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Industrial Rocks and Minerals Publications

Industrial rocks and minerals are any rock, mineral, or naturally occurring substance of economic value but exclusive of metallic ores (gold, silver, etc.) and mineral fuels (oil, gas, coal, etc.). Industrial rocks and minerals include clay, phosphate, gravel and sand, salt, fluorite, building stone, potash, zeolite, and many others.

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Digital Format

History and mineral resource characterization of Sevier Lake, Millard County, Utah, by J. Wallace Gwynn, CD (144 p.), ISBN 1-55791-753-1, 2006, MP-06-6 $14.95

High-calcium limestone resources of Utah, by Bryce T. Tripp, 84 p. (includes 1 pl. 1:750,000 and CD [contains GIS data]), 9/05, ISBN 1-55791-736-1, SS-116 $15.95

Digital geologic resources Atlas of Utah compiled by Douglas A. Sprinkel, 1 CD-ROM, 1999, B-129DF $24.95
This CD-ROM has shape files (*.shp) of Utah's resources including coal, oil and gas, oil shale, tar sands, geothermal, and minerals. Supercedes Utah Mineral Occurrence System Database open-file reports:OFR-153DF (Tooele 1x2), OFR-183DF (Delta 1x2), OFR-184DF (Richfield 1x2), and OFR-185DF (Cedar City 1x2).

Bulletins

Geology and mineral resources of Box Elder County, Utah, by H.H. Doelling, 1980, 251 p., 3 pl., scale 1:125,000 B-115 $9.95

The geology of Kane County, Utah; geology, mineral resources, geologic hazards, by H.H. Doelling and F.D. Davis with sections on petroleum and carbon dioxide by C.J. Brandt, 1989, 192 p., 10 pl., 1:100,000 B-124 $16.50

Maps

Mineral resources of the central Wasatch Front, compiled by F.D. Davis, (Petroleum potential by J.A. Campbell) 1:100,000, 24 p., 2pl., 1985 $7.00 M-54D

Mineral resources of the southern Wasatch Front, Utah, compiled by F.D. Davis with a section on petroleum by F.C. Moulton and R.L. Kerns Jr. 1:100,000, 17 p., 2 pl., 1988 $1.00 M-55D

Non-metallic mineral resources of Utah, by H.H. Doelling, scale 1:750,000, 1983 $5.00 M-71

Major levels of Great Salt Lake and Lake Bonneville, by D.R. Currey, G. Atwood, and D. Mabey, 1 pl., scale 1:750,000, 1984 M-73 $7.00

All 7.5-minute geologic quadrangle maps cover industrial minerals in the area. For a specific quadrangle, please ask Natural Resources Map & Bookstore, 801.537.3320 or 1.888.UTAH MAP (882.4627).

Special Studies

Pyrophyllite-bearing clay in Clinton deposit, Utah County, Utah, by G.V. Henderson, 1968, 28 p., 1 pl., $1.00 SS-23

Subsurface brines and soluble salts of subsurface sediments, Sevier Lake, Millard County, Utah, by J.A. Whelan, 1969, 13 p. $1.00 SS-30

Origin of pyrophyllite-rectorite in shales of north-central Utah, by G.V. Henderson, 1971, 46 p. $1.00 SS-34

Geology and mineralization of the Church Hills, Millard County, Utah, by R.L. Sayre, 1974, 22 p., 1 pl. $1.00 SS-47

Geology of the fluorite occurrences, Spor Mountain, Juab County, Utah, by K.C. Bullock 1981, 31 p. $3.25 SS-53

Geology, ore deposits and mineralogy of the Rocky Range, near Milford, Beaver County, Utah, by J.A. Whelan, 1982, 35 p. SS-57 $8.25

The quartzite building stone industry of the Raft River and Grouse Creek Mountains, Box Elder County, Utah, by B.T. Tripp, 19 p., 1994 $5.50 SS-84

Mineral, energy, and ground-water resources of San Juan County, Utah by R.W. Gloyn, C.D. Morgan, D.E. Tabet, R.E. Blackett, B.T. Tripp, and M. Lowe, 39 p., (18.5" x 15.5"), 1995 SS-86 $11.00

High-calcium limestone resources of Utah, by Bryce T. Tripp, 84 p. (includes 1 pl. 1:750,000 and CD [contains GIS data]), 9/05, ISBN 1-55791-736-1, SS-116 $15.95

Circulars

The industrial rock and mineral industry in Utah, 1990, by B.T. Tripp, 1991, 31 p. $1.00 C-82

Resistivities and chemical analyses of selected oil and gas field, water well, and spring waters, Utah, by J.W. Gwynn, 1995, 142 p. C-87 $10.50

Utah mineral activity summary for 1995, by R.L. Bon, R.W. Gloyn, and D.E. Tabet, 15 p., 1996 $5.00 C-91

A preliminary assessment of energy and mineral resources within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, compiled by M.L. Allison, 36 p., 1/97, C-93 Photocopy $4.75

1996 summary of mineral activity in Utah by R.L. Bon, R.W. Gloyn, and D.E. Tabet, 12 p., 1997, Circular 98 $1.00
The yearly summary, detailing the mineral industry, base and precious metals, industrial minerals, energy minerals, and a section on current exploration activity.

Miscellaneous Publications and Public Information Series

Industrial commodities: Non-metallic resources of Utah, M.R. Smith, fold-out, 1987 $0.50 MP-87-4

Geologic resources of Salt Lake County, Utah, by S.N. Eldredge and C.M. Wilkerson, 32 p., 1990 $3.50 PI-5

Geologic resources of San Juan County, Utah, by S.N. Eldredge, 30 p., 1992 $2.50 PI-14

Utah stone, by B.T. Tripp, color flyer, 1993 $0.25 PI-17

Geologic resources of Washington County, Utah, by Miriam Bugden, 26 p., 1993 $2.00 PI-20

Commonly asked questions about Utah's Great Salt Lake and ancient Lake Bonneville, by J.W. Gwynn, 22 p., 1996 $2.25 PI-39

Brine properties, mineral extraction industries, and salt load of Great Salt Lake, Utah, by J.W. Gwynn, 2 p., 6/97 FREE PI-51

Building stones of downtown Salt Lake City, a walking tour, by Christine M. Wilkerson, 24 p., 4/99 PI-60 $2.75

A collector's guide to rock, mineral & fossil localities of Utah by J.R. Wilson, 148 p. + color insert, 1995 MP-95-4 $9.95 ($11.95 for spiral bound)

Minerals of the Utahlite Claim, Lucin, Box Elder County, Utah, by Joe Marty, Donald G. Howard, and Henry Barwood, 13 p., 11/99, MP-99-6, ISBN 1-55791-639-X $1.95

Proceedings of the 35th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals - The Intermountain West Forum 1999, edited by Roger L. Bon, Richard F. Riordan, Bryce T. Tripp, and Stanley T. Krukowski, 286 p., 7/01, MP-01-2, ISBN 1-55791-654-3 $29.95
This collection of 22 papers covers not only Utah and the Intermountain West, but other countries as well. A very complete gamut of the industrial minerals field is dealt with in an interesting set of ways.

Reports of Investigation

Mining conditions and problems encountered within the Texasgulf-Cane Creek Potash Mine near Moab, Utah (Grand Co.); and potential mining conditions at Gibson Dome, Utah (San Juan Co.), by J.W. Gwynn, 1984, 12 p. $1.90 RI-184

Mineral occurrences in the Emergency Withdrawal Area and adjacent lands in the Great Salt Lake Desert (Tooele Co.) by J.W. Gwynn, K.M. Clem, M.A. Shubat, B.T. Tripp and P.A. Sturm, 1985, 41 p. $4.80 RI-200

Scandium-bearing aluminum phosphate deposits of Utah, by M.A. Shubat, 26 p., 1988 $3.30 RI-209

An approximation of the physical and chemical characteristics of Farmington Bay and Bear River Bay, Great Salt Lake, Utah, by J.W. Gwynn, 1986, 22 p. RI-211 $2.90

Mineral and energy resources in Kane County, Utah and their occurrence with respect to Wilderness Study Areas, by R.E. Blackett, C.J. Brandt, T.C. Chidsey, Jr., and C.E. Bishop, 42 p., April 1992 $4.90 RI-221

The resinite resources of selected coal seams of the Book Cliff and Wasatch Plateau coal fields of central Utah, by D.E. Tabet, B.P. Hucka, and S.N. Sommer, 19 p., Jan 95 RI-225 $2.60

Open-file Reports

Great Salt Lake brine sampling program 1966 to 1985, history, database, and averaged data, by P.A. Sturm, 183 p., 1 diskette, 1986 OFR-87DF $20.00 (OFR87 - paper version $15.00)

Mineral occurrences of the Tooele 1o x 2o quadrangle, west-central Utah, by B.T. Tripp, M.A. Shubat, C.E. Bishop, and R.E. Blackett, 85 p., 3 pl., 1989, 1:48,000 $16.50 OFR-153

Utah Mineral Occurrence System Data-base for the Tooele 1o x 2o quadrangle, west-central Utah, by B.T. Tripp, M.A. Shubat, R.E. Blackett, and C.E. Bishop, 1 diskette, 1.2 Mbyte, April 1990 $5.00 OFR-153-DF

Geochemical characteristics of hydrothermally altered black shales of the southern Oquirrh Mountains and relationships to Mercur-type gold deposits, by P.N. Wilson and W.T. Parry, 64 p., 1989 OFR-161 $5.60

Correlation of Jurassic sediments of the Carmel and Twin Creek Formations of southern Utah using bentonitic characteristics, by B.H. Everett, B.J. Kowallis, E.H. Christiansen, and A. Deino, 60 p., 1990 OFR-169 $5.25

Utah Mineral Occurrence System Database for the Delta 1ø x 2ø quadrangle, west-central Utah, by UGS staff, 1 disk, 1.2 M format, May 1990 $5.00 OFR-183-DF

Utah Mineral Occurrence System Database for the Richfield 1ø x 2ø quadrangle, west-central Utah, by UGS staff, 1 disk, 1.2M format, May 1990 $5.00 OFR-184-DF

Utah Mineral Occurrence Database for the Cedar City 1ø x 2ø quadrangle, southwest Utah, by UGS staff, 1 disk, 1.2M format, May 1990 $5.00 OFR-185-DF

Zeolite minerals in Utah, by B.H. Mayes and B.T. Tripp, 170 p., 1 pl., 1:750,000, 1991 $18.00 OFR-210

Known and potential sand, gravel, and crushed stone resources in Grand County, Utah, by Greg N. McDonald, 21 p. 1 pl., scale 1" = 4 miles, 1999 OFR-369 $4.80

Small mine permits in Utah 2005, 7 p., 1 pl., approx. scale 1:750,000, OFR-405 $5.00
Large mine permits in Utah 2008, 3 p., 1 pl. approx. scale 1" = 14 mi, OFR-515 $6.00
These two maps show the location, operators, and commodity of operating mines in Utah.

Contract Reports

Crystallization conditions for a Be- and Y-rich granite - the Sheeprock granite of west-central Utah, by E.H. Christiansen, J.P. Rogers, and Li Ming Wu, 106 p., 1991 $9.30 CR-91-6

Nonferrous metals mining plants in Utah, by L.P. James, 50 p., 1991, $4.40 CR-91-7

Abundance of yttrium in Late Cenozoic igneous rocks of western Utah and adjoining areas, by W.P. Nash, 82 p., 1991 $7.25 CR-91-9