 | | Report (issue) | | Occurrence of Uranium and Vanadium Minerals From the Colorado Plateaus GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1009-B...OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM AND VANADIUM MINERALS FROM THE COLORADO PLATEAUS By A. D. WEEKS and M. E. THOMPSON...investigations by the Geological Survey on identification and occurrence of uranium minerals of the Colorado Plateaus...Plateaus, contains descriptions of the physical properties, X-ray data, and in some instances results...mines from which the minerals have been identified. INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The 48 uranium and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol. 48 OF THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NOVEMBER.DECEMBER, 1963 Nos. 11and 12 THE OCCURRENCE...found in the Cactus Rat group of mines, 15 miles east southeast of Thompson, Grand County, Utah. It is...fractures and as interstitial filling in sandstone in the oxidized zone of a vanadiferous uranium deposit....a conglomeratic bed in the basal part of the Brushy Basin Shale Member of the Morrison Formation (Late...monoclinic symmetry with the b-axis parallel to the elongation. Optically the mineral is biaxial negative |  | | 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) | | 100.20 100.10 100.00 (1) Gypsum Valley, Colorado, USA. (2) Kara-Tau Mountains, Kazakhstan. (3) Al(VO4 )...impregnating sandstone (Gypsum Valley, Colorado, USA); a weathering product in vanadium-rich schists (Kara-Tau...Colorado, USA); navajoite, tyuyamunite, rauvite, hewettite (Monument No. 2 mine, Arizona, USA); vanalite...vanalite, hewettite, delvauxite, satpaevite, gypsum, vashegyite, variscite, halloysite, alunite (Kara-Tau Mountains...Mountains, Kazakhstan). Distribution: In the USA, from the Sullivan Brothers and adjacent Ponto No. 3 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DIFFRACTION II. STUDIES OF SOX{E VANADIUM MINERALS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAUX nI.cr,cor,nrRoss, t/. S. GeologicalSumey...a description of the crystal habit are given for the following minerals: hewettite (CaVoOro 9H2O), barnesite...andsimplotite (CaV4Os'sHeO). For many of these minerals the unit-cell data are new. Structural relations between...there are no unitcell data have been describedin the literature. Such minerals, particularly those which...crystal tr-ray diffraction analysis. On the other hand, the electron diffraction method is better suited |  | | Report (issue) | | = 95◦ 2(24)0 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cactus Rat mines, Utah, USA. 7.90 (100), 3.12 (70), 3.45 (35), 12...17 Total 99.63 [100.00] 100.00 (1) Cactus Rat mines, Utah, USA. (2) Kazakhstan; recalculated to 100%...fractures and as interstitial filling in sandstone in the oxidized zone of a vanadiferous uranium deposit,...formed as an oxidation product of hewettite (Cactus Rat mines, Utah, USA); in weathered black schist (Kazakhstan)...Metahewettite, thenardite (Cactus Rat mines, Utah, USA); bokite (The Fish, Nevada, USA); hewettite, metahewettite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ResearchCouncil, Ottawa, Canoda. The investigation of the structures of "hewettite" and "metahewettite" (Barnes...Mineral.,37r 409, 1952) has been hampered, not only by the poor quality of single crystals of these minerals...powder investigation has been undertaken. Briefly the procedure has been to take up crushed specimensin...take photographs at intervals until no change in the powder pattern was observed, on (b) store over PzOr...remove at intervals, seal,photograph, open the seal,restoreto the desiccator,and repeatuntil a constant pattern |  | | Report (issue) | | as coatings. Physical Properties: hydrates to hewettite. Hardness = Soft. D(meas.) = 2.94 D(calc.)...2(3)0 X-ray Powder Pattern: Monument No. 2 mine, Arizona, USA. 8.19 (100), 3.578 (30), 2.812 (24), 2.206...Existence of the trihydrate has been inferred from dehydration-rehydration studies of hewettite and unit...deposits). Association: Hewettite, gypsum, selenium. Distribution: In the USA, in the Jo Dandy and Hummer...from the Cactus Rat mine group, Yellow Cat district, 24 km southeast of Thompson, Grand Co., Utah; in |  | | Report (issue) | | CaV65+ O16 • 9H2 O Hewettite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...174(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Monument No. 2 mine, Arizona, USA. 11.03 (100), 5.53 (35), 2.164 (25), 3.091...deposits, USA). Distribution: From Minasragra, 46 km from Cerro de Pasco, Peru. In the USA, in the Jo Dandy...Dandy mine, Bull Canyon district, Paradox Valley, Uravan district, Montrose Co., Colorado; in Utah, from...from the Cactus Rat mine group, Yellow Cat district, 24 km southeast of Thompson, Grand Co.; in Arizona |  | | Report (issue) | | Z = n.d. X-ray Powder Pattern: Temple Rock, Utah, USA. 10.7 (10), 2.95 (5), 3.49 (4), 2.62 (3), 3.87...Temple Rock, Utah, USA; recalculated after deduction of 27.06% impurities. (2) Monument No. 2 mine, Arizona...Arizona, USA. (3) Ca(UO2 )2 V10 O28 • 16H2 O. Occurrence: An uncommon mineral in the oxidized zones of U–V...corvusite, uvanite, hewettite, metatorbernite, tyuyamunite, gypsum. Distribution: In the USA, from Temple Rock...and at the Cactus Rat mine group, Yellow Cat district, 24 km southeast of Thompson, Grand Co., Utah; in |  | | Report (issue) | | Association: Hewettite, quartz. Distribution: From Minasragra, 46 km from Cerro de Pasco, Peru. In the USA, at...at the Monument No. 2 mine, Monument Valley, Apache Co., Arizona; from the Cactus Rat mine group, Yellow...Yellow Cat district, 24 km southeast of Thompson, Grand Co., Utah; in the Spring Creek Mesa area, Uravan...Uravan district, Montrose Co., Colorado. Name: For Eulagio E. Fernandini, formerly an owner of the Minasragra...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 87661, R5706. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sunnwooo, Rabbitite, a new uranyl carbonate from Utah U. S. Geol Survey Trace Elements Investigation Report...occurrence of uranium and vanadium minerals from the colorado Plateaus: Ll. s. Geol. swtey, BuIl'. looe-B(1e54)...2|, soft. Monoclinic, cleavage (001); the strongest lines of the r-ray pattern in A. are 8.1 S, 1 1 ....HCl. It occurs at the Lucky Strike No. Z /p:15". 2 mine, San Rafael district, Utah, as an emorescent...emorescent coating on the mine wall, and is associated with gypsum, cobaltocalcite, bieberite, and uranium sulfates |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Volume 75, pages 508-521, 1990 Crystal chemistry of the natural vanadiumbronzes How.q.no T. Ev.LNsoJn. United... Ansrucr The crystal chemistry of the natural vandium bronze minerals is reviewed on the basis of published...wherever possible. The known V bronze minerals are divided into three categories:(l) the hewettitegroup with...syntheticLi3V6Or6, including hewettite, metahewettite,barnesite,hendersonite,and grantsite,(2) the straczekite group...melanovanadite.All known srrucruresassociatedwith the fibrous V bronzes(fiber spacing3.6 A) can be consideredas |  | | Report (volume) | | Related Soils and Vegetation in the Yellow Cat Area Grand County, Utah B'Y HELEN L. CANNON GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1176 Prepared on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director The U.S....this publication appears after index. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing...pies_ ___ ________ ____ ___ Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation____________________ Sandstones |  | | Book | | URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR THE PARADOX BASIN, UTAH AND COLORADO TABLE OF CONTENTS Page THE PARADOX BASIN OVERVIEW...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state...elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...with Wyoming. In the far western counties of Lawrence, Meade, Custer and Pennington the land rises abruptly...abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi. Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These...These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney Peak in southern Pennington |  | | Report (issue) | | Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Colorado Plateau Uranium Ores Compiled by ROBERT M. GARRELS and ESPER...summary of the results of field and laboratory studies concerned with the nature of the ores and the alteration...on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and is published with the permission of the Commission ...WASHINGTON : 1959 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRED A. SEATON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing |  | | Book | | MATERIALS Copyright © 1958 by the McGraw-Hill Book Con1pany, Inc. Printed in the United States of An1erica...be reproduced in any form without pern1ission of the publishers. Library of Congress Catalog Ntm1ber 58-7419... • I PREFACE In 1948 uraniun1 ore production in the United States was about 70,000 tons; by 1956 production...vaulted to approximately 3 n1illion tons; and in the first half of 1957 slightly more than 1,700,000 tons...in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in Wyo1ning. These figures are a measure of the intensity and |  | | Report (issue) | | Sandstone in the United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 538 Prepared partly on behalf of the U.S... Geology of Epigenetic Uranium Deposits in Sandstone in the United States By WARREN I. FINCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Prepared partly on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission A review of the geologic studies and explorations...explorations of uranium deposits in sandstone in the United States from I943 to I959 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...WASHINGTON : 1967 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY |  | | Report (volume) | | on behalf of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission and is published with the permission of the Commission... WASHINGTON: 1958 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRED A. SEATON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...on behalf of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission and is published with the permission of the Commission...-----Copy 2. QE391.U67F7 G S 58-254 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printinjil...Since 1948 the U.S. Geological Survey has been making a broad and intensive study of the mineralogy of |  | | Book (volume) | | sediments; the erosional products of some 200 million years. Few, if any Mesozoic rocks appear within the state...Pleistocene debris. The state was buried completely four times by Ice Age glaciers, leaving the land surface...nearly level but with some fairly rugged low hills in the southeastern corner. There are few localities containing...worthwhile gems or minerals, although excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales...ranks first in the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of |  | | Book (volume) | | sediments; the erosional products of some 200 million years. Few, if any Mesozoic rocks appear within the state...Pleistocene debris. The state was buried completely four times by Ice Age glaciers, leaving the land surface...nearly level but with some fairly rugged low hills in the southeastern corner. There are few localities containing...worthwhile gems or minerals, although excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales...ranks first in the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of |  | | Book | | • • • • • - .' . ' ' Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2023 with funding from Kahle/Austin...• Othl'r Srhiffe r Books by the Author: ( ·u/lector .,· c;uide 10 the A,nphibole Group, 978-0-7643-4870-9...lfector \- Guide lo the Zeolite Group. 978-0-7643-4675-0 Colll:'ctor} G11ide to the Feldspar Group, 978-0-7643-4329-2...syste1ns- without written pern1ission from the publisher. The scann ing, up loading, and distribution of...part thereof via the internet or any other n1eans ,vithout the pern1 ission of the pub lisher is illegal |  | | Book | | Mineral William H. Blackburn William H. Dennen | The Canadian Mineralogist Special Publication Poicletake...Featuring the artwork of Peter I. Russell Earth Sciences Museum University of Waterloo The Canadian Mineralogist...minéraiogique du Canada 1 Credits for photographs on the cover Editor Robert F. Martin Quartz, variety amethyst...amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer Production...Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle. Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum |  | | Book (edition) | | gemologists have come to rely on the Encyclopedia of Minerals as the definitive reference work on every...accepted mineral species. However, the amount of information generated in the science of mineralogy has increased...increased tremendously since the first edition was published. Now, this essential reference source for...wealth of new information and features. The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Minerals contains: e more...photographs 45 new crystal drawings of rare species the most complete now available coverage of silicates |
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Cactus Rat Mine, The Poison Strip, Thompsons Mining District, Grand County, Utah, USA