The Frontier Formation and Associated Rocks of Northeastern Utah and Northwestern Colorado (open access)

The Frontier Formation and Associated Rocks of Northeastern Utah and Northwestern Colorado

From abstract: The Frontier Formation of the Mancos Group in northeastern Utah and northwesternmost Colorado (proposed new rank designations; formerly known as the Frontier Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale) consists of several facies of marine and nonmarine rocks of Late Cretaceous (Turonian) age that grade eastward into totally marine rocks in easternmost Utah and northwestern Colorado.
Date: 1990
Creator: Molenaar, C. M. & Wilson, B. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Coal Canyon, Spruce Canyon, and Flume Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, Grand County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Coal Canyon, Spruce Canyon, and Flume Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, Grand County, Utah

From abstract: The Coal Canyon (UT-060-1000), Spruce Canyon (UT-060-100D), and Flume Canyon (UT-060-100B) Wilderness Study Areas are in the Book Cliffs in Grand County, eastern Utah. Demonstrated coal reserves totaling 22,060,800 short tons, and demonstrated subeconomic coal resources totaling 39,180,000 short tons are in the Coal Canyon Wilderness Study Area. Also, inferred subeconomic coal resources totaling 143,954,000 short tons are within the Coal Canyon Wilderness Study Area. No known deposits of industrial minerals are in any of the wilderness study areas. All three of the wilderness study areas have a high resource potential for undiscovered deposits of coal and for undiscovered oil and gas.
Date: 1990
Creator: Dickerson, Robert P.; Gaccetta, Jerry D.; Kulik, Dolores M. & Kreidler, Terry J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Cockscomb and Wahweap Wilderness Study Areas, Kane County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Cockscomb and Wahweap Wilderness Study Areas, Kane County, Utah

Summary: At the request of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, two wilderness study areas in southern Utah (fig. 1) were studied in order to appraise their identified mineral resources and assess their potential mineral resources. The areas studied are the Cockscomb (UT-040-275) Wilderness Study Area, 5,100 acres (8 square miles), and the Wahweap (UT-040-248) Wilderness Study Area, 70,380 acres (110 square miles), both in Kane County, Utah. In this report the areas studied are called "wilderness study areas," simply "study areas," or "Cockscomb area" or "Wahweap area," as appropriate. The Cockscomb area (fig. 1) lies along the steeply east-dipping East Kaibab monocline, and the Wahweap area, farther to the east, consists of flat-lying but gently folded rocks. These areas adjoin the Paria-Hackberry Wilderness Study Area (UT-040-247) to the west.
Date: 1990
Creator: Bell, Henry, III; Kilburn, James E.; Cady, John W. & Lane, Michael E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Deep Creek Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Juab and Tooele Counties, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Deep Creek Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Juab and Tooele Counties, Utah

From abstract: The Deep Creek Mountains Wilderness Study Area (UT-020-060/UT-050-020) includes most of the Deep Creek Range of west-central Utah. The area is near the Utah-Nevada State line, south of Wendover, Utah, and northwest of Delta, Utah. Eleven areas of mineralized rock in and near the study area were evaluated by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Four of these areas contain identified resources: (1) an indicated resource of 5,000 short tons of 16.5 ounces silver per short ton, 4.1 percent lead, 4.6 percent zinc, and 0.25 percent copper, at the Willow Springs area, which is almost surrounded by the study area in the northeast corner although it is not part of the study area; (2) an indicated gold resource of 774,000 short tons of 0.4 ounces per short ton and an inferred gold resource of 5.7 million short tons of 0.4 ounces per short ton in the Goshute Canyon area immediately east of the study area; (3) an indicated gold resource of 75,000 short tons of 0.22 ounces per short ton in the Queen of Sheba mine just west of the study area; and (4) an inferred gold resource of 3,800 short tons of 0.26 ounces per short ton in …
Date: 1990
Creator: Nutt, Connie J.; Zimbelman, David R.; Campbell, David L.; Duval, Joseph S. & Hannigan, Brian J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Desolation Canyon, Turtle Canyon, and Floy Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, Carbon, Emery, and Grand Counties, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Desolation Canyon, Turtle Canyon, and Floy Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, Carbon, Emery, and Grand Counties, Utah

From abstract: In 1985, 1986, and 1988, the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey studied the Desolation Canyon (UT-060-068A), Turtle Canyon (UT-060-067), and Floy Canyon (UT-060-068B) Wilderness Study Areas, which are contiguous and located in Carbon, Emery, and Grand Counties in eastern Utah. The study areas include 242,000 acres, 33,690 acres, and 23,140 acres respectively. Coal deposits underlie the Desolation Canyon, Turtle Canyon, and Floy Canyon study areas.
Date: 1990
Creator: Cashion, William B.; Kilburn, James E.; Barton, Harlan N.; Kelley, Karen D.; Kulik, Dolores M. & McDonnell, John R., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Negro Bill Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Negro Bill Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah

Abstract: The Negro Bill Canyon (UT-060-138) Wilderness Study Area is in southeastern Utah in Grand County southeast of Arches National Monument and covers 7,620 acres. No mineral resources are identified in the study area. Lode mining claims cover the western part of the Negro Bill Canyon Wilderness Study Area; there are no patented claims in the study area. The mineral resource potential for gypsum, potash, halite, and bentonite on the surface and in the subsurface beneath the wilderness study area is high. The energy and mineral resource potential for oil, gas, carbon dioxide, uranium and vanadium on the surface and beneath the wilderness study area is moderate. The potential for helium gas, geothermal sources, and metals other than uranium and vanadium is low.
Date: 1990
Creator: Bartsch-Winkler, Susan; Case, James E.; Barton, Harlan N.; Duval, Joseph S. & Lane, Michael E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Notch Peak Wilderness Study Area, Millard County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Notch Peak Wilderness Study Area, Millard County, Utah

This report follows the investigation and findings of mineral resources in the Notch Peak Wilderness Study Area, Utah.
Date: 1990
Creator: Stoeser, Douglas B.; Campbell, David L.; Labson, Victor; Zimbelman, David R.; Podwysocki, Melvin H.; Brickey, David W. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sedimentology, Mineralogy, Palynology, and Depositional History of Some Uppermost Cretaceous and Lowermost Tertiary Rocks Along the Utah Book and Roan Cliffs East of the Green River (open access)

Sedimentology, Mineralogy, Palynology, and Depositional History of Some Uppermost Cretaceous and Lowermost Tertiary Rocks Along the Utah Book and Roan Cliffs East of the Green River

From abstract: This report analyzes the 4-5 million years of depositional history of the Upper Cretaceous Lower Tertiary Rocks along the Green River.
Date: 1990
Creator: Franczyk, Karen J.; Nichols, Douglas J. & Pitman, Janet K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral resources of the Fiddler Butte (East) Wilderness Study Area, Garfield County, Utah (open access)

Mineral resources of the Fiddler Butte (East) Wilderness Study Area, Garfield County, Utah

Map showing the mineral resource potential and the geology of the Fiddler Butte Wilderness Study Area
Date: September 20, 1989
Creator: Dubiel, Russell F.; Gese, Diann D.; Lee, Gregory K. & Orkild, Paul P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ecology of Stream and Riparian Habitats of the Great Basin Region (open access)

The Ecology of Stream and Riparian Habitats of the Great Basin Region

"The purpose of this profile is to summarize the ecological information available for and relevant to stream and riparian habitats of the Great Basin. The Great Basin comprises the northern half of the Basin and Range physiographic province and covers most of Nevada and western Utah and portions of California, Oregon, and Idaho. The entire basin actually consists of numerous subbasins and mountain ranges which present an extremely diverse physical setting" (p. iii).
Date: September 1989
Creator: Minshall, G. Wayne; Jensen, Sherman E. & Platts, William S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Depositional Controls on the Late Campanian Sego Sandstone and Implications for Associated Coal-Forming Environments in the Uinta and Piceance Basins (open access)

Depositional Controls on the Late Campanian Sego Sandstone and Implications for Associated Coal-Forming Environments in the Uinta and Piceance Basins

From abstract: This report concerns a comparison of detailed measured sections and geophysical well-log profiles through the Sego allows subsurface identification of both depositional cycles and lateral facies changes.
Date: 1989
Creator: Franczyk, Karen J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Evolution of Sedimentary Basins--Uinta and Piceance Basins: Chapters J and K] (open access)

[Evolution of Sedimentary Basins--Uinta and Piceance Basins: Chapters J and K]

From abstract: This is a report on reconnaissance geologic mapping and isotopic dating of tuff beds in the Uinta Basin of Utah that show that Lake Uinta probably persisted into late Eocene time in the area east of Duchesne and Strawberry Reservoir.
Date: 1989
Creator: Bryant, Bruce; Naeser, Charles W.; Marvin, Richard F. & Mehnert, H. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Landslides and Debris Flows in Ephraim Canyon, Central Utah (open access)

Landslides and Debris Flows in Ephraim Canyon, Central Utah

From Abstract: This report describes landslides and debris flows occurred in bedrock and surficial deposits of Ephraim Canyon, on the west side of the Wasatch Plateau, in central Utah, during the spring of 1983.
Date: 1989
Creator: Baum, Rex L. & Fleming, Robert W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Fish Creek Canyon, Road Canyon, and Mule Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Fish Creek Canyon, Road Canyon, and Mule Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah

The following report summarizes the study and findings of mineral resources in Fish Creek Canyon, Road Canyon, and Mule Canyon.
Date: 1989
Creator: Bove, Dana J.; Shawe, Daniel R.; Lee, Greg K.; Hanna, William F. & Jeske, Rodney E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Fish Springs Range Wilderness Study Area, Juab County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Fish Springs Range Wilderness Study Area, Juab County, Utah

Abstract: The Fish Springs Range Wilderness Study Area (UT-050-127) includes most of the Fish Springs Range and is located north of the House Range, about 50 miles northwest of the city of Delta, Utah. A mineral resource study of the 33,840-acre area was completed in 1987 by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Mines. The northwestern and southeastern parts of the wilderness study area contain inferred subeconomic resources of high-purity quartzite. No metallic mineral resources were identified in the study area, but more than 17 million pounds of lead, 2.6 million ounces of silver, and minor copper, zinc, and gold have been produced from the Fish Springs mining district, which is immediately outside the northwest boundary of the wilderness study area. The potential for undiscovered deposits of these metals and molybdenum is high near the northern end of the study area, adjacent to the mining district, moderate near the southern end, and low in the remainder of the area. The resource potential for undiscovered deposits of high-purity limestone and dolomite is moderate throughout the study area except where quartzite is present; potential for undiscovered low-temperature geothermal resources and for oil and gas is low throughout the study area.
Date: 1989
Creator: Lindsey, David A.; Zimbelman, David R.; Campbell, David L.; Bisdorf, Robert J.; Duval, Joseph S.; Cook, Kenneth L. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Indian Creek, Bridger Jack Mesa, and Butler Wash Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Indian Creek, Bridger Jack Mesa, and Butler Wash Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah

From abstract: The Indian Creek (UT-060-164), Bridger Jack Mesa (UT-060-167), and Butler Wash (UT-060-169) Wilderness Study Areas are located in San Juan County, southeastern Utah. Inferred subeconomic resources of sandstone and sand and gravel exist within all three wilderness study areas, but because of their abundance throughout the region, their distance from current markets, and their lack of unique properties, these materials have no current likelihood for development.
Date: 1989
Creator: Patterson, Charles G.; Toth, Margo I. & Case, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study Area, San Juan County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study Area, San Juan County, Utah

This report analyzes the Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study Area in San Juan County that contains low mineral resource potential for other metals, coal, and geothermal energy.
Date: 1989
Creator: Poole, Forrest G.; Desborough, George A.; Barton, Harlan N.; Hanna, William F.; Lee, Keenan & Kness, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Spring Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Iron County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Spring Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Iron County, Utah

This report follows the mineral resource study and findings of the Spring Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area.
Date: 1989
Creator: Van Loenen, Richard E.; Blank, H. R., Jr.; Sable, E. G.; Lee, G. K.; Cook, K. L. & Zelten, J. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Swasey Mountain and Howell Peak Wilderness Study Areas, Millard County, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Swasey Mountain and Howell Peak Wilderness Study Areas, Millard County, Utah

The following report analyzes the mineral resources of Swasey Mountain and Howell Peak.
Date: 1989
Creator: Lindsey, David A.; Zimbelman, David R.; Campbell, David L.; Duval, Joseph S.; Cook, Kenneth L.; Podwysocki, Melvin H. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Beaver and Millard Counties, Utah (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Beaver and Millard Counties, Utah

The following report summarizes the mineral resource studies and findings of the Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness Study Area.
Date: 1989
Creator: Cox, Leslie J.; Duttweiler, Karen A.; Campbell, David L.; Duval, Joseph S.; Podwysocki, Melvin H.; Bankey, Viki et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Comb Ridge Fold district, San Juan Basin area, Utah (open access)

Report on Comb Ridge Fold district, San Juan Basin area, Utah

A report of the Comb Ridge Fold District in the Sand Juan Basin, Utah.
Date: April 12, 1988
Creator: Chamberlain, V. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Blanding District San Juan Basin Area, Utah: [Calibrated Tables] (open access)

Report on the Blanding District San Juan Basin Area, Utah: [Calibrated Tables]

Summary tabulations of Tonnage Estimates
Date: April 12, 1988
Creator: Smyth, Sam K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on West Paradox District, Dolores Plateau Area, Colorado-Utah: [Figures and Columns] (open access)

Report on West Paradox District, Dolores Plateau Area, Colorado-Utah: [Figures and Columns]

Figures and columns for the West Paradox District.
Date: April 12, 1988
Creator: Livingston, Clifton W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bitumen-Bearing Deposits of the United States (open access)

Bitumen-Bearing Deposits of the United States

The following report summarizes the locations, resources, and petrophysical data of known bitumen-bearing deposits located primarily in Alabama, California, Kentucky, Texas, and Utah.
Date: 1988
Creator: Crysdale, Bonnie L. & Schenk, Christopher J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library