Strontium King #2 Mine, Emery County, Utah, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Strontium King #2 Mine | Mine |
| Emery County | County |
| Utah | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 47' 36'' North , 111° 7' 54'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Emery | 272 (2017) | 17.6km |
| Ferron | 1,562 (2017) | 33.3km |
| Clawson | 193 (2017) | 37.9km |
| Castle Dale | 1,550 (2017) | 47.5km |
| Orangeville | 1,394 (2017) | 48.7km |
Small amounts of specimen-grade blue celestite (SrSO4) have been produced over a long period of time from the Strontium King #2 property in the SE 1/2 section 22, T. 23 S., R. 07 E. (plate 16) (data from DOGM unpublished mine permit files). Crawford and Buranek (1952) mention specimens from this property being seen in collections as early as 1929. Crawford and Buranek described the main geologic occurrence as pale-blue euhedral crystals in veins and veinlets along orthogonal fracture sets cutting the sandstones of the Jurassic Entrada Formation. Individual veins are up to 2 feet (0.6 m) across and are exposed in an area 100 feet by 100 feet (30 m by 30 m). The other celestite occurrence is 700 feet (210 m) north and consists of veinlets up to 4 inches (10 cm) thick in fracture sets in the Entrada Formation.
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2 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ Celestine Formula: SrSO4 |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) References: Luetcke, Rolf (n.d.) Personal communication.Identified by Rolf Luetcke: Visual Identification |
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| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Celestine | 7.AD.35 | SrSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Sr | Strontium | |
| Sr | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
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Strontium King #2 Mine, Emery County, Utah, USA