 | | Report (issue) | | CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most common mineral, quartz, in this beautiful...State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings.... . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (volume) | | of Western Utah GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 979-A Manganese Deposits of Western Utah By MAX D. CRITTENDEN...MANGANESE GEOLOGICAL , DEPOSITS SURVEY OF UTAH, BULLETIN PART 1 979-A A report on known deposits..._____________________________________ Garfield County..______________________________________ Fullmer...Descriptions of individual deposits Continued Juab County._______________,.___-__-_____-____--___-_-___-____...Boy group)_-____--_-_____. Guy group (Black Jack mine)_____-_-___-,-_-___-____-._ Last Chance property |  | | Report (volume) | | copper-arsenic-antimony (22a) Gold-bearing skarns (?) Epithermal quartz-alunite gold (25e) Other hydrothermal deposits:...(27a) Kuroko massive sulfide (28a) Low-sulfide gold-quartz veins (36a) Polymetallic veins (22c) Residual or...greenstone belts Residual or placer deposits: *Quartz-pebble conglomerate uranium-gold (29a) Magmatic...sedimentary rocks: *Sediment-hosted copper (30b) Blackbird cobalt-copper (24d) Solution-collapse breccia.....................|........................... Quartz-pebble conglomerate gold-uranium deposits..... |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $6.00 Chlorargyrite from Silver Reef, Utah Bob Werner – werner@lcturbonet.com Chlorargyrite...at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...general area map that locates Silver Reef in SW Utah. US I-15 between St. George and Salt Lake City cuts...Mineral News —————————————————Page Page Silver Reef, Utah (Continued from page 1) The silver, dissolved in...Mineral News ————————————————— Page Page Silver Reef, Utah (Continued from page 2) There is another version |  | | Report (issue) | | IDAHOGEOLOGY.ORG GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACKBIRD CO-CU-AU DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO -114° 24’ 0.5” 45° 11’...schist ± garnet. This unit is mapped only in the Blackbird structural block, but it may be correlative with...interval 40 feet 6000 ª 0 5000 ª 4000 Blackbird structural block ª 0.5 3000 ª 2000 ª 1...Geophysical Data Center. Quartz-tourmaline vein (Mesoproterozoic)—One very long quartz-tourmaline vein cuts... Hydrothermal quartz-tourmaline breccia (Mesoproterozoic)—Tabular hydrothermal quartz-tourmaline breccia |  | | Report (issue) | | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Alfred C. Emery, President INSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL Edward W. Clyde. . . Joseph E. Bernolfo... . . . Utah State University United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company · . . . Utah Geological...Association · .. . . . Morton Salt Company · . . . . Utah Petroleum Council · . United States Steel Corporation...Young University · . Kennecott Copper Corporation Utah Sand and Gravel Products Corporation (retired) ...· . . . .First Security Corporation . . . . . . .Utah Mining Association · United Park City Mines Company |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Blackbird or Co balt Mining District. This district, lying within the Salmon River Mountains, con...con tains the town of Cobalt and the Black bird Mine which yields the only cobalt produced in the U ...as the Idaho Batholith. The rock is prophyritic, quartz monazite with numerous phenocysts of potash feldspars...6" long) embedded in a coarse grained matrix of quartz, plagioclase and biotites. Where once were pulsating...and the Sheepeater tribe from the Salmon River Mountains both knew of the azure-green "Paint Rocks" above |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................... Utah...................................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AND Y CONCENTRATIONS IN Co-Cu-Au ORES OF THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, IDAHO JOHN F. SLACK† U.S. Geological...samples of strata-bound Co-Cu-Au ore from the Blackbird district in Idaho shows previously unknown high...Occurrence of high REE and Y concentrations in the Blackbird ores, together with previously documented saline-rich...Co-Cu-Au Deposits of the Blackbird District Co-Cu-Au deposits of the Blackbird district constitute the...Haynes-Stellite mine (Bennett, 1977). Production from the Blackbird (Uncle Sam) underground mine and the Blacktail |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Belt, USA J.T. Nash and J.J. Connor US Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, USA Received:...vol. percent). The Cu-Co-Au deposits of the Blackbird mine are stratabound in Fe-silicate facies rocks...than 500 chemical analyses. The Blackbird mine is located in Lemhi County, Idaho, about 35 km west of Salmon...locally stratiform Cu-Co-Au deposits in the Blackbird mine (Hughes 1983; Nash and Hahn 1989). The wide...200KILOMETERS t I Fig. 1. Location of the Blackbird mine and distribution of Pro- terozoic metasedimentary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | km long and up to 10 km wide, centred on the Blackbird mine. It is an exceptional metallogenic province...Idaho cobalt project encircles the inactive Blackbird mine and encompasses the Ram and Sunshine deposits...approximately 64 km long and 10 km wide, centred on the Blackbird mine. It is exceptional as a Prepared as a contribution...Corporation’s Idaho cobalt project is located within the Blackbird mining district of this belt and is underlain...by favourable Yellowjacket stratigraphy. The Blackbird mining district contains one of the largest known |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri USA 64093 Abstract. In the Idaho cobalt belt, originally...most important deposit in the district is the Blackbird mine which produced copper-cobalt ore sporadically...cobaltiferous pyrite. Toward the northwest at the Blackpine mine, remobilization has concentrated most of the mineralization...within arsenopyrite. Further northwest at the Blackbird mine where the Yellowjacket formation has been metamorphosed...(tourmalinites) are associated with some of the Blackbird ores. The Salmon Canyon deposit at the northwest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Idaho cobalt belt, including the deposits of the Blackbird district, have been analyzed for their sulfur...δ34S values are nearly uniform throughout the Blackbird district, with a mean value for cobaltite (CoAsS...mineral that is widespread, although sparse, at Blackbird, suggest formation from mixtures of sedimentary...rare-earth element deposits within the Salmon River Mountains of eastern Idaho (Vhay, 1948; Hughes, 1983; Nash...and 32,000 t Cu were removed— came from the Blackbird Mine at the midpoint of the belt in the time periods |  | | Report (volume) | | BUIJLETIN 528 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS 1 OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT.......................... 74 Mineralogy of Lemhi County ores....................................... 74...in Lemhi County.......................................... Mining districts of Lemhi County................................................ Lemhi Union mine............................................ Colorado...96 98 0 CONTENTS. Mining districts of Lemhi County Continued. Page. Texas district Continued. Mines |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Reconnaissance Lead Isotope Characteristics of the Blackbird Deposit: Implications for the Age and Origin of...as the Idaho cobalt belt in the Salmon River Mountains and the Lemhi Range of central Idaho (Fig. 1)...several mines and mineralized areas, of which the Blackbird deposit (longitude114°21' W, latitude 45°08' N)...Co-Cu rich in the middle (Black Pine prospect and Blackbird deposit) to Cu rich in the northwest (Salmon Canyon...metasedimentary rocks were collected from the Blackbird Mine and from nearby areas (North Fork, Salmon, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ) (No. 6) Cover Photographs January/February: Quartz, Canton Uri, Switzerland. National Museum of Natural...Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing photo. May/June: Elbaite on quartz, Himalaya...Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. July/August:...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil...photo. NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | types: (1) strata-bound sulfide lenses in the Blackbird district, which are cobaltite and, less commonly...uraninite, stannite, and Bi tellurides, in a gangue of quartz, chlorite, biotite, muscovite, garnet, tourmaline...(2) discordant tourmalinized breccias in the Blackbird district that in places have concentrations of...or xenotime. Most sulfide-rich deposits in the Blackbird district are enclosed by strata-bound lenses composed...mainly of Cl-rich Fe biotite; some deposits have quartz-rich envelopes. Whole-rock analyses of 48 Co- and/or |  | | Journal (issue) | | will receive as part of your collection. Smoky quartz AUSTRALIA Dear Reader, MINERALS Foshagite, Ludlamite...specific gravity (SG) of smoky quartz is exactly the same as that of clear quartz—both weigh 2.65 times more... if present, probably make the weight of smoky quartz different from that of transparent forms of the...AS FIVE ADULT HUMANS The brown colour of smoky quartz is fairly easy to imitate by irradiation techniques—this...Earth. Smoky quartz is sometimes known alternatively as cairngorm, after the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland |  | Lund, K., Tysdal, R. G., Evans, K. V., Kunk, M. J., Pillers, R. M. (2011) Structural Controls and Evolution of Gold-, Silver-, and REE-Bearing Copper-Cobalt Ore Deposits, Blackbird District, East-Central Idaho: Epigenetic Origins. Economic Geology, 106 (4) 585-618 doi:10.2113/econgeo.106.4.585 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and REE-Bearing Copper-Cobalt Ore Deposits, Blackbird District, East-Central Idaho: Epigenetic Origins...Cu-Co ± Au (± Ag ± Ni ± REE) ore deposits of the Blackbird district, east-central Idaho, have previously...structurally controlled vein and alteration systems. Quartz-rich and biotite-rich veins (and alteration zones)...associations across the district. Both early and late quartz veins contain chalcopyrite and pyrite, whereas...(generally siderite) form veins or are included in the quartz veins. REE minerals, principally monazite, allanite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | United States-Canada border within the Rocky Mountains of western North America (Fig. 1), consists of...Mt; Ag, 0.044 Mt; Long et al., 1998). The Sullivan Mine closed in 2001 after more than 92 years of production...Butte porphyry copper deposit at the Continental Mine. This issue of Economic Geology highlights new work...Belt-Purcell Basin. A major synthesis work on the Sullivan Mine and the Belt-Purcell Basin was published in 2000...●● ●● ● ●● ● ● ●● ● ●● ●●● ● ●● ● ●● Blackbird ● ●● ● 多 Idaho Cobalt Belt ● ● ● ID ●● |  | | Report (issue) | | geographic coordinates and, where applicable, by county and section, township, and range. Both published...nickel-plus-copper in the deposit. The Gap mine (Pennsylvania) and the San Julian mine (California),are examples of...deposits varies widely. Some, like the Bluebird mine (Arizona), are small deposits containing 16 mostly...mostly only cobalt minerals. At the Standard mine (Oregon), the , cobalt minerals are associated with...copper is present in separate ore shoots. In the Blackbird district (Idaho), the amount of copper present |  | | Report (issue) | | Chlorine-rich blotltes from the Blackbird raining district, Lenhi County, Idaho evidence for a saline hydrothermal...... 2 Figure 2. Generalized geology of the Blackbird mine area, showing the location of Co-Cu deposits...Table 1. Partial chemical analyses of rocks, Blackbird District......... 23 Table 2. Partial results...analyses of biotite, Yellowjacket Formation, Blackbird District........................................that are spatially associated with Co-Cu ores at Blackbird contain high chlorine concentrations. Chlorine |  | | Book (edition) | | d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains by Lanny R. Ream L.R. Rerun...in the field and assistance with the Sawtooth Mountains chapter and specimen identification. Also for...of the micro-size minerals from the Sawtooth Mountains. My appreciation is extended to Norm Radford for...and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included. |  | Trumbull, R. B., Slack, J. F., Krienitz, M.-S., Belkin, H. E., Wiedenbeck, M. (2011) Fluid sources and metallogenesis in the Blackbird Co-Cu-Au-Bi-Y-REE district, Idaho, U.S.A.: insights from major-element and boron isotopic compositions of tourmaline. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (1) 225-244 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.1.225 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 225 FLUID SOURCES AND METALLOGENESIS IN THE BLACKBIRD Co–Cu–Au–Bi–Y–REE DISTRICT, IDAHO, U.S.A.: INSIGHTS...is a widespread mineral in the Mesoproterozoic Blackbird Co–Cu–Au–Bi–Y–REE district, Idaho, where it occurs...barren pipes of tourmaline breccia, from late barren quartz veins, and from Mesoproterozoic granite. The tourmalines...prominent only in tourmaline from breccias and quartz veins; crystal rims are enriched in Mg, Ca and...occurs in unmineralized samples from wallrocks, late quartz veins and Mesoproterozoic granite, whereas heavy |
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