| | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 Vivianite Downloaded by [Emory University] at 12:06 11 August...August 2015 Morococala Area, Oruro, Bolivia VIVIANITE IS A COMMON MINERAL that occasionally occurs as...major museums usually have at least one superb vivianite on display and many others in storage, and most...difficult to confuse with any other common mineral. Vivianite crystallizes in the monoclinic system, producing...fibrous, and earthy varieties are also known. Vivianite displays perfect (010) cleavage and is both flexible | | | Report (issue) | • Fe2+ 3 (PO4 )2 8H2 O Vivianite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...Castle Co., Delaware, USA. (2) Fe3 (PO4 )2 • 8H2 O. Mineral Group: Vivianite group. Occurrence: A secondary...pegmatites; replacing organic material in fossil bones, lake sediments, and in bog-iron ores and peat bogs; rarely...Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany. From the Stari Trg mine, Trepča, Serbia. On the Taman Peninsula, Russia...the USA, from the Blackbird Mine, Lemhi Co., Idaho; in the Treece and Ibex mines, Leadville, Lake Co. | | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | | dendritic masses with pitchblende at Great Bear Lake. Also with native copper as cavity-fillings in basalt...in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and...and Texas in upper parts of salt domes. Also in tuff at Sulphurdale, Utah, and around fumaroles in Yellow¬ | | | Book (edition) | dendritic masses with pitchblende at Great Bear Lake. Also with native copper as cavity-fillings in basalt...in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good specimens have...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...Texas in upper parts of salt domes. Also in tuff at Sulphurdale, Utah, and around fumaroles in | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | History, Minerals & Crystals of Utah’s Bingham Canyon Copper Mine by Jerry North. Published by the author...of mineralization by Erastus Bingham and sons in 1848, a well-written mine history, a discussion of the...one-page summary of how copper is extracted from Bingham Canyon ore, and a summary description of the mine’s...related mineral occurrences into the context of mine geology; it contains a simplified geologic map that...page 16 where one finds the presentation of Bingham Canyon minerals, a group of more than fifty species | | | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | History, Minerals & Crystals of Utah’s Bingham Canyon Copper Mine by Jerry North. Published by the author...of mineralization by Erastus Bingham and sons in 1848, a well-written mine history, a discussion of the...one-page summary of how copper is extracted from Bingham Canyon ore, and a summary description of the mine’s...related mineral occurrences into the context of mine geology; it contains a simplified geologic map that...page 16 where one finds the presentation of Bingham Canyon minerals, a group of more than fifty species | | | 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 (issue) | Ellsworth, Ohio. By Gerald U. Greene ........ 272 A Utah O uting. By C. J. Rordell ........................formulas. Pyrrhotite is the commonest mineral in the district but pentlandite and chalcopyrite are also very...One thing is certain, the ore body of the Frood mine, one of the largest, extends 3100 feet under the...copper-nickel for working into art objects and orna- mine at Lancaster Gap, Pennsylvania, ments. These paktong...near-by copper In 1751 Axel P'. Cronstedt identified mine and built a copper refinery at the new element nickel | | | 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 | | | Book | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described.../960--20/ 5 ONTARIO Bentley Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and | | | Book | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Dolomite resembles limestone but contains magnesium. Salt, coal and oil are associated with sedimentary deposits...sedimentary rocks and are often associated with salt deposits because they are precipitated from evaporating...cubic. Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology | | | Book | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE | | | Report (volume) | depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Jopliu-region___________ Composition of waters of Lake Superior mines_____________ Experimental data on the...199 Butte, Montana__________________________ 199 Bingham, Utah__________________________ 206 Bisbee, Ar...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico | | | Book | Native minerals Gold Silver Diamond Copper Mighty mine Sulfides Pyrite Ore minerals Oxides Ice Under the... , ~ ~ ;ii. Hydrated minerals Mineral salts Salt 76 78 80 Carbonates and borates Spectacular spring...tiny particles of rock and mud form in places like lake bottoms, coasts, and sea beds. Inside Earth, heat...pressures underground. Devil's Tower, Wyoming, USA. A rock that cooled within a volcanic vent and that...The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. The Colorado River has cut a 1.6-km-(1-mile-) deep canyon through layers | | | Book | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22 | | | Book | the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Silica-rich minerals are deposited by the hot water...1500s, the German Inspired by Button's ideas, more mining engineer Georgius Agricola and more geologists...rocks, like these sandstones in Utah's fam ous Zion Canyon, are marked by countless bedding planes marking...clay. As a river washes into the sea, or into a lake, the heaviest quartz grains are dropped nearest...out of the water first. , .2.t'l UNDERSTAN DING MINE RALS HOVV MINERALS FORM Minerals are the natural | | | Journal (issue) | West Federation Show July 18 through 21 Jefferson County Fairgrounds Port Towsend WA Dealer Inquiries Welcome...Information; by Steve Voynick 34 A Hotbed of Mining Copper was king in Butte, Montana; by Roger McPherson...rockgemmag@aol.com Cabs, Cabs and More Cabs Gem Center USA Inc. has one of the world's largest selection of...stone, in any shape and in any size. Gem Center USA is also one of the leading distributors of quality...type of stone you are looking for ... Gem Center, USA Inc. is your source. Come See Us At The Following | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Regulations for Displays, Awards the history of the Grand Canyon bil- and Judging, a new trophy is being oflions...radio-active minerals; wulfenite crystals from Glane Mine crystallization up to 10"; vanadinite crystals of...and exhibited excellent vivianite crystal specimens from Bingham Canyon, Utah. Dr. Fred Pough showed color...Harding Mine at Dixon, New Mexico, and Mr. Mitchell exhibited gold specimens from the Red Ledge Mine, Nevada...Nevada County, California. The program was given by Dr. Karl Turekian on the subject of a "Geochemical | | | Book (edition) | MuscO\ite. 45 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada | | | Journal (issue) | Tungsten Mine Trumbull, Connecticut The Long Hill tungsten deposit at Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut...good crystals, is located in Trumbull’s Old Mine Park. Mining was never very prof itable and the town received...drinking water, a comfort station, and parking lot Old Mine Park is today an attractive and popular recrea...tional facility for the town of Trumbull. As the mine dumps are in the wooded areas behind and above the...it is important that it continue to do so for Old Mine Park is one of the few localities in the vicinity | | | Book | what was probably one of the earliest hard-rock mining operations in the world. A necklase with a turquois...Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah were opened centuries ago by the American Indians...rather convoluted account of the prospecting and mining of this mineral (Pliny, 38:33): "It [cal/aina,...pyromorphite (in essence, lead apatite), torbernite and vivianite. Mandarino (1977) estimates that less than 100...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals |
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Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA