SAPP H I RE MINE, IN THE LITTLE BELT about :15 miles southwest of Utica, Montana... An extensive gold strike in the Searchlight district, thirty MILES FROM LaS VEGAS, NEVADA HAS BEEN...The vein is a mile long and 40t wide. -California MINING JOURNAL. GOLD-COPPER TELLUR IDE. A new gold-copper...HAS BEEN FOUND IN ONE MINE IN THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT IN CENtral Colorado, as reported to us by D.O...NESS OF ABOUT 3.5. The discovery was made by a mining engineer named Walker and is the first reported
 
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