 | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | 76, No. 9, November, 2017 CALCITE & ARAGONITE CaCO3, 5.3cm, Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture...November 9th is a special evening dedicated to calcite with calcite as mineral of the month and with a program...Houser “Got Calcite?” Calcite makes up about 4% of the earth’s crust, so you can imagine calcite is a popular...good friend Phil Richardson will display suite of calcite from his collection. December 4th is MSA’s 82nd...auctions and raffles. RSVP for Holiday Jamboree—see volunteer page for info. Juniors Program : Future Rockhounds |  | | Journal (issue) | | "Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado" (2005). After retiring Bob and Nell...Preservation.” COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO& BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 May 2016...informational meeting regarding the final details, and volunteer status, May 19th at 6:00pm at the Senior Center...experience in Salt Lake City. I have written about Utah in numerous other articles since the state played...my early adult life. I attended the University of Utah (1967-1970), spent the 1971-1973 summers as a seasonal |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALS & JEWELRY LEARN TO MAKE THIS Gemstone Jewelry Box! << “DIRTY DIAMONDS” of the Great Salt Lake A Rockhound’s...8:55 AM Vol. 47, No. 4 • April 2017 16 IS IT CALCITE OR DOLOMITE? 10 These carbonates have chemistry...ASTORITE 16 An attractive pink gem beaming with mining lore. By Helen Serras-Herman A LUCKY ROCKHOUND’S...minerals. By Bob Jones 34 LAPIDARY: GEMSTONE JEWELRY BOX 30 A lapidary challenge with pleasing results. By...RUSH 58 Find specimens and history in Colorado and Utah. By Steve Voynick Regular Columns Field Notes |  | | Journal (issue) | | quartz, SiO2, 3.5cm, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA. Chris Whitney-Smith Collection and Photo...Schedule 31 MSA Field Trip Flyers 32-37 MSA Utah Field Trip Report 38-47 SHOWS, EVENTS, CLASSES...connection to Willard Perkin inventor of the perky box that house thumbnail (TN) sized minerals. I shared...about a legrandite TN from the Ojuela Mine, mounted in perky box and sold by the late mineral dealer Willard...Willard Perkin and a fantastic Mexican mining journey that lead to several wellknown mineral localities |  | | Journal (issue) | | historical photos, 180 pages, $12.50. GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST by Vardis Fisher...than Vardis Fisher to write of the gold rushes and mining camps of the West. He brings together all the men...conservation and aborigines. Hardcover, $4.95. UTAH GEM TRAILS by Bessie W. Simpson. The casual rockhound...in full color. Hardcover, $6.95. Send orders to Box 1318, Palm Desert, California 92260 Please add 25c...the first European settlers were lured into the mountains along the same road. Magnificent photographs, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Long Beach, New York with an unrequited love for mountains and minerals. After High School he obtained a...presentation. COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 May 2017...opportunity to revisit the Helen Beryl Mine in Custer County, South Dakota, in the Black Hills. I had...highlight of the semester! In revisiting the Helen Beryl Mine, I only had an opportunity to sort through part...pur- Fig. 1. Purpurite (P) from the Helen Beryl Mine. A? may mens are probably man- be alluaudite. Specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | presented by our own Mr. Bob Jones on ”Cornwall: Mining, Minerals and Amazing History.” Bob will take us...Don Boushelle Terry Dyer Bob Jones "Cornwall: Mining, Minerals and Amazing History” December 15th ...Refreshment Volunteer List By Carlie Murphy & Joyce Hendrix (At-Large). Page 6 Dish Volunteer List MSA...MSA Holiday Jamboree Refreshment Volunteer List MSA Monthly Meetings For Monthly MSA Meetings: Saturday...vegetable or meat and cheese trays. This is a volunteer effort and we appreciate your help in making our |  | | Journal (issue) | | :f{atirons :facets Flatirons Mineral Club of Boulder County, Colorado Volume 61, Number 6 The Flatirons Mineral...It is considering opening BLM lands in southern Utah to hobby collecting. Find an article in this newsletter...club meeting, or by sending your payment to P.O. Box 3331, Boulder, CO, 80307. Flatirons Facets, November‐December...Mineral Show is on December 7‐9 at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont, 10 am to 5 pm each day...2018 Page 3 Volunteer at the Show This Show runs on VOLUNTEERS. We need volunteer help from set‐up |  | | Journal (issue) | | FIELD TRIP: Barite and Quartz in the Caballo Mountains RG_Yellow_cover_1014.indd 2 9/2/14 11:11 AM .................60 Big crystals in the caballo mountains by Brad L. Cross by Robert Beard regular columns...keep moving steadily To nearby mountains that we see. There is a mine owned by my friend And he’ll be...clothes we don. After four hours we get there. The mine site fills us all with cheer. A rustic air-conditioned...dam without a din. The lodge is built right at the mine. Outside the lodge there points a sign. It says |  | | Journal (issue) | | WULFENITE, PbMoO4, 7cm, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA; Evan Jones Collection, ©...the Arizona Geological Survey and at the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum. Dr. Rasmussen received the...in 2010 for her work as Curator of the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum in Phoenix. Our April 13th program...Minute 2629 Pinal Club & Museum 30 Arizona Mining, Mineral and Natural Resources Education Museum...Carleton Moore Tremolite, Utah 59 Joseph Philpott Jr. Fluorite, Blue Cube Mine MSA Membership Corner |  | | Journal (issue) | | plans to bring a Wichita Case with samples of calcite and barite to this meeting. The following is a...page 11) COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 April 2017...Rockhounds Club, at the McKee 4-H Building, Larimer County Fairgrounds/The Ranch, I-25 exit 259. 4-8 p.m....Lakes of the Eocene, by Mark Loewen, Univeristy of Utah. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Earth Sciences...Heritage Exhibit Lecture at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry, Colorado Springs: Mindy S. Vogel |  | | Journal (issue) | | Meeting Min- Pg 6 PRESIDENT’S CORNER Pg 7 District 11 Honors Jun- Pg 9 ions Pebble Pups RAY BERRY’S...Auction COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO March 2012 PICK SPRINGS, & PACKCOLORADO...15—General Assembly, Roger Pittman – Sadila Copper Mine Fri, - Sun. 7 p.m., Senior Center. Tues., Apr...Leader, 719.749.2328 10 a.m., Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 Northgate Bd., Colorado Springs...Pittman. Kerry Burroughs – Gold Hill Troels City, Utah Thurs., Mar 22—Crystal Group, Camera Club is looking |  | | 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 (issue) | | would like to talk about, email Peter Megaw and volunteer a talk title and time desired but do it soon.... marsh.rg@pg.com TREASURER: Gloria Staebler, PO Box 234, Arvada, CO 80001; gastaebler@aol.com WEBMASTER:...Museum of Los Angeles County for their “Form and Function” display with biological calcite forms similar to...to brittle stars, environmental forms such as calcite pseudomorphs of ‘glendonites’, and industrial uses...noninstitution was awarded to Chuck Houser for calcite exhibiting three crystal forms including four twin |  | | Journal (issue) | | months. COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 March 2018...School of Mines Geology Museum, The Boulder County Tungsten District and its History, by Ed Raines, Collections...Parallel Baseline to the “Summit of the Rocky Mountains” in Colorado at the Maple Grove Grange, 3130 Youngfield...Speakers’ Bureau Lecture at the Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Colorado Springs, “Cripple Creek High...WMMI and Middle School student, Douglas County School District. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., lecture 7:00 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Governor Dick Lamm recently signed Colorado’s new Mining Reclamation Law (HB 1065), to become effective...development in the state. The new law imposes 18 duties on mine operators: Reclamation plans and maps must be updated...page 10) COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 October 2016...Nov. 18-20, Gem and Mineral Show at the Jefferson County Fairground, sponsored by Denver Area Gem and Mineral...HOPE DIAMOND, AND SPHALERITE FROM THE CAMP BIRD MINE, COLORADO along with a MEA CULPA Mike Nelson csrockguy@yahoo |  | | Report (issue) | | Professional Paper Ill THE ORE ~DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY B. S. BUTLER, G. F. LOUGHLIN, V. C. HEIKES.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'Vasatch Mountains............................................................ .. ................... Uinta Mountains ....................................................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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Field Trip Guide For The West Tintic Mining District, Western Utah By Holly J. Stein1 , David L. Kelley2...Wyoming P.O. Box 3006, University Station Laramie, WY 82071 The West Tintic mining district is located...located in western Utah near the eastern margin of the Basin and Range Province. The district is on the Cherry...topography south of the Sheeprock Mountains and west of the West Tintic Mountains (fig. 1) (all illustrations...end of report). The famous Main and East Tintic mining districts, which contain carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-Au |  | | Journal (issue) | | mountain. The new private owners of the California Mine have reopened the adit and built a camp for all-summer-long...all-summer-long occupancy. Be warned, the three California mine “patented claims [since circa 1924]” are private...were searching for rare-earth minerals in Fremont County and relocating two historic granite quarries. This...attracts mineral dealers and collectors from across the USA as well as some international visitors. The camaraderie... marsh.rg@pg.com TREASURER: Gloria Staebler, PO Box 234, Arvada, CO 80001; gastaebler@aol.com WEBMASTER: |  | | Book (volume) | | Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mich~g_an Shawn M. Carlson, Mark J. Elder, Audrey E. Smith P.O. Box 234 Crystal Falls, Michigan 49920 ...Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...the dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...obvious even when visiting some of the Garland County mines. I also planned to do some Magnet Cove collecting...all subscription requests to: Mineral News, P.O. Box 2088, Peekskill, NY 10566-2088, or via telephone |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...Colleges. Send for price list to W. S. Beekman, Box 108, West Medford, Mass. William S. Beekman’s collection |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2—Dons Club Trek for Lost Gold in the Superstition Mountains, from Phoenix. March 4-30—Frank Mason show at...15-16—National Alpine Ski Championships, Snow Basin, Ogden, Utah. March 16 — Out Wickenburg Way Style Show, Wickenburg...Dances, La gun a Pueblo, N. M. March 19-23—Maricopa County Fair, Mesa, Arizona, March 21-23—Dons Club Bus...will be held in March. Send inquiries to Roosevelt, Utah, C of C. Volume 21 MARCH, 1958 COVER POETRY CALENDAR...LOST MINE FORECAST SERVICE HISTORY CONTEST EXPERIENCE CONTEST NATURE LETTERS CLOSE-UPS NEWS MINING LAPIDARY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Foundation vice-chairman. A field collector of Utah and Arizona minerals, he has previously written...Minerals. A rthur L. Flagg was a practicing Arizona mining engineer, an accomplished author, and an Arizona...Smithsonite with calcite and wulfenite, 11.6 cm across, 79 mine, Hayden, Gila County. Figure 3 (center...(center left). “Bird’s nest” calcite, 11.6 cm across, Bisbee, Cochise County. Figure 4 (bottom left). Malachite...7 cm across, Tiger, Pinal County. Figure 5 (top right). Copper with calcite, 8.8 cm high, Campbell shaft |
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