 | | Book | | ;.s.>i<»^ f HAHOLO B. "-' I. " - PHOVO. UTAH qv Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011... Ts.'Mf ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MEROUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, BY J. EDWARD SPURR. /' \ WITH INTROr>UCTION...HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY BRIOHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITV PROVO, UTAH \ CONTENTS. Page. — Introduction. The Oquirrh...development of mining districts Production of mining districts Camp Floyd or Mercur mining district 349 349...370 370 371 372 374 Mercur district Conclusions Chapter I. —The Mercur District Structure Lower Blue |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | West Florida] at 23:45 31 December 2014 Realgar Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Hunan Province, China T here...now appropriate to discuss its sister species, realgar, one of the most intensely red of all minerals...unusual sources. When occurring in good specimens, realgar is relatively easy to recognize because of its...welldeveloped cleavage on {101}, {100}, {120}, and {110}. Realgar is monoclinic (2/m) and occurs in variably striated...incrustations and inclusions in other minerals. Realgar is simple arsenic sulfide (AsS). Published chemical |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book (edition) | | TN 2.4-' Bixby j| atalogue of Utah minerals and localities THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA...for Collectors MAYNARD BIXBY A CATALOGUE OF UTAH MINERALS AND LOCALITIES With Descriptive List,...Collectors. -byMAYNARD Salt Lake BIXBY. City, Utah. 1904. Copyright, 1902, by MAYNARD (Third ...CHEMISTS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN...MAYNARD BIXBY. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite |  | | 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) | | Connecticut] at 04:22 12 October 2014 Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada he general association of arsenic...tlepohits are known for the common arsenic sulfides realgar and orpinienr, sometimes i n unusually fine specimens...United States. such ;IS Nev;ida’s wellknown Getchell mine, have produced good arsenic sullide specimens for...gold mine in Huinholdt Coonty, Nevada. Fortunately for collectors and curators everywhere, the mine management...into an agrcenient with ;I commercial specimen-mining company. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., to recover |  | | Journal (volume) | | 2008. However, total production of oil and gas in Utah for 2.009 is projected to continue the upward trend...highlights the breadth of energy expertise within the Utah Geological Survey (UGS). In addition to conducting...oil shale and tar sands, the UGS also manages the Utah State Energy Program (USEP) which is responsible...energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Utah. The largely non-regulatory role of the UGS enables...secure and affordable energy supply for State of Utah Gary R. Herbert, Governor Department of Natural |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | late discovery of the phenomenal Cripple Creek district, essentially subsequent to the development of...Analyses of calaverite from the Kirkland Lake district, Ontario, Canada, show up to several tenths of...1995). Calaverite is known from the Star mine in Montgomery County, North Carolina, where it occurs rarely...Vindicator mine, Haralson County, and the Consolidated and Singleton mines of the Dahlonega district, Lumpkin...Lumpkin County, Georgia. Although similarly almost unknown in the north-central states, it occurs as 5-mm |  | | Journal (issue) | | Orpiment and Realgar. — I have lately received from Mr. C. E. Burckhartt of Mercur, Utah, and have also...occasionally showing inclusions of brilliant blood-red realgar, as well as crystals of the same attached to them...this min eral, and I believe these crystals from Mercur to be the finest, largest, and most perfect specimens...foliated orpiment have been taken from the mines. Realgar is abundant in massive form in a dark colored altered...altered limestone, and in a shaly gangue in The Golden Gate Mine, but perfect crystals are somewhat rare. I |  | | Report (volume) | | 723 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT NEVADA BY HENRY G. FERGUSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...prospect____________________,.____ 136 Buckeye prospect Wall mine _______________________________ Maris mine_ __ _...Four mine___________ __________________ Mayflower mine _____________________________ Riley Fraction mi...mine______________-___________ Jumping Jack mine.-__________________________ Golden Crater mine___________________________...No. 9 mine_________ __________________ Stray Dog mine __________________ _________ Little Grey mine__ |  | | 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 (issue) | | Professional Paper Ill THE ORE ~DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY B. S. BUTLER, G. F. LOUGHLIN, V. C. HEIKES...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...S. F. Emmons; the Park City district, by J. M. FIELD .WORK AND AUTHORSHIP. summer of 1908 by making |  | | Journal (issue) | | B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt ore dump, Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County TEXAS:...TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan material was used in the initial X-ray...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it...August Stetefeldt (1838-1896), a German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Process at Mercur, Utah. BY 1%’. MAGENAU.Miz. Sci. Press, 80, 433-464! 4gz.-The ores of the Mercur district...ore as far as the rock is concerned, but carries realgar, orpiment, and stibnite, and sometimes native antimony...1000 ; total, 0.27 per cent. There are in the district two mills (Northern Light and Chloride Point)...paper treats of the process carried out at the Golden Gate Mill which has a capacity of about 800 tons calcined...BY J . 11. H ~ s ~ o s-71~’~. 28+ -’!he Dakota Mining and llillitig Co., of Central Cit)-, S . I>., treats |  | | Report (volume) | | most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New Mexico...important discoveries are the deposits at Marysvale, Utah; the Schwartzwalder (Ralston Creek) and Los Ochos...mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor...deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According to Nininger (1954, p. 43), as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrenceshave been briefly described and illustrated in Mining and Scientific Press, January 26 and June 8, x9o7...Mothe.rLodesystem, California(calcite,S.). Shasta County, California (Kemp). One occurrencein Black Hills...HancockCounty,Maine (calcite and quartz,Kemp). Yale District, British C,elumbia(Kemp). Jalisco, Mexico (Kemp)...writer. W. 24 J. SHARWOOD. Minas Geraes district, Brazil (Henwood). Clogau and St. David's gold...(Tuolumne County, California), and in the coarsefree g,o•dwith bismuth sulpho-tellurideof the Cable Mine, Montana |  | | 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 (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; |  | | Report (volume) | | 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. • SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State St. •...Admiralty Island, Alaska: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bulletin, v. 74, no. 833, p. 57...locations of: 1. Sitka quadrangle, Alaska Bl 2. Mining districts and deposits and tectonostratigraphic...fractions from the Bohemia Basin nickel-copper sulfide district B9 Comparison of chromium concentrations in fine...of heavy-mineral concentrates from the chromite district of central BlO Baranof Island Geochemical Orientation |  | | Report (issue) | | ANTIMONY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO By FEANK C. SCHEADEE and CLYDE P. Ross...antimony and quicksilver deposits of the Yellow Pine district have been described by Bell,1 Thomson,2 Livingston...data on mine development up to date. Mr. Schrader made a brief visit to the Yellow Pine district in July...deposits, and Mr. Ross spent four days in the district in 1924 examining the quicksilver deposits, as...Albert Hennessy and G. B. Kennedy, residents of the district, for aid and information in the field, and to |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | stop was at the Yuma Mine near Tucson. This mine opened originally as a gold mine, was mined in World...adventurers packed back about five miles to an old mine which had recent ly been worked for scheelite....Naco back into the States. The Old Bridal Chamber Mine at Lake Valley, New Mexico produced some splendid...limestone. At Mapimi, Durango, Mexico in t11e Ojuela Mine some wonderful collecting was done. Hemin1orphite...Burnham exclaims in his diary of the trip-"What a mine! One can't imagine without seeing it, how large |  | | Book (edition) | | 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...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |
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Golden Gate Mine, Mercur Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA