| | 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) | 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 (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 (volume) | the Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study Area, San Juan County, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1755-A...the Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study Area, San Juan County, Utah By FORREST G. POOLE, GEORGE A. DESBOROUGH...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: RED HOUSE CLIFFS REGION, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MANUEL...the Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study Area, San Juan County, Utah / by Forrest G. Poole ... [et al.]. p. cm...resources of wilderness study areas-Red House Cliffs region, Utah : ch. A) (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin | | | Journal (issue) | DESERT MAY 1 Annual fiesta and spring corn dance, San Felipe Indian pueblo, southwest of Santa Fe, New... Arizona. School music festival, Roosevelt, 1-2 Utah. Music festival, Elko, Nevada. 1-2 First annual...annual Mojave Desert re3 union, Perris Hill park, San Bernardino, California. Information, Celesta A. Lowe...Five-county school track meet, Huntington, Utah. Sierra club members to hike up Snow creek, Mt. San Jacinto...general trout fishing season, New Mexico. Feast Day of San Ysidro, patron of farmers, observed in many Spanish | | | 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 (issue) | Fig. 1 Lizardite and calcite, 11/2 inches across, Knippa Quarry, Uvalde County, Texas, photo by the author...was some additional new danburite from Charcas (San Luis Potosi, Mexico). The crystals are white to colorless...nor post-mining. It came from two localities Posey Mine (San Juan Co., Utah, USA) and Planet Mine (La Paz...Paz Co., Arizona, USA). That from Posey Mine is composed of 5-10 mm veins, composed of fibers perpendicular...have many years of experience in mining and selling gems in Oxford County; Vandall King (the expert on Maine | | | 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 | | | Catalog/List | aupplied. Usually; the ■ine ~e ■ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speci■ens. PRIES:...lusterous (miniatures arc small) /\1.M/\NllIH Deep red/black xis on matrix ALMMJDI If 10-25mm Sharp xls...Champion Mine Utah Crystal Peak,CO Four Peaks Horseshoe Dam Spain Maine Carter Mine,NC Champion Mine Grants...Connecticut Canada India Horseshoe Dam *ftRAGONITE/CALCITE Choice collaroidal/tlossterr clusters MF WFUS'H...Mexico Weldon Mine Norman, OK BARYIOCACIIE Hasive xln with Hausmanite........fl blu /red calcite BASA[UMIII | | | 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...Mexico & the Weldon Mine were misidentified!!-Sorry, but it's Calcite! ARAGONIIE/CALCITE Choice collaroidal/flossferri...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 | | | Journal (issue) | Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah. April 4—Easter pageant in Box canyon, Mecca, California, at 8:30 p...4-5—Annual convention, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah. April 5—Fiesta Jardinera (Gardeners'...peaks, Inyo county. April 5-6—State Mineral Society of Texas, mineral show in Plaza hotel, San Antonio,... April 6—Easter services, Grand Canyon Shrine of Ages, Grand Canyon, Arizona. April 6—Annual Easter services...show, Sonoita, Arizona. April 7—Second annual Yuma county agricultural fair, Yuma, Arizona. April 7-May 7—"Message | | | 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 | | | Catalog/List | supplied. Usually; the ■ine naael aountain range, county and state will be furnished with speciNns. txlegy...0 XL w FF\ · X \ ±FL\z L\ Kw €zBj X X 9 Z9{w L· 'San Haruel Hi · c r k $ f x llg o9w 9F X L {F ...}FX9Hine,Hx t 9X j z • Fw DFz: xjµ X F€ k L\ F tX 9\ F{ Mine xj BV e 9\ D€ Hi, Magaa p L \F k 9w {zFX X :e s... · X \ µL {K k 9}z■9\ L {F ??? ?? ???G X red B9XB L{F. o9\ H<9\ :yµFDF\ ISA « p lp l KL{F qj...BAUXITE Massive typical oolitic fonnation ll£RAUNI I[ Red xln with other phosphates 8[RIRANDIIE Micro clear | | 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 | | | 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 | | | 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 | | | 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- | | | 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...Pegn1atites ...................................... . Calcite-Fluorite-Apatite Vein-Dikes .....................,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 | | | Book | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE | | Breit, George N., Meunier, Jean-Dominique (1990) Fluid inclusion, delta 18 O, and 87 Sr/ 86 Sr evidence for the origin of fault-controlled copper mineralization, Lisbon Valley, Utah, and Slick Rock District, Colorado. Economic Geology, 85 (4) 884-891 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.85.4.884 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | COPPER MINERALIZATION, LISBON VALLEY, UTAH, AND SLICK ROCK DISTRICT, COLORADO GEORGE N. BItEIT U.S. GeologicalSurvey...PlateauarealongtheLisbon Valley fault, southeastern Utah (Fig. 1). Thesedepositshaveproducedapproximately...Estimatedresourcesof 90,000 tonsof copperremain in the area (Mining Journal, 1989). Copper accumulatedin thesedepositswhen...hostedby differentunits.Alongthe the SlickRockV-U district(Breit, 1986; Fig. 1). Fluid LisbonValley fault...hosted inclusionandisotopicdatawere collectedon calcite, by sandstoneof the coal-bearingUpper Cretaceous | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 2 Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA Introduction The Jinding Zn–Pb sediment-hosted deposit...Canada (Akande and Zentilli 1984), Pine Point district, Canada (Powell and Macqueen 1984), Fedj el Adoum...Price 1986; Light et al. 1987; Posey and Kyle 1988; Kyle 1991; Kyle and Posey 1991). In contrast to the relatively...and Price 1986; Light et al. 1987; Posey and Kyle 1988; Kyle and Posey 1991). Some of the diapirs of the...(Price et al. 1983; Kyle and Agee 1988; Kyle and Posey 1991; Kyle and Saunders 1996). Special attributes | | | Report (issue) | ____________________________________ _ History of mining and production ________________ _ General description...States. FIGURE 1. Map showing location of uranium-mining districts in West-Central United States-------------------------2...outcrop of the Coconino Sandstone in the Grand Canyon area, Arizona ___ --------- ______ --------- ________...positions and shapes of sandstone pipes in the Grand Canyon area, Arizona ___________ -------------· ·---------...in 1874 at Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa. ('Genth, 1875, p. 144B). In 1898 a deposit | | | Book | is a fue l for reactors to produce electricity, mining operati ons. Robert Lau f presents here a highly...that one ,vould receive from this so urce co1npn red Lo the "background" radiation vve receive fro111...structures in three dimensions for a richer Mountain Mining; Leonard Himes and Michael Jacob, appreciation...Czech Republic) and elsewhere in the Erzgebirge district. Those n1ines had been \VOrked for silver and...lear Energy Agency and the IAEA, also known as the "Red Book," provides a statistical profile of the uraniu | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ENVIRONMENT: AN INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW HARRY H. POSEY* and J. RICHARD KYLE Department of Geological Sciences...(Accepted for publication July 28, 1988) Abstract Posey, H.H. and Kyle, J.R.,1988. Fluid-rock interactionsin...environment: A n introductionand review. In: H.H. Posey and J.R. Kyle (Guest-Editors),Fluid-Rock Interactionsin...Cretaceous, dominantly carbonate, shelf sequence. Red-bed, evaporite, carbonate and marginal marine siliciclastic...~....... ' diapirs and pillows ~ Upper Triassic? red beds Fig. 2. Generalized geologic cross-section |
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