 | | 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 (volume) | | Ore Deposits of the White Canyon Area San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah By ROBERT E. THADEN, ALBERT...systems___________________________________ Glen Canyon group________________________________________ Wingate...system________________________________________________ San Rafael group__________________________________________...129 129 Blue Lizard mine __________________ ~--------------------------Fry No.4 mine, by Earl J. Ostli...131 133 135 Jornac mine~-------------------------------------------------Posey mine________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | 217 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE WHITE CANYON AREA SAN JUAN COUNTY UTAH By W. E. Benson, A. F. Trites, Jr... PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE WHITE CANYON AREA SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH By W. E. Benson, A, F. Trites, Jr...Jurassic(?) rocks ....................... Glen Canyon group .................. Wingate sandstone ......Geologic map showing part of White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah ......... .Inside back cover Figure...map of Utah .................................................................. . 2 2. White Canyon and surrounding |  | | Report (issue) | | impregnation, replacement, or coating on fractures and mine walls. The commonly associated minerals are listed...other Survey geologists, AEC geologists, and by mine operators. Identification is based on the writers'...the solution will turn orange-red. Carnotite or tyuyamunite turns red-brown when a drop of concentrated...mineral grain on the glass slide. If the mineral turns red-brown it is a vanadate probably carnotite or tyuyamunite...tyuyamunite. This reaction is -immediate and the red-brown color will disappear quickly as the MINERAL |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen selected comes from the famous Musonoi mine, a locality that produces the world’s finest examples...Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining industry, is an avid collector of microminerals...not uncommon in the mines of the Grants district, McKinley County, New Mexico (Frondel 1958). Here, the...Mariano Lake uranium deposit within the Grants district (Sachdev 1980; Place, Valler, and Brookins 1980;...mines, Laguna district, Valencia County; the Iron Mountain No. 2 district, Sierra County; and in the Sanostee |  | | Report (volume) | | ____ __ __ __________ __ ___ 125 125 History of mining and production ____ ------------------------------Geologic...belt_-----------------------------------East ·white Canyon belt____________________________________ ~[oab...vanadium, copper, and radium during various periods of mining in the past 50 years. Most of the deposits in Triassic...Triassic unconformity. In northeastern Arizona, eastern Utah, and western Colorado three mineral belts have been...formation, are the Monument Valley belt, the east White Canyon belt, and the Moab belt. The chief unoxidized uranium |  | Plumlee, Geoffrey S., Streufert, Randall K., Smith, Kathleen S., Smith, Steven M., Wallace, Alan R., Toth, Margo I., Nash, J. Thomas, Robinson, Rob A., Ficklin, Walter H., Lee, Gregory K. (1995) Map showing potential metal-mine drainage hazards in Colorado, based on mineral-deposit geology. Open-File Report Vol. 1995 (95-26) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr9526 | Report (issue) | | Marble Weston Pass Twin Lakes Lincoln Gulch Red Mtn. Ashcroft 39° Granite s nsa ka Winfield ...Gu Gold Brick Calumet Whitehorn iso Brown's Canyon Pitkin Gunnison n Ri ve r V Currant Creek...ree ver El Plomo / San Luis re Riv er Trinidad La San J Ja ra C uan Ri San Luis Hills Rio G...lor es Us ver N. Creede Silverton V s Ri Red Mtn. e Rico Rico Wet Mtns. Crestone Eureka Burrows...SIlverCliff - Westcliff Lamar Ophir Mt. Wilson V Red Mtn. Pass Ouray Ouray S. Ouray Sneffels Telluride |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Catalog/List | | supplied. Usually; the ■ine naae ■ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speci1ens. PRICES:...lusterous (miniatures are small) ALMANDJTE Deep red/black xls on matrix ALM/INDITE 10-25mm Sharp xis...pg 115 M • Af!/\GONITE from Mexico & the Weldon Mine were misidentified!!-Sorry, but it's Calcite! ARAGONIIE/CALCITE...Chanpion Hine Utah Crystal Peak,' Four Peaks Horseshoe Da111 Spain Maine Carter Hine,tl Champion Mine Grants... ash. Pass, Mexico California Colorado Chi le 'San Manuel Mi "Niaca, Mexico 79 Mire • Morenci 0juela |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY AN UPDATE ON USGS STUDIES OF THE SUMMITVILLE MINE AND ITS DOWNSTREAM ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS By Geoffrey...Summitville gold mine, located at -3800 meters (11,500 ft) elevation in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern...environmental problems stemming from recent open-pit mining activities. Summitville catalyzed national debates...modern mining activities, and became the focus of arguments for proposed revisions to the 1872 Mining Law...Law governing mining activities on public lands. In early 1993, the State of Colorado, U.S. Environmental |  | | 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) | | Introduction Geology of the Alamosa River basin Mining activity and impact Deposit geology Chemical and...geologic map of the Summitville open-pit mine Localities of larger mine workings, Alamosa River basin Schematic...changes in Pb-isotopic composition caused by open-pit mining of the Summitville deposit B. 208Pb/204Pb isotopic...changes in Pb-isotopic composition caused by open-pit mining of the Summitville deposit 35 36 39 40 Tables...from acidic waters from the Summitville open-pit mine Published lead-isotopic data for rocks and ores |  | | 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... Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Book | | of vvhich 70% is in New Mexico, 16% in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in Wyo1ning. These figures...doubtless the U.S.S.R., likewise established uranium mining industries. These efforts in the Reid and in the...,u11ounts only in brooks which run tlu·ough the red granite formations of the Scottish I-Iighlands. "And...Tare "uranate" type of fluorescence is orange or red and may be exhibited by epiianthinite, becquerelite...weak orange yellow-Tb); zircon (yellow, green-Dy; red-Sm and Tb). Color The oxides, complex oxides, and |  | | Catalog/List | | IUf)Plitd. Usually; }V• ■lne naael ■ountain ran9e, county and state will be K·yqXzVHF wlth Xw■Cl~111. • PRILS:...lusterous {111iniatures are s■all) N cP ALHANOITE Deep red/black xls on matrix 1.00 ~1.HANUl!E 10-25mm Sharp...xis on/off matrix Nea ALHAOOINE Very large dark red xls on/off.matrix NcP ALUIIITE Pinkish granular xln..._ _ _ 1.55. *AKAGANEITE Rare(at least rarely ID) Red coatings-on quartz matrix -11 ANllESilff /OLIGOClAS[...clusters - nice! ••• see M Vol lt,plOO 1.00 Magu Mine 4.50 ·BARITE Brown tabular sei--transparent x] clusters |  | | Book | | Gilbert Gautier; Eric Greene, Treasure Mountain Mining; Leonard Himes, Minerals America; Shelley and Dan...Nuclear Energy Agency and the IAEA, also known as the "Red Book," provides a statistical profile of the uranium...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...statistical "snapshot" of worldwide uranium mining activities and reserves, representing data that are believed |  | | Catalog/List | | course E9 B)65x55 ES C)40x30.E3 vhlte crystal- mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Well formed display vell...40xl5.E6 AURICHALC!TE and HEHIHORPHITE, Golconda mine, Derbyshire. representatlve speclmen vlth vugs of...lenlcular xtls.70x55.E9 ? BAYLDONITE,Brandy Glll mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbrla. s,a!I br!ght apple green...green Glll mine, Caldbeck Fells,Cumbrla.Thumbnall xtls.E4 CALEDDN!TE,Red Glll mine, Caldbeck brlght... Brlght pale red on DOLOH!TE, Pant-y-gaseg, Anglesey, North Wales, 12 CHALCOPYRITE smal! bronze xtls |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | 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 | | Plumlee, Geoffrey S., Streufert, Randall K., Smith, Kathleen S., Smith, Steven M., Wallace, Alan R., Toth, Margo I., Nash, J. Thomas, Robinson, Rob A., Ficklin, Walter H., Lee, Gregory K. (1995) Map showing potential metal-mine drainage hazards in Colorado, based on mineral-deposit geology. Open-File Report Vol. 1995 (95-26) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr9526 | Report (issue) | | OPEN-FILE REPORT 95-26 MAP SHOWING POTENTIAL METAL-MINE DRAINAGE HAZARDS IN COLORADO, BASED ON MINERAL-DEPOSIT...abandoned mine sites on public lands for remediation. In Colorado, the number of abandoned mine sites on...1995). Nationwide, the total number of abandoned mine sites is in excess of 500,000. Because of the large...predictable control on the environmental effects of mining and mineral processing, and on the natural environmental...conditions that exist in mineralized areas prior to mining (Plumlee and others, 1994; Smith and others, 1994; |  | | Book | | Provinee, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma, USA D.L. Leaeh ........................................Sedimentary Basins, Southern North Ameriea H.H. Posey, J.R. Kyle, and W.N. Agee. . . . . . . . . . . ...Valley-Type Mud Volcano Mass at Deeaturville, Missouri, USA R.A. Zimmermann and M. Sehidlowski . . . . . . ....Mochnacka, K. Orgeval, J.J. 354 Plant, J.A 198 Posey, H.H. 139 Sangster, D.F. 42 Sass-Gustkiewicz, M...1980) and the nearby carbonate-hosted Les Malines district (Charef and Sheppard 1988) occur. Both these dastic- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | l - x S ) , sphalerite (ZnS), galena (PbS), chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), acanthite (Ag2S), alabandite (MnS)...Kyle and Price, 1986; Agee, 1990; and Kyle and Posey, 1991). The presence of Fe, Zn, Pb, Mn, Ba, and...Agee, 1990; Hallager et al., 1990 and Kyle and Posey, 1991). Recently, Saunders and Swann (1994) presented...1979; Light et al., 1987; Posey et al., 1987; Prikryl et al., 1988; Kyle and Posey, 1991 for excellent summaries)...anhydrite and calcite zones (Ulrich et al., 1984; Posey et al., 1987; Prikryl et al., 1988; Hallager et |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1988, pp. 1993-2001 GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE VIGAS RED-BED COPPER DEPOSIT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO* JONATHAN...HayesandEinaudi,1986). Clark and Scottand Kidson,1977). The mine area lies approxde la Fuente(1978) recognizeda northwest-trending...VigasFormationin Mexicocorrelateswith the Yucca red bedsin northeasternChihuahua(Fig. 1). The ViandMountainFormationsin...Chihuahua,is the largestknowndepositin thisbelt red bedshave rangedfrom fluvial to marine (Scott (Giles...Price Las VigasFormationin the Rio Conchosarea as red dominantlyeast-northeast et al., 1985), perpendicular |
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