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Utah Geological Association:

Publication 7 / Shawe, D. R., Ed. / 1978 IAGOD MEETING: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, Field Excursion C-2, Guidebook to Mineral Deposits of Southwestern Utah, Snowbird, 1978, pb, 75 pages, - 3 -, $ 15 [Ophir, Tintic, Iron Springs, Escalante Mine, Silver Reef, Marysvale Mining Area, Redmond Silver Mine, etc.]

Publication 10 / Nielson, D. L., Ed. / OVERTHRUST BELT OF UTAH, 1982 SYMPOSIUM AND FIELD CONFERENCE, Salt Lake City, 1982, cl, 335 pages, - 3 -, $ 60 [Contains 10 papers on structure, 2 papers on geophysics, 2 papers on hydrology, 10 papers on stratigraphy and 3 days of field logs; special note: sulfide ore deposits related to thrust faults in Northern Utah is one of the structure papers]

Publication 13 / Kerns, G. J. and Kerns, R. L., Jr., Ed. / GEOLOGY OF NORTHWEST UTAH, SOUTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHEAST NEVADA, Salt Lake City, 1984, pb, 290 pages, - 2 -, $ 49 [Includes Beryllium Deposits at Spor Mountain, Queen of Sheba Gold, Tecoma disseminated gold, the Mercur Gold Mine, and Tallman disseminated gold, to name a few]


Utah Geological Society Guidebooks:

Guidebook 9 / Coffin, R. C., et.al. / URANIUM DEPOSITS AND GENERAL GEOLOGY OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH, 1954, pb, 115 pages, 5 plates, 18 figs., 2 tables, - 3 - or - 5 -, $ 20

Guidebook 14 / Bissell, H. J., et.al. / GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS AND FIVEMILE PASS - NORTHERN BOULTER MOUNTAIN AREA, TOOELE AND UTAH COUNTIES, Salt Lake City, 1959, pb, 268 pages, 8 plates (4 in pocket), 25 figs., 11 tables, - 3 -, $ 30

Guidebook 15 / Schaeffer, F. E., Ed. / GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS, BOX ELDER AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, Salt Lake City, 1960, pb, 192 pages, 6 plates on 5 sheets (in pocket), 36 figs., - 3 -, $ 40

Guidebook 16 / Cook, D. R. / GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS, Salt Lake City, 1961, pb, 6 of 7 plates (in pocket), [plate 6 is absent from all of these; it is map USGS MF 240 which was out of print when these were made - I do not have copies of that map in stock either], 32 figs., 4 tables, - 3 -, $ 45

Guidebook 16 / Cook, D. R. / GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS, Salt Lake City, 1961, pb, 6 of 7 plates (in pocket), [plate 6 is absent from all of these; it is map USGS MF 240 which was out of print when these were made - I do not have copies of that map in stock either], 32 figs., 4 tables, - 3 -, with a few red ink marks in text, ovg, $ 25

Guidebook 17 / Sharp, B. J., et.al., Ed. / BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1963, pb, 59 pages, 2 plates (in pocket), 5 figs., - 3 -, $ 28

Guidebook 19 / Goode, H. D. and Robison, R. A. / GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1965, pb, 177 pages, 28 figs. (12 in pocket), 2 tables, 6 photos, - 5 -, $ 40

Guidebook 21 / URANIUM DISTRICT OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1967, afb, 194 pages, 19 figs., - 3 -, $ 28

Guidebook 22 / Erickson, A. J., et.al. / PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1968, pb, 102 pages, - 3 -or - 5 -, $ 45


Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey:

Bulletins:


B 36 / Buranek, A. M. and Needham, C. E. / DIRECTORY OF UTAH MINERAL RESOURCES AND CONSUMERS GUIDE, Salt Lake City, 1949, pb, 95 pages, 1 plate in pocket, - 5 -, $ 10

B 44 / Proctor, P. D. / GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON, COUNTY, 173 pages, 8 tables, 13 figs., 11 plates, - 2 -, $ 25

B 46 / Stokes Wm. L. / URANIUM-VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE THOMPSONS AREA, GRAND COUNTY, with emphasis on the origin of carnotite ores, Salt Lake City, 1952, pb, 51 pages, 2 plates, 12 figs., 1 table, - 3 -, $ 15

B 68 / Barosh, P. J. / BEAVER LAKE MOUNTAINS, THEIR GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1960, pb, 89 pages, 5 plates, 17 figs., - 3 - or - 5 -, $ 25

B 71 / Pruitt, R. G., Jr. / THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1961, pb, 101 pages, 11 plates, 19 figs., - 5 -, $ 25

B 73 / Moss, F. E. / MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1969, pb, 275 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

B 99 / Thomson, K. C. / MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1973, pb, 76 pages, 8 plates (in pocket), 54 figs., 6 tables, 1 appendix, - 2 -, $ 30

B 102 / Callaghan, E. / MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA, Salt Lake City, 1973, pb, 135 pages, 75 figs., 16 plates (in pocket), 40 tables, - 3 -, $ 30

B 110 / Bullock, K. C. / FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1976, pb, 89 pages, 33 figs.., 1 table, - 3 - or - 5 -, $ 25

B 113 / Trimble, L. M. and Doelling, H. H. / GEOLOGY AND URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1978, pb, 122 plates, 4 plates, 103 figs., 3 tables, - 1 -, $ 20

B 114 / James, L. P. / , Salt Lake City, 1979, pb, 98 pages, 39 figs., 19 photos GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH, 15 tables, 4 plates (in separate envelope), - 1 -, $ 30

B 115 / Doelling, H. H., et.al. / GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1980, pb, 251 pages, 143 figs., 32 tables, 64 photos, 3 plates (loose), - 2 -, $ 25

B 115 / Doelling, H. H., et.al. / GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1980, pb, 251 pages, 143 figs., 32 tables, 64 photos, 3 plates (loose), - 3 -, $ 20

B 117 / Bullock, K. C. / MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1981, pb, 177 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), - 2 -, $ 45


Circulars:

C 35 / Crawford, A. L. and Buranek, A. M. / A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1951, pb, 33 pages, 4 figs., $ 7

C 47 / Anonymous / GOLD PLACERS IN UTAH, A COMPILATION, Salt Lake City, 1966, pb, 29 pages, - 3 -, $ 6


Miscellaneous Studies

MS 91-2 / Thompson, A. J. B. / CHARACTERISTICS OF ACID-SULFATE ALTERATION IN THE MARYSVALE-PIOCHE MINERAL BELT: A GUIDE TO GOLD MINERALIZATION, Salt Lake City, 1991, pb, 29 pages, 6 figs., 4 tables, - 2 -, $ 9


Special Studies

SS 16 / Stringham, B. / HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION NEAR THE HORN SILVER MINE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1967, afb, 35 pages, 11 figs. (1 in pocket), 2 plates (1 in pocket), 1 table, - 5 -, $ 22

SS 22 / Doelling, H. H. / URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1967, pb, 113 pages, 15 figs., 7 photos, 1 table, excess number of markings first 23 pages of book, ovg, - 5 -, $ 5

SS 44 / James, A. H. / LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1973, pb, 66 pages, 23 figs., 43 tables, - 3 -, $ 20

SS 46 / Abou-Zied, A. and Whelan, J. A. / GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1973, pb, 23 pages, 8 figs., 3 plates (in pocket), 14 tables, - 5 -, $15

SS 47 / Sayre, R. L. / GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE CHURCH HILLS, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 1974, pb, 22 pages, 3 figs., 3 tables, 2 plates (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 20


Utah Miscellaneous Publications

Bailey, L. R. / OLD RELIABLE: A HISTORY OF BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, Tucson, 1988, cl, 186 pages, - 2 -, $ 52

Bray, R. E. and Wilson, J. C. / GUIDEBOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, Bingham Canyon, 1975, pb, 156 pages, 2 plates in pocket, - 3 -, $ 55

Case, W. F., et.al. / GEOLOGIC GUIDE TO THE CENTRAL WASATCH FRONT CANYONS, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH, Salt Lake City, 2005, pb, 29 pages, - 1 -, $ 6 [Covers Emigration, Parleys, Mill Creek Canyon, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Little Cottonwood Canyon and City Creek Canyon geology and mining history - all in color]

Chenworth, W. L. / LISBON VALLEY, UTAH’S PREMIER URANIUM AREA, A SUMMARY OF EXPLORATION AND ORE PRODUCTION, Salt Lake City, 1990, pb, 45 pages, 5 figs., 4 tables, 1 loose plate, - 1 -, $ 20

Cook, D. R., Ed. / GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS, Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey, 1961, afb, 145 pages, 7 plates in pocket, 32 figs., 4 tables, - 5 -, $ 65

Durham, M. S. / DESERT BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS: MORMONS, MINERS, PADRES, MOUNTAIN MEN, AND THE OPENING OF THE GREAT BASIN, 1772 - 1869, New York, 1997, cl, 336 pages, - 2 -, $ 30

Ege, C. L. / SELECTED MINING DISTRICTS OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, 2005, spiral bound, 59 pages, 3 appendices, - 1 -, $ 16

Gruner, J. W., et.al. / THE URANIUM DEPOSITS NEAR MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, Reprint from Economic Geology, Volume 46, # 3, 1951, pb, pages 243 - 251, - 3 -, $ 4

Kapple, W. A. / ROCKHOUNDING UTAH, 1st Edition, Guilford, 1996, pb, 180 pages, - 1 -, $ 16

Keller, C. L. / THE LADY IN THE ORE BUCKET: A HISTORY OF SETTLEMENT AND INDUSTRY IN THE TRI-CANYON AREA OF THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS, Salt Lake City, 2001, cl, 426 pages, - 1 -, $ 45

Kerr, P. F., et. al. / MARYSVALE UTAH URANIUM AREA: Geology, Volcanic Relations, and Hydrothermal Alteration, GSA SP 64, Boulder, 1957, cl, 212 pages, 21 plates, 106 figs., 36 tables, - 3 -, $ 55

Kopp, R. S. and Cohenour, R. E., Ed. / CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: SITES FOR PRECIOUS METAL AND HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION, Utah Geological Association Publication 16, Provo, 1987, cl, 684 pages, - 3 -, $ 75

Koschmann, A. H. and Bergendahl, M. H. / PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF UTAH, Deming, pb, 13 pages, - 1 -, $ 2 [This is a reprint from USGS Professional Paper 610]

Lanier, G., et.al. / GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINE, BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, In: Economic Geology, Volume 73, # 7, pages 1228 - 1241, 1978, cl, - 5 -, $ 45 [This is a cloth bound complete volume of the entire second half of volume 73 of Economy Geology: this volume also includes other Utah titles including Geochronology of Igneous Intrusions...at Bingham, Mineral zones in the Utah Copper Orebody, Chemical Characteristics of Hydrothermal Alteration at Bingham, Alteration of Equigranular Monzonite, Ore Fluid-Magma Reationships..., more]

Lovering, T. S. / ROCK ALTERATION AS A GUIDE TO ORE – EAST TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH, Economic Geology Monograph 1, 1949, pb, 64 pages, 5 plates, 12 figs., - 3 -, $ 30

Moss, F. E. / MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH, Washington, 1964, afb, 275 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Newman, G. W. and Goode, H. D., Ed. / RMAG BASIN AND RANGE SYMPOSIUM AND GREAT BASIN FIELD CONFERENCE, Salt Lake City, 1979, cl, 662 pages, - 3 -, $ 25 [Symposium covers the following basin topics: 1. Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Stratigraphy;
2. Paleohydrology, Hydrology, and Geothermal Resources; 3. Mineral Resources (Pioche, Spor Mountain, McDermitt Caldera, Apex Uranium, Zeolites); 4. Petroleum, and 5. Geophysics]

North, J. / DISPLAYS OF NATURE, HISTORY, MINERALS, AND CRYSTALS OF UTAH’S BINGHAM CANYON COPPER MINE, 2010, pb, 64 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

Parry, W. T. / ALL VEINS, LODES, AND LEDGES THROUGHOUT THEIR ENTIRE DEPTH: Geology and the Apex Law in Utah Mines, Salt Lake City, 2004, cl, 139 pages, - 1 -, $ 30

Shawe, D. R. / GUIDEBOOK TO MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology R 32, Reno, 1978, pb, 75 pages, - 3 -, $ 15 [Utah Contents: Spor Mountain Beryllium District, the Yellow Chief Mine, and the Tintic Mining District]

Sorgenfrei, R. / ANATOMY OF A MINE REPORT: JOHN H. MARK’S REPORT ON THE SAN JUAN PLACER OPERATIONS, SAN JUAN RIVER, UTAH, 1909, In: The Mining History Journal 9th Annual Journal, Denver, 2002, pb, 96 pages, - 2 -, $ 15 [Other articles in this issue include: Crime and punishment in a Mining Town: Jacksonville, Oregon; Industrial Espionage...Undercover Agents in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District; No one stayed: Quarrying granite in Aberdeen, Colorado; more...]

Southern Pacific Company / MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY: Northern Nevada and Northwestern Utah, Volume 1, San Francisco, 1964, spiral bound, 188 pages, 6 figs., 8 tables 8 photographs, 3 maps (in pocket), - 1 -, $ 25 [Covers mines in Western Nevada and Central - Eastern Mines; gives mine or claim name, location, description and geology; commodities are listed in groups, i.e., gold, silver, iron, tungsten, etc., and industrial rocks and minerals]

Southern Pacific Company / MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY: Northern California, Volume 2, San Francisco, 1964, spiral bound, 207 pages, 3 photographs, 2 maps (in pocket), - 1 -, $ 25 [Covers the Northern Sierra Nevada, Klamath Mountain and Cascade Range Mines giving mine or claim names, location, description, and geology; commodities are listed separately, i.e, gold, silver, copper, uranium, etc., and industrial rocks and minerals]

Southern Pacific Company / MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY: Southern California, Volume 3, San Francisco, 1964, spiral bound, 342 pages, 5 figs., 6 tables, 10 photographs, 3 maps (in pocket), - 1 -, $ 25 [Covers San Joaquin Valley, Western Mojave Desert, Eastern Mojave, and Colorado Desert Mines; giving mine or claim names, location, description, and geology; commodities are listed separately, i.e, gold, silver, copper, uranium, etc., and industrial rocks and minerals]


Whitely, C., Ed. / FROM THE GROUND UP: THE HISTORY OF MINING IN UTAH, Logan, 2006, cl, 506 pages, - 1 -, $ 35

Wilson, J. R., Ed. / FIELD GUIDE TO GEOLOGIC EXCURSIONS IN UTAH AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NEVADA, IDAHO, AND WYOMING, Salt Lake City, 1992, pb, 482 pages, - 2 -, $ 30 [Includes: Quaternary volcanism, tectonics, and sedimentation in the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory area; Structure and Fabric of metamorphic terrains in the Northeastern Great Basin: Implications for Mesozoic Crustal Shortening and Extension; Extraordinary Synorogenic and Anoxic Deposits amidst Sequence Cycles of the late Devonian-early Mississippian Carbonate Shelf, Lakeside and Stansbury Mountains, Utah; Quaternary Geology and Geologic Hazards of Tooele and Northern Rush Valleys, Utah; Geologic Evolution of Antelope Island: Multiple Episodes of Deformation and Metamorphism; Geologic Hazards of the Ogden Area, Utah; Alteration, Mineral Deposits and Structural Relationships of the Oquirrh Mountains, Utah; Mesozoic and early Tertiary Paleontology and Paleoenvironments of Northeast Utah; General Geology of the Ogden Area; Miocene Monzonitic Intrusions and associated Megabreccias of the “Iron Axis” Region, Southwest Utah; Processes and Principles Along the Wasatch Front; Mesozoic Tectonics of the Northern Wasatch Range, Utah; Late Proterozoic and early Cambrian Stratigraphy, Paleobiology, and Tectonics: Northern Utah and Southeast Idaho]



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