Mining and Minerals
High-calcium limestone resources of Utah (SS-116)
By: B. T. TrippUtah contains large resources of high-calcium limestone (> 95% CaCO3) that provide raw material for diverse mining and mineral-processing operations. The most important deposits are in Cambrian, Devonian, and Mississippian-age shallow marine rocks, primarily in the western...
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Scandium-bearing aluminum phosphate deposits of Utah (RI-209)
By: M. A. ShubatThe continuing development of high-efficiency lasers that use gadolinium-scandium-gallium garnet crystals is creating an increased demand for scandium.In Utah, scandium concentrates occur in a variety of geologic environments including a class of hydrothermal, scandium-bearing aluminum phosphate deposits...
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Building stone quarries and yards, Utah and parts of Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming (OFR-521)
By: D. E. BoleneusThis report contains comprehensive information about the building stone industry in Utah and the nearby states of Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Washington, and is presented in three parts: 1.) an inventory of stone operations and stone yards...
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Large mines in Utah 2008 (OFR-515)
By: R. L. Bon and S. I. Wakefield, compilersThe information in this table is from the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining. Large Mines are those having more than five acres of disturbance at a time. Coal mines are...
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2009 Summary of mineral activity in Utah (C-111)
By: R. L. Bon and K. A. KrahulecThis publications discusses the gross value of energy and mineral commodities Utah mines and energy companies produced during 2009. It also discusses the types of energy and mineral commodities produced in the state,...
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The geology of Kane County, Utah: geology, mineral resources, and geologic hazards (B-124)
By: H. H. Doelling, F. D. Davis, and C. J. Brandt Kane County, with its 4105 square miles, lies along the south-central margin of Utah and is found in the western part of the Colorado Plateaus physiographic province. It is...
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Interim Geologic Map of the Browns Hole Quadrangle, Weber and Cache Counties, Utah (OFR-760)
By: Zachary W. Anderson, Greg N. McDonald, Elizabeth A. Balgord, and W. Adolph Yonkee The Browns Hole quadrangle is in Weber and Cache Counties of northern Utah and covers the eastern part of Ogden Valley, a rapidly developing area of...
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Interim Report on the Great Salt Lake Lithium Resource (OFR-759)
By: Andrew Rupke This report documents a brief evaluation of the potential lithium resource in Great Salt Lake and leans heavily on historical data from the Utah Geological Survey’s GSL brine chemistry database from the 1960s through the 1990s; limited...
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A Directory of the Mining Industry of Utah 1967 (B-84)
The first Directory of the Mining Industry of Utah published by the Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey in 1965 covered the industry through the year 1964. This the second directory provides information through 1967. The following agencies were especially helpful...
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Lithium Brine Analytical Database of Utah: Second Edition (OFR-758)
By: Andrew Rupke and Taylor Boden This report and accompanying database is a compilation of analytical data that includes lithium concentrations from brine samples collected in Utah. The purpose of this database is to catalog the potential lithium resources in...
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The Economic Contribution of Utah’s Energy and Mining Industries (MP-176)
Summary This study quantifies the economic contribution of Utah’s energy and mining industries to Utah’s gross domestic product (GDP), employment, worker earnings, state tax revenue, and total economic output. This report also explores contributions at a sectoral level and analyzes...
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Utahs Extractive Resource Industries 2011 (C-115)
By: Taylor Boden, Michael Vanden Berg, Ken Krahulec, Dave Tabet, and Mark GwynnOther Information:Published: 2012Pages: 27Location: Utah Media Type: Paper Publication
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Contributions to economic geology in Utah 1986 (SS-69)
By: M. D. Bunnell and T. W. TaylorIn the past, the coal industry used geology primarily for exploration and delineation of coal tracts prior to mining, but in detailed mine planning and mine development, the science played a relatively minor...
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Geology of the fluorite occurrences, Spor Mountain, Juab County, Utah (SS-53)
By: K. C. BullockThe present work is a study of the geology of the fluorite occurrences in Spor Mountain, and their relationships to the uranium and beryllium deposits and to the volcanic history of the area. Data and concepts have...
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Mineral and energy resources in Kane County, Utah and their occurrence with respect to Wilderness Study Areas (RI-221)
By: R. E. Blackett, C. J. Brandt, T. C. Chidsey, Jr., and C. E. BishopThe Utah Department of Community and Economic Development enlisted the help of the UGS to review and report on the objectives and procedures for mineral resource...
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Overburden map and thickness determination, Sunnyside oil-impregnated sandstone deposit, Carbon and Duchesne Counties, Utah (RI-210)
By: J. W. GwynnThe purposes of this investigation are to a) develop an overburden map for the Sunnyside oil-impregnated sandstone deposit, and b) make a determination of the thickness of the oil-impregnated sands within the deposit.The data base used in...
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Mineral occurrences in the Emergency Withdrawal Area and adjacent lands in the Great Salt Lake Desert (Tooele County) (RI-200)
By: J. W. Gwynn, K. M. Clem, M. A. Shubat, B. T. Tripp, and P. A. SturmThis mineral report was prepared to fulfill the requirements of PL 94-579 Sec. 204 (c)(2) for the emergency withdrawal of a portion of the...
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Mining conditions and problems encountered within the Texas gulf-Cane Creek Potash Mine near Moab, Utah; and potential mining conditions at Gibson Dome, Utah (RI-184)
By: J. W. Gwynn The Cane Creek mine began as a conventional underground excavation in 1964, but was converted to a system combining solution mining and solar evaporation in 1970. The potash ore, sylvinite, was mined from the K5 potash...
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Mineralogy and fluid chemistry of surficial sediments in the Newfoundland Basin, Tooele and Box Elder Counties, Utah (OFR-539)
By: B. F. Jones, W. W. White III, K. M. Conko, D. M. Webster, and J. F. KohlerThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a joint three-year field study of Newfoundland Basin?s shallow-brine aquifer and...
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Lead and zinc publications for Utah: a collection of reprints (OFR-466)
Contains reprints of 10 out of-print items concerning uranium/vanadium. The CD contains the following publications:C-9 Initial report on the Lead Ore mine, Tooele County, Utah, by A. M. Buranek, 1942, 6 p.C-10 Preliminary report on the Milljohn silver-lead claim, Fish...
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Known and potential sand, gravel, and crushed stone resources in Grand County, Utah (OFR-369)
By: G. N. McDonaldGrand County has limited resources of good-quality materials suitable for construction uses. However, the county is sparsely populated and the present demand for sand, gravel, and crushed stone is not high. Most people reside in the towns...
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Mines and prospects in and around the Farmington Canyon complex, northern Utah (OFR-325)
By: R. W. Gloyn, M. A. Shubat, and B. H. MayesForty-three mines and prospects were examined in the northern Wasatch Mountains of north-central Utah. Areas sampled include the Argenta, Morgan, Farmington, and Hot Springs(City Creek) districts and the Mountain Green...
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Mineral occurrences of the Tooele 1o x 2o quadrangle, west-central Utah (OFR-153)
By: B. T. Tripp, M. A. Shubat, C. E. Bishop, and R. E. BlackettThis report summarizes the available data for mineral occurrences within the Tooele 1x2 quadrangle (1:250,000 scale), located in west-central Utah. Summary information for each mineral occurrence within...
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Characterization of argillic alteration and K/Ar dating of illite at the Mercur gold mine, Utah: further evidence for a Mesozoic age of gold mineralization (MP 93-5)
By: P. N. Wilson and W. T. ParryMineralogical and chemical analyses of argillic ally altered rocks sampled on transects of the Carrie Steele and Lulu Graben fault zones in the Mereur gold deposit, indicate that the argillic mineralogy and geochemistry...
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