 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | perhaps best known for its topaz, red beryl, variscite, and azurite, Utah boasts an array of mineral...species. AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT Mineral Collecting in Utah Downloaded by [New York University] at 19:26 09...Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84106-3313 JAMES R. WILSON Weber State University Ogdeo, Utah 84408-2507 PAULA...PAULA N. WILSON University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-1183 sion to visit or collect material; indeed...an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone a resurgence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tuff, Western Utah DAVID A. LINDSEY Abstract Epitbermal beryllium depositsin western Utah have distinctivegeologicaland...the HoneycombHills are uniquely associatedxvith topaz-bearing rhyolite of Late Tertiary age and are restricted...summarizesrecent studies of beryllium deposits in western Utah in order to developcriteria for exploration and...threegroupsof volcanicrockswhosehistoryis sumin the western Utah beryllium belt (Cohenour, marizedhere from Shawe...volcanicrocksbeganto group. Severalother flowsof topaz-bearingrhyolite form about 10 m.y. ago when rhyolitewas |  | | Book | | FOUND IN UTAH Adapted by Martha R. Smith o UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of UTAH DEPARTMENT...found in Utah is based on a chapter on Gem Materials, written by M.D. Dasch and published in Utah Geological...Survey Bulletin 73, Mineral and Water Resources of Utah. Bulletin 73 , published in 1969, was prepared by...has been updated and expanded. DID YOU KNOW? .. Utah has a wide variety of gem materials from which semiprecious...semiprecious gemstones and ornamental stones found in Utah include: azurite and malachite; beryl (aquamarine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | thorite in lithophysal rhyolite Mountain, Utah, USA Topaz EUGENE E. FOORD US Geological Survey, Box...flows at Thomas Mountain, Utah, USA. The crystals are associated with sandidine, quartz, topaz, hematite...so-called 'topaz-rhyolites' of the western USA. KEYWORDS: thorite, uranium, rhyolite, Topaz Mountain,... Utah, USA. ONLY recently has thorite been reported from volcanic rocks as an accessory mineral: (a)...thorite occurring in alkali rhyolite flows in Utah, USA. Occurrence. Thorite crystals occur in lithophysae |  | | Report (issue) | | Tertiary Volcanic Rocks and Uranium in the Thomas Range Northern Drum Mountains, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Rocks and Uranium in the Thomas Range and Northern Drum Mountains, Juab County, Utah By DAVID A. LINDSEY ...units Continued Topaz Mountain Rhyolite Continued Stratified tuff Structural geology Thomas caldera 29 29...Spor 47 50 51 Uranium in stratified tuff of the Topaz Mountain Rhyolite A model for uranium deposits and...ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURE 1. Map showing location of the Thomas Range and Drum Mountains, other geographic features |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TOPAZ A • MINERALOGICAL • REVIEW Downloaded by [New York University] at 21:04 11 May 2015 Coveted...National Museum of Natural History TOPAZ IS THE STATE GEM of Texas and Utah; however, it is best known to...the "big three" (emerald, sapphire, and ruby), topaz is nevertheless regarded as an important and prized...attributes is that, unlike many other gem minerals, topaz may occur in crystals large enough to cut giant...giant gemstones. Gems such as the Champagne Topaz (36,853 carats), the American Golden (22,875 carats), and |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Thomas Range Fluorspar District Juab County, Utah GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report...Commission 1069 Geology of the Thomas Range Fluorspar District Juab County, Utah By M. H. STAATZ and F. W....INTERIOR FRED A. SEATON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director The U. S. Geological Survey...Mortimer Hay, 1918Geology of the Thomas Range fluorspar district, Juab County, Utah, by M. H. Staatz and F. W...Geology Utah Juab Co. 2. Fluorspar. i. Osterwald, Frank W., joint author. 11. Title: Thomas Range fluorspar |  | | Report (issue) | | the Delta 2° quadrangle Tooele, Juab, Millard, and Utah Counties, Utah by Hal T. Morris Open-File Report...obsidian and white vitric tuff and breccia. Contains topaz in cavities and groundmass. Flows at Smelter Knoll...rock flour derived from the same rock units Ttm TOPAZ MOUNTAIN RHYOLITE (MIOCENE) Chiefly flows of light-gray...stratified tuff. Cavities in the rhyolite contain topaz, garnet, beryl, bixbyite, and pseudobrookite. Lindsey...of 6.1-6.8 Ma, averaging about 6.3 Ma in the Thomas Range, and 8 Ma in the Keg Mountains Tc CONGLOMERATE |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Beryllium Deposits in the Thomas Range Juab County, Utah By MORTIMER H. STAATZ CO~~TRIBUTIONS...STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent..._______ In pocket FIGURE 1. Index map of the Thomas Range__________________________ 2. Distribution...GEOLOGY OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH By MORTIMER H. STAA'l'Z ABSTRACT...western part of the Thomas Range in western Juab County, 46 miles northwest of Delta, Utah. The first beryllium |  | | Report (issue) | | Associated with Beryllium Deposits at Spar Mountain, Utah GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 818-A ...Associated with Beryllium Deposits at Spor Mountain, Utah By DAVID A. LINDSEY, HAROLD GANOW, and WAYNE MOUNTJOY...MOUNTJOY BERYLLIUM-BEARING TUFFS IN WESTERN UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 818-A A description...beryllium-bearing tuff at Spor Mountain, western Utah UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...water-laid tuff at Spar Mountain and the Thomas A2 3 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Range - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geochemicalevolution of topaz rhyolites from the ThomasRange and Spor Mountain, Utah Eruc H. CnnrsrrausBNl...the Thomas Range(6 m.y.) and at Spor Mountain (21 m.y.) in west-centralUtah. Both contain topaz indicative...variations in trace elements in vitrophyres from the Thomas Rangeare generallyconsistentwith fractionation...developmentof the Basin and Rangeprovince, the The topaz rhyolite of the Spor Mountain Formation has SnakeRiver...were Lindsey be part of a distinct assemblageof topaz-bearingrhyolite the emplacement of the rhyolite |  | LUDWIG, K, LINDSEY, D, ZIELINSKI, R, SIMMONS, K (1980) U-Pb ages of uraniferous opals and implications for the history of beryllium, fluorine, and uranium mineralization at Spor Mountain, Utah. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 46 (2) 221-232 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(80)90008-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FLUORINE, AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION AT SPOR MOUNTAIN, UTAH K.R. LUDWIG, D.A. LINDSEY, R.A. ZIELINSKI and K...systematics of uraniferous opals from Spor Mountain, Utah, were investigated to determine the suitability...Introduction Beryllium deposits at Spor Mountain, Utah, rank among the largest economically recoverable...reported in tuffaceous sediments of the Basin and Range province [30,4,25], in sediments near uranium deposits...U-daughter retention of uraniferous opals could be in a range that would permit useful geochronologic data to |  | | Journal (volume) | | on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401...54401 I I r i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities...AUSTRALIA, GERMANY RUSSIA, NORWAY, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO Write for free list. Dealer prices available...elbaites with top quality morganites, aquamarines, topaz, herderites, and garnets, old Bisbee pieces, lots...NEWS, P 0. Box 1154, Coeur d' Alene , Idaho 83814 USA. Information in this newsletter may not be reproduced |  | | 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...State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings.... . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | December Mineral News Weis Museum 4 covered a wide range of topics related to agates, as well as agate dealers...6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of |  | | Book (volume) | | A Field Guide to Topaz and Associated Minerals of the Thomas Range, Utah (Topaz Mountain) Volume I By...Maynard Bixby - one of the early pioneers of the Thomas Range who first discovered and described red beryl...HolfertfWalter Mrocli DISTRIBUTION Distributed by: Utah Mineral and Fossil, Inc. (UT) Internet Address:...well over 20 years since my last book on the Thomas Range. It finally started coming together in late...illustrations of the geological formations found in the Thomas Range. These illustrations provide valuable insight |  | | Report (issue) | | and Diagenesis in Water-Laid Tuff of the Thomas Range, Utah GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER ...Tuff of the Thomas Range, Utah By DAVID A. LINDSEY BERYLLIUM-BEARING TUFFS IN WESTERN UTAH GEOLOGICAL...water-laid tuff of the Thomas Range, Utah. (Beryllium-bearing tuffs in western Utah) (Geological Survey...tuff, etc.-Utah-Thomas Range. 2. Ore-deposits-Utah-Thomas Range. 3. Diagenesis-Utah-Thomas Range. I. Title...location of the Thomas Range study area and mineral occurrences in the western Utah beryllium ~h--- |  | | Journal (issue) | | Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740. FRONT COVER: Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan;...specimens from the Freilich Collection (left to right): Topaz from Dassu, Pakistan; Amethyst from Guerrero, Mexico;...Kongsberg, Norway; Powellite from Nasik, India; Blue Topaz from the Ural Mountains, Russia; Devilline from...Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...tant influence for centuries, from the time of Thomas Jefferson and George Gibbs (1776-1833) to Washington |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 83:16-30 9 Springer-Verlag 1983 The Petrogenesis of Topaz Rhyolites from the Western United States E.H. Christiansen...Arizona 85287, USA 1 Department of Geology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA z Applied Geologic...Studies, Englewood, Colorado 80110, USA ,Abstract. High-silica topaz-bearing rhyolites of Cenozoic age...age are widely distributed across the western USA and Mexico. They are characteristically enriched in fluorine...elements (e.g. Li, Rb, Cs, U, Th, Be). In addition to topaz, the rhyolites contain garnet, bixbyite, pseudobrookite |  | | Report (volume) | | Fluorspar Deposits of Utah GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1005 Fluorspar Deposits of Utah By W. R. THURSTON...in cooperation with the State of Utah through the University of Utah. This report concerns work done partly...________ ___________ History of fluorspar mining in Utah __ --__-_________--_____--___ Classification of..._____ Deposits in Indian Peak Range and Monarch claims, Beaver County, by W. R. Thurston. __ ____ _______...prospect _ ________________________________________ Utah mine____--____________-______________-__________ |  | | Journal (issue) | | found in the rhyolite-covered mountain ranges of Utah. He was a Salt Lake City mining expert often contracted...summarizing the known minerals and localities of Utah (Mitchell 1987). His personal mineral collection...Township, along the Susquehanna River, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Bixby 1914). This farm was just...(Continued from page 3) Meanwhile the University of Utah museum was preparing its educational exhibit for...activities, reflecting his 3 years of traveling around Utah and the adjacent states. His first known article |  | | Report (issue) | | x 60 minute quadrangle Tooele, Juab, Utah, and Millard counties, Utah by Earl H. Pampeyan Open-File...sand, marl, and gravel. The clay, silt and sand range in color from light-gray, yellowish-gray and tan...horizons range from about 11,000 to more than 32,000 y.b.p.; dates from shells west(?) of Lynndyl range from...bed is present near base of section and clasts of Topaz Mountain Rhyolite are present near top of section...(1980), and Galyardt and Rush (1981) Tya 1-2 TOPAZ MOUNTAIN RHYOLITE (UPPER MIOCENE) Chiefly light-gray |  | | Journal (issue) | | TOPAZ, I J.INERALOGICAL RECORD JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1995 • VOLUME 26 NUMBER 1 • $10 Wayne & Dona Leicht........ 5 by M. A. Menzies Pink topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, U ta h ........................Lichte & P. H. Briggs FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on topaz...................................................Columns Notes from the editor by W. E. Wilson TOPAZ, COVER: TOPAZ crystals to 4 cm, on matrix, from Ghundao...themselves, many of them to competition quality, range in price mostly from $50 to $500, with few up to |  | | Journal (issue) | | Events Pg 2 Durangite: Red Arsenate, West Desert, Utah Pg 3 Board of Directors News Pg 8 Secretary’s... Page 2 DURANGITE: RED ARSENATE, WEST DESERT, UTAH Mike Nelson csrockguy@yahoo.co I can see for miles...Fig. 1. The Thomas Range is located southwest of Salt Lake City and northwest of Delta, Utah. Map from...RealGems.org I first laid eyes on the Thomas Range in western Utah during the late 1960’s and was duly...huge piles of rhyolite (mostly) that formed the Thomas Range (Fig. 2). On a field trip, we were examining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALIZATION IN TUFFS, HONEY COMB HILLS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH McANULTY AND A. A. LEVINSON ABSTRACT...Comb Hills, Juab County, Utah, in an environment similar to that of the betterknown Spor-Topaz district...aroundthe Honey CombHills, Fish Creek District, Juab County, Utah, led to a geologicaland exploration project...Geological map of the Honey Comb Hills area, Juab County, Utah. The black areas are tuffs likely to contain...mTheHoney Combrhyolite is similar in appearanceto Topaz Mountainrhyolitein the ThomasRange,twenty nfilesto |
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Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA