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Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey
= Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
affiliated with The College of Mines and Mineral Industries
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Bulletins - Special Studies - Survey Notes - Utah Geology journal - Water-Resources Bulletins

Utah Geological Association
originated in 1970 from a merger of the Utah Geological Society (UGSociety),
Intermountain Association of Geologists (IAG),
and Intermountain Association of Petroleum Geologists (IAPG).
UGSociety Guidebooks - UGSociety Publications - IAPG Guidebooks

Four Corners Geological Society (not on this page) - see ARIZONA.

Brigham Young University Geology Studies : Selected Issues

Misc. Utah Geology publications

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Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey : Bulletins 9x6" through #82, 11x8.5" after that. Illus.
Typeface (the font used) varies, some have a large plain font, others have a smaller more professional looking font.

UT B 37 : 1950 : Geology of Eastern Iron County, Utah. by Herbert E. Gregory. 153p., 53 plates including geologic map in pocket. (VG. County name written on spine) $15

UT B 43 : 1952 : Eastern Sevier Valley, Sevier and Sanpete counties, Utah : with reference to formations of Jurassic age. By Clyde T. Hardy. 98p., 9 plates in text, 4 figures, 1 table. (VG, County name written on spine) $15

UT B 44 : 1953 : Geology of the Silver Reef (Harrisburg) mining district, Washington County, Utah. By Paul Dean Proctor. 169p., 11 plates, 8 tables, 13 figures. (All VG, but cover glue beginning to loosen from spine) $15

UT B 45 : 1952 : Geology of the Selma Hills, Utah county, Utah. by J. Keith Rigby. 107p., 3 tables, 6 plates in text, 21 figures. (barely bumped corners) $12

UT B 50 : 1955 : Drilling records for oil and gas in Utah. Compiled under the direction of George H. Hansen, H. C. Scoville, and the UGMS. 110p., for each county there is a small in-text map and tabulated data for wells drilled.(Title written on spine) $10

UT B 54 : 1963 : Oil and gas possibilities of Utah, re-evaluated. Compiled and Edited by Arthur L. Crawford. HARDBACK. 543p., 157 figures, 28 tables. With errata sheet. $22

Selected contents of Utah Bulletin 54 :
2 papers on Surface and structural setting of Utah.
12 papers on the Stratigraphic setting of Utah.
Evaluation by areas – 26 papers in the following categories.
- - Unita basin and northeastern Utah.
- - Great Basin and southwestern corner of Utah.
- - Transition zone between the Great Basin and the Canyonlands.
- - High Plateaus
Of many, here are some of the specific localities mentioned in "evaluation by areas" : Daggett county, Uintah county, Washington county, Markagunt and Kolob plateaus, Clear Creek gas field, Kaiparowits region, Colorado Plateau, Paradox basin, Desert Creek zone, Ismay zone, Lisbon oil and gas field of San Juan county, Mexican hat oil field.

UT B 55 : 1956 : Clays of Utah county, Utah. By Edmond P. Hyatt. 83p., 23 figures, 4 tables. $10

UT B 56 : 1955 : Geology of the Southern Lakeside mountains, Utah by John C. Young. 115p., 2 figures, 5 plates in text (numbered as 3 plates with parts). $15

UT B 57 : 1956 : Middle ordovician - detailed stratigraphic sections for Western Utah and Eastern Nevada by Gregory W. Webb. 77p., 12 figs. $14

UT B 58 : 1957 : Geology of the Pine Valley mountains, Utah. By Earl Ferguson Cook. 111p., 3 frontispieces, 49 figures. SCARCE. $42

UT B 61 : 1958 : Oquirrh formation - stratigraphy of the lower portion in the Type area and near Logan, Utah by Paul W. Nygreen. 67p., 5 figs, 4 plates in text, 3 tables. SCARCE. $35

UT B 62 : 1958 : Notch Peak Intrusive, Millard County, Utah : geology petrogenesis, and economic deposits. By Harry Merrill Gehman, Jr. 50p., 2 frontispieces, 12 figures, 3 tables, 4 plates in text. SCARCE. $28

UT B 68 : 1960 : Beaver Lake Mountains, Beaver county, Utah - their geology and ore deposits by Patrick James Barosh. 95p., 5 plates in text (including color geologic map), 17 figures. SCARCE. $42

UT B 69 : 1964 : Geology of Salt Lake county. 190p., 8 tables, 63 figures. Plus large color map in pocket. Sections in the bulletin include : General geology, Fossils, Glaciation, Lake Bonneville, Great Salt Lake, Floods and earthquakes, Mining, Nonmetallic mining and processing, Water Supply, Road Guide. (back cover has a short edge tear, county name written on spine) $10

UT B 71 : 1961 : The mineral resources of Uintah county. By Robert G. Pruitt, Jr. 101p., 11 plates in text, 19 figures. (county name written on spine) $10

UT B 73 : 1964 : Mineral and water resources of Utah. Compiled by the USGS in cooperation with the UGMS and the Utah water and power board. 275p., 56 figs., 20 tables. Incl. fold-out maps. 1969 Reprint in Utah bulletin format with cover.

Choose your copy of Utah Bulletin 73 :
Very Good - $12
Fair (VG, but cover neatly loose from spine - just needs a bead of glue) - $7

UT B 75 : 1965 : Reconnaissance of the Tertiary sedimentary rocks in western Utah. By E. B. Heylmun. 38p., 5 figures (2 are maps in pocket) $13

UT B 78 : 1968 : The cordilleran miogeosyncline in Nevada and Utah. By Richard Lee Armstrong. 58p., 10 figures, 4 plates (1 in text, 3 in pocket), 1 table. $12

UT B 87 : 1970 : Stratigraphy of the San Rafael group, southwest and south central Utah. By A. E. Thmpson and W. L. Stokes. 53p., 62 figures (2 are fold-outs). Kaiparowits region. $20

UT B 94 : 1972 : Oil and gas production in Utah to 1970. Compiled by Carlton Stowe. 179p. Organized by field name. Each with map and statistics. $12

UT B 98 : 1972 : Analysis of gravity and aeromagnetic data, San Francisco Mountains and vicinity, southwestern Utah. By J. W. Schmoker. 24p., 21 figures, 2 tables. $15

UT B 102 : 1973 : Mineral resource potential of Piute county, Utah, and adjoining area. By Eugene Callaghan. 135p., 75 figures, 16 plates in pocket, 40 tables. $65

Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey : Special Studies (SS) 11x8.5", Illus.

UT SS 6 : 1963 : Geology and hydrothermal alteration in northwestern Black Mountains and southern Shauntie Hills, Beaver and Iron counties, Utah. By Max P. Erickson and E. Julius Dasch. 32p., 9 plates ( 3 in pocket). (lightly bumped corner) $14

UT SS 14 : 1966 : Geothermal power potential in Utah. By Edgar B. Heylman. 28p., frontispiece, 2 plates, 5 figures. (lightly bumped corner) $8

UT SS 17 : 1966 : Igneous complex at Wah Wah pass, Beaver county, Utah. By Max P. Erickson. 14p., 1 figure, 2 plates in pocket. $12

UT SS 18 : 1966 : Geology and coal resources of the Tropic area, Garfield county, Utah. By Richard A. Robison. 47p., frontispiece, 15 figures, 6 tables, 1 plate in pocket. $17

UT SS 19 : 1966 : Bituminous sandstone deposits, Asphalt ridge, Uintah county, Utah. By Robert B. Kayser. 62p., frontipiece, 3 plates in pocket (on a total of 4 sheets), 6 figures, 12 tables. $22

UT SS 24 : 1969 : Mineral resources, San Juan county, Utah, and adjacent areas – Part I : Petroleum, potash, groundwater, and miscellaneous minerals. By Howard R. Ritzma and Hellmut H. Doelling. 125p., 22 figures, 2 plates in pocket, 14 tables, 10 maps in text. SCARCE. $42

UT SS 25 : 1968 : Carcass canyon coal area, Kaiparowits plateau, Garfield and Kane counties, Utah. By Hellmut H. Doelling. 23p., frontispiece, 10 figure, 1 table, 2 plates in pocket. $5

UT SS 31 : 1970 : P. R. Spring oil-impregnated sandstone deposit, Uintah and Grand counties, Utah. By William D. Byrd II. 34p., frontispiece, 2 figures, 4 tables, 6 plates in pocket (on a total of 17 sheets). (bumped edge) $17

UT SS 33 : 1970 : Sedimentology of oil-impregnated, lacustrine and fluvial sandstone, P.R. Spring area, southeast Uinta basin, Utah. By M. Dane Picard and Lee R. High, Jr. 32p., 27 figures, 6 tables. (lightly bumped corner) $17

UT SS 39 : 1972 : Analyses of oil extracted from oil-impregnated sandstone deposits in Utah. By R. E. Wood and H. R. Ritzma. 19p., 3 figures. (lightly bumped corner) $15

UT SS 42 : 1973 : Geology and diatremes of Desert Mountain, Utah. By D. C. Rees, M. P. Erickson, and J. A. Whelan. 12p., 6 figures, 1 table, 1 plate in pocket. (lightly bumped corner) $12

UT SS 43 : 1973 : Geochemical reconnaissance at Mercur, Utah by G.W. Lenzi. 16p., 11 figs, 10 tables. $6

UT SS 44 : 1973 : Lead and zinc resources in Utah by Allan H. James. 66p., nicely illustrated, 23 figs, 43 tables. $16

UT SS 46 : 1973 : Geology and mineralogy of the Milford Flat Quadrangle, Star District, Beaver county, Utah. By S. Abou-Zied and J. A. Whelan. 23p., 8 figures, 3 plates in pocket, 14 tables. (lightly bumped corner) $22

UT SS 47 : 1974 : Geology and mineralization of the Church Hills, Millard county, Utah. By R. L. Sayre. 22p., 3 figures, 3 tables, 2 plates in pocket. (bumped corners, short closed tear on back cover edge) $12

UT SS 50 : 1979 : Geology and petroleum resources of the major oil-impregnated sandstone deposits of Utah. By Jock A. Campbell and Howard R. Ritzma. 24p., 10 figures, 12 tables. $12

UT SS 51 : 1980 : Geology assessment of seismic risk in the Tooele and Rush valleys, Tooele county, Utah. By Benjamin L. Everitt and Bruce N. Kaliser. 33p., 13 figures (1 in pocket), 3 tables, 7 plates (3 in pocket on a total of 5 sheets). With figure, there are 6 sheets “in pocket” – there actually isn’t a pocket, so the folded sheets are loose. $8

UT SS 52 : 1980 : Studies in late Cenozoic volcanism in west-central Utah. Two parts in one binding.
Part I – Petrology of Late Tertiary and Quaternary volcanism in western Juab and Millard counties, Utah.
Part II – Geology and petrology of the Fumarole Butte volcanic complex, Utah.
By C. H. Turley, W. P. Nash, and J. B. Peterson. 58p., 14 figures, 27 tables. $16

UT SS 53 : 1981 : Geology of the fluorite occurrences, Spor mountain, Juab county, Utah. By Kenneth C. Bullock. 31p., 15 figures, 2 tables. $2

UT SS 54 : 1981 : Utah coal studies II. Part I – coal drilling, North Horn Mountain, East mountain areas, Wasatch plateau, Utah by Archie D. Smith. Part II – Geologic evaluation of a central Utah coal property, Wasatch plateau, Emery county, Utah. By John M. Mercier, and Thomas W. Lloyd. 44p., 8 figures, 1 table. $16

UT SS 55 : 1981 : Muddy creek coal drilling project, Wasatch Plateau, Utah. By Archie D. Smith. 57p., 4 figures, 11 tables, appendices include Muddy Creek, Quitchupah creek, Convulsion Canyon. $6

UT SS 56 : 1983 : Igneous dikes of the eastern Uinta mountains, Utah and Colorado. by Howard R. Ritzma. 23p., 11 figures, 1 table. $14

UT SS 57 : 1982 : Geology, ore deposits and mineralogy of the Rocky Range, near Milford, Beaver County, Utah, by J.A. Whelan. 35p., 8 figs, 1 table. $6

UT SS 58 : 1983 : Engineering geology of the St. George area, Washington county, Utah. By Gary E. Christenson and Roy D. Deen. 32p., 9 figures, 2 plates in pocket, 3 tables. SCARCE. $34

UT SS 60 : Geologic excursions in stratigraphy and tectonics : from southeastern Idaho to the Southern Inyo Mountains, California, via Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, Utah. Geological Society of America guidebook – part II, edited by K.D. Gurgel. 1983. 92p. illus., road logs. (lightly bumped corner) $25

Contents of Utah Special Studies 60 :
Upper proterozoic diamictites and volcanic rocks of the Pocatello formation and correlative Units, southeastern Idaho and northern Utah, by Paul K. Link and George B. LeFebre.
Evolution of early Mesozoic tectonistratographic environments, southwestern Colorado Plateau to southern Inyo Mountains by John E. Marzolf and George C. Dunne.
Lower Mesozoic stratigraphy and depositional systems, southwest Colorado Plateau, by Ranaold C. Blakey and Larry T. Middleton.
Early Mesozoic Eolian transition from cratonal margin to orogenic volcanic arc, by John E. Marzolf.
Jurassic trackways in the Mescal range, San Bernardino county, California, by Robert E. Reynolds.
Permotriassic rocks in the northern Mojave Desert region and their tectonic significance, by J. Douglas Walker and B.C. Burchfiel.
Lower Triassic marine sedimentary rocks in east central Californa, by Michael Lewis, Charles Wittman, and Calvin H. Stevens.
Stratigraphic analysis of Middle (?) Triassic marine-to-Continental rocks, southern Inyo Mo9untains, east-central California, by Mark Oborne, A. Eugene Fritsche, and George Dunne.
The geology in and near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, Utah, by D.L. Baars.

UT SS 61 : 1983 : Geologic excursions in volcanology: eastern Snake River Plain (Idaho) and southwestern Utah, Geological Society of America. Guidebook - Part III, edited by K.D. Gurgel. 55p., illus., road logs. $4

Contents of Utah Special Studies 61 :
Holocene basaltic volcanism along the Great Rift, central and eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, by M.A. Kuntz et al.;
Mid-Tertiary history of the central Pioche-Marysvale igneous belt, southwestern Utah, by
M.G. Best and J.D. Keith

UT SS 62 : 1983 : Geologic excursions in neotectonics and engineering geology in Utah, Geological Society of America guidebook - Part IV, edited by K.D. Gurgel, 1983, 109 p., illus., road logs. (Very Good condition, but Ex-library, so has some marks) $9

Contents of Utah Special Studies 62 :
1. Paleoseismicity along the Wasatch Front and adjacent areas, central Utah, by A.J. Crone;
2. Paleoseismic investigations along the Wasatch fault zone; an update, by D.P. Schwartz et al.;
3. Amount of displacement and estimated age of a Holocene surface faulting event, eastern Great Basin, Millard County, Utah, by A.J. Crone;
4. Late Cenozoic faulting in Heber and Keetley Valleys, northeastern Utah, by J.T. Sullivan and A.R. Nelson;
5. Lake Bonneville stratigraphy, geomorphology, and isostatic deformation in west-central Utah, by D.R. Currey et al.;
6. Geologic aspects of upper Stillwater damsite Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, by J.L. Rogers;
7. Engineering geologic problems along Utah's urban corridor, by B.N. Kaliser

UT SS 65 : 1984 : Economic potential of the P. R. Spring oil-impregnated deposit, Uinta basin, Utah. By Keith Clem. 35p., 22 figures. $6

UT SS 66 : 1984 : Engineering geology of Park City, Summit county, Utah. By Harold E. Gill and William R. Lund. 42p., 15 figures, 3 tables. $3

UT SS 67 : 1986 : Low-temperature geothermal assessment of the Santa Clara and Virgin River valleys, Washington county, Utah. By Karin E. Budding and Steven N. Sommer. 34p., 15 figures, 4 tables, 1 plate in pocket. $2

UT SS 68 : 1986 : Engineering geologic case studies in Utah 1986. Edited by William R. Lund. 94p., illus., fold-outs. $3

Contents of Utah Special Studies 68 :
Geologic and hydrologic evaluation of Mt. Pleasant Watershed, Sanpete county, Utah.
Geology evaluation of septic tank and soil absorption system suitability, Dry Fork Canyon, Unitah county, Utah.
Engineering geology for land-use planning, Smithfield, Utah.
Preliminary geologic evaluatio of five proposed hazard waste facility sites in Utah.
Engineering geology for land-use planning for research park, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey : Survey Notes 11x8.5", Illus., Ave. 10-35p. Most with color cover.
Survey Notes is an informative, semi-non-technical magazine = the official UGS newsletter.
I have listed only one or two topics per issue - These are the feature articles (most also related to cover art).
Many (most?) have something on recent earthquake activity in Utah.

UT Survey Notes 16(3) : 1982 : Liquid waste disposal problems in Utah - geologic perspective. $3

UT Survey Notes 16(4) : 82/83 : Geothermal energy. $3

UT Survey Notes 17(2) : 1983 : Thistle landslide (incl. color aerial photo). Geologic hazards of 1983. $3

UT Survey Notes 17(3) : 1983 : Wasatch front mapping project. (neat color geologic map on cover) $2

UT Survey Notes 18(1) : 1984 : Great Salt Lake incremental sampling program. $2

UT Survey Notes 18(4) : 1985 : Earthquake hazards in Utah. $4

UT Survey Notes 19(1) : 1985 : Utah's geologic mapping projects (neat color geologic map on cover) $2

UT Survey Notes 19(2) : 1985 : Methane. $2

UT Survey Notes 19(3) : 1985 : Industrial commodities in Utah. $2

UT Survey Notes 19(4) : 1985 : Information programs at the UGMS. $1

UT Survey Notes 20(1) : 1986 : Utah's geologic hazards. Earthquake activity. (corner of back cover missing) $3

UT Survey Notes 20(2) : 1986 : Kane county geology. $5

UT Survey Notes 20(3) : 1986 : Mining district studies. $3

UT Survey Notes 20(4) : 1986 : CUSMAP - Conterminous United States Mineral Assessment Program. $3

UT Survey Notes 21(1) : 1987 : Geologic hazards and land-use planning, Wasatch front. $3

UT Survey Notes 21(2-3) : 1987 : COGEOMAP - Cooperative geological mapping project. $2

UT Survey Notes 22(1-2) : 1988 : August 14 and 18, 1988 Earthquake. Status of UGMS. $4

UT Survey Notes 22(3) : 1988 : Earthquakes and Salt Lake City. G.K. Gilbert to the present. $4

UT Survey Notes 22(4) : 1988 : Radon. $4

UT Survey Notes 23(1) : 1989 : Antelope Island State Park. $5

UT Survey Notes 23(2) : 1989 : Emigration canyon debris flood June 1989. Highlights of 88-89 fiscal year. $2

UT Survey Notes 23(3) : 1989 : Zeolite. $5

UT Survey Notes 23(4) : 1989 : Utah landslides. $4

UT Survey Notes 24(1) : 1990 : Focus on Millard county (color geologic map of same on cover). $5

UT Survey Notes 24(2) : 1990 : Misc. short pieces, incl. Wasatch mountain glaciers. $1

UT Survey Notes 24(3) : 1991 : Earthquakes. $5

UT Survey Notes 24(4) : 1991 : New gravity map of Utah. $5

UT Survey Notes 25(1) : 1991 : History of geologic mapping in Utah. Rock fall damage to residence in Hobble Creek Canyon. $3

UT Survey Notes 25(2) : 1992 : Radon studies in Utah. $5

UT Survey Notes 25(3-4) : 1993 : Horizontal drilling technology. Summary of Utah mineral Activity. $3

UT Survey Notes 26(1) : 1993 : Cenozoic volcanics of Utah. Trip to Tabernacle hill. $6

UT Survey Notes 26(2-3) : 1994 : Hal Morris "Utah Mapper." Tufa deposits. Anatomy of a rock fall. Mass-movements, Canyon mountains. $4

UT Survey Notes 27(1) : 1994 : Geologic hazards mapping, Pleistocene bison found. $3

UT Survey Notes 27(2) : 1995 : Geothermal assessment. Gas reservoirs. Coalbed gas. $2

UT Survey Notes 27(3) : 1995 : Edmund M. Spieker 1895-1978. Paleontology finds new digs. Rozel Point Petroleum. (once bent) $3

UT Survey Notes 28(1) : 1996 : Ground-water. Zion Canyon landslide. $2

UT Survey Notes 28(2) : 1996 : History of Potash production. Preserving Natural Aggregate. Kaiparowits coal field revisited. $2

UT Survey Notes 29(1) : 1996 : History of mapping in Utah with tribute to mappers. $3

UT Survey Notes 29(2) : 1997 : Farmington siding landslide complex. Other landslide and earthquake pieces. $2

Utah Geological and Mineral Survey : Utah Geology 11x8.5", illus.,
Including illustrations and art by Brent R. Jones, Greg F. McLaughlin, Jim W. Hamblin, Sandra Stewart.
I listed the main articles, not always the short notes and other content like Earthquake activity.

Utah Geology Volume 1(1) : Fall 1974. 95p., illus., plus 6 plates in pocket. Includes errata sheet. (slightly rough spine end) $25

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 1(1) :
The Relicted Lands case.
Kaibab limestone and associated strata, Circle Cliffs, Utah.
Mt. Olympus Cove environmental geology study : an alluvial fan case history.
Summary of stratigraphy in the Mineral range, Beaver and Millard counties, Utah.
Detailed magnetic surveys in the Star range, Beaver county, Utah.
Bonneville Salt Flats – a possible geothermal area?
Short note : Cretaceous foraminifera from the Mule Ear Diatreme, San Juan county, Utah.

Utah Geology Volume 3(2) : Fall 1976. Pages 70-144, illus. (cover corner creased) $20

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 3(2) :
Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Coalville and Rockport areas, Utah.
Classification of ripple marks.
Distribution in time and space of Late Phanerozoic normal faulting in Nevada and Utah.
Relict patterned ground, Bear River range, North-central Utah.
Type locality of Walcott’s Brigham formation, Box Elder county, Utah.

Utah Geology Volume 4(1) : Spring 1977. 67p., illus. $20

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 4(1) :
Subdivisions of the major physiographic provinces in Utah. (with great color map)
Heavy metals in the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
Occurrence of petrified wood in coal, Kane county, Utah.
Pleistocene volcanic ash deposits in Utah.
Approximation of magnesium concentration by refractive index measurements in evaporating brines of Great Salt Lake, Utah.
The boundary between Uintah and Grand counties, Utah.

Utah Geology Volume 4(2) : Fall 1977. Pages 68-152, illus. $20

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 4(2) :
Petroliferous lithosomes in the Moenkopi formation, southern Utah.
An evaluation of the effect of proposed Lake Level and salinity controls on the Brines of Great Salt Lake, Utah.
Around the Henry Mountains with Charlie Hanks.
Early Middle Ordovician corals from Western Utah.
The prediction of Great Salt Lake levels on the basis of recent solar – climatic cycles.

Utah Geology Volume 5(1) : Spring 1978. Change of cover look. 84p., illus. (lightly bumped edge) $20

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 5(1) :
Lead and strontium isotopic study of Igneous rocks and ores, Gold Hill district, Utah.
Wind tides of the Great Salt Lake.
Manganese, molybdenum and selenium in the Great Salt Lake.
Preliminary geologic map of the wildcat creek area, Eastern Beaver county, Utah.
Gravity study of the Fumarole Butte area, Juab and Millard counties, Utah.
Stratigraphy of the coal-bearing Blackhawk formation on North Horn mountain, Wasatch plateau, Utah.

Utah Geology Volume 5(2) : Fall 1978. Pages 85-160, illus., plus plate in pocket. $22

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 5(2) :
Depositional systems and dispersal patterns in Uraniferous sandstones of the Colorado Plateau.
Eolian sand dunes of the Great Salt Lake basin.
Coal drilling, Johns Valley, Garfield county, Utah.
Geology of the Crystal Geyser and environmental implications of its effluent, Grand County, Utah.
Land Surface instability on the Wasatch Plateau, central Utah.
Stratigraphy and attenuation faulting in the Northern House Range, Utah.

Utah Geology Volume 6(2) : Fall 1979. 85p., illus. $20

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 6(2) :
History of the Utah geological and mineral survey.
Geology of the Spry Intrusion, Garfield county, Utah.
Coal Accumulation in Upper Cretaceous Marginal Deltaic environments of the Blackhawk formation and Star Point sandstone, Emery, Utah.
Lithofacies of the Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian Western Oquirrh group, northwest Utah.
Sanstone spar in the Trail mountain coal mine, Emery county, Utah.
Upper Permian and Lower Triassic stratigraphy of the Stansbury mountains.

Utah Geological and Mineral Survey : Water-Resources Bulletins 11x8.5", illus.

UT WRB 5 : 1964 : Reconnaissance of Water Resources of a part of western Kane county, Utah. By Harry D. Goode. 63p., frontispiece, 3 plates, 12 figures (1 in pocket), 7 tables. This publication is also numbered as Bulletin of the University of Utah volume 55(21) and Utah Engineering Experiment Station bulletin 127. $25

UT WRB 7 : 1964 : Geology and ground-water resources of the Jordan Valley. By I. Wendell Marine and Don Price. 68p., 30 figures (10 in pocket), 9 tables (1 in pocket) $10

Utah Geological Society, now the Utah Geological Association : Guidebooks 9x6" Illus., softcover
These all have the main title GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH.

UT UGSociety GB 2 : 1974 : Some structural features of the intrusions in the Iron Springs district. By J. Hoover Mackin. 62p., 12 figures (6 in pocket). $2

UT UGSociety GB 4 : 1949 : The transition between the Colorado plateaus and the Great Basin in Central Utah. By Edmund M. Spieker. 106p., 1 plate in pocket, 10 figures. Road logs. (owner's name, title written on spine) $12

UT UGSociety GB 8 : 1952 : Geology of the central Wasatch Mountains, Utah. With a number of sections by different authors, includes City Creek to Parleys Canyon to the Traverse Range, Northern Farmington Mountains, Wasatch hinterland, Big and Little Cottonwood canyons, Road Logs. 71p., frontispiece, 6 plates (2 in pocket), 9 figures. $9

UT UGSociety GB 9 : 1954 : Uranium deposits and general geology of southeastern Utah. Contains 8 papers covering history, radium, uranium, Colorado Plateau, Thompson area of Grand County, Big Indian wash – Lisbon valley area, Arches National monument, more. 115p., frontispiece, 18 figures, 5 plates, 2 tables, Road logs. (Title written on spine) $15

UT UGSociety GB 11 : 1956 : Geology of parts of northwestern Utah. 97p., illus., some fold-outs. $10

Contents of Utah Guidebook 11 :
Tertiary stratigraphy of the Goose Creek district, Cassia county, Idaho, and adjacent parts of Utah and Nevada.
History of exploration for oil and gas in Box Elder county, Utah and vicinity.
Geology of Rozel hills.
Geology of the Promontory Range.
Geology of the Eastern Part of the Raft River Range.

UT UGSociety GB 14 : 1959 : Geology of the Southern Oquirrh mountains and Fivemile Pass – northern Boulter Mountain area, Tooele and Utah counties, Utah. Contains 9 sections covering stratigraphy, Mercur-Ophir area, structure, economic geology, Broad Canyon area, geomorphology, more. 262p., 11 tables, 8 plates (4 in pocket), 25 figures, Road Log. $28

UT UGSociety GB 18 : 1964 : The Wasatch fault zone in north central Utah. Contains 5 papers covering various aspects of the Wasatch fault zone including Salt Lake county, Weber county, Davis county, more. 60p., 11 figure, 9 plates (plates are fold-outs bound in text). $12

UT UGSociety GB 19 : 1965 : Geology and resources of South-Central Utah : Resources for Power. Includes 11 papers, 177p., illus., fold-outs plus four folded sheets in pocket, Road Log. (Title written on spine, minor owner's marks on cover) $20

Contents of Utah Guidebook 19 :
Tectonic history of south-central Utah.
Pre-Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of the Kaiparowits region, south-central Utah and north-central Arizona.
Triassic and Jurassic strata of southwestern Utah.
Jurassic and Cretaceous stratigraphy of south-central Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah.
Stratigraphy of the Dakota and Tropic formations of Cretaceous age in southern Utah.
History of exploration for oil and natural gas in the Kaiparowits region, Utah.
Kolob, Kanab, and Kaiparowits coal fields in southwestern Utah.
New developments in the utilization of Utah coal.
Sources of water to supply coal-fired electric power plants in Kane county, Utah.
Ground water in the Navajo sandstone at the east entrance of Zion National Park.
Road logs

UT UGSociety GB 20 : 1966 : The Great Salt Lake. Contains 10 papers covering history, biology, geologic setting, Cenozoic structural basins, predecessors, sediments, hydrology, climatology, chemistry, industrial development and potential, rights of states to beds of navigable lakes. 173p., illus., fold-outs. $27

UT UGSociety GB 22 : 1968 : Park City District, Utah. Contains 7 papers covering Regional geologic relations, General geology, Ore deposits, Mayflower Mine, Ontario Mine (east flank ore bodies), Trend surface analysis, Trace chemical data, Sulfur isotope study. 100p., illus including folded geologic map in pocket, Road Log. $35

UT UGSociety GB 23 : 1970 : The Western Grand Canyon District. Contains 6 papers covering Structure, Late Cenozoic basalt flows, Lava dams in Toroweap and Prospect areas, Late Cenozoic basalt types, Implications of Tectonism and vulcanism, Summary of stratigraphy. 154p., illus. including folded geologic map in pocket, Road Log. $25

Utah Geological Association : Publications 11x8.5" Illus.

UT UGA P 11 : 1983 : Energy resources and geologic overview of the Uinta basin, 1983, Utah. Published for the Annual field conference of the Utah Geological Association, September 15-17, 1983. 73p., illus., maps road logs, bibliography. Includes three Field trips and reference data. (minor splash on cover edge) $25

Intermountain Association of Petroleum Geologists, now the Utah Geological Association : Guidebooks
HARDBACK, 11x8.5" Illus. In alphabetical order by title.

Geology and economic deposits of East Central Utah. 1956. Seventh annual field conference of the Intermountain Association of Petroleum Geologists (IAPG). Hardback, 11x8.5”, 225p., illus, numerous fold-outs and a plate (on 4 sheets) in pocket. Contents include 9 general papers, 13 papers on stratigraphy, 13 papers on economic geology, 11 historical sketches, 3 maps, and 7 road logs. Among many other locations and subjects, there is specific mention of archaeology, Uravan area, Arches National Monument, Colorado National Monument, gem collecting, Book Cliffs, Petroglyph of the mastodon, Skeetskadee and more.

Choose your copy of East Central Utah :
Very Good (owner's name on fly leaf) - $34
Good (Back hinge shaken and minor water mark in margin at upper spine end) - $18

Brigham Young University Geology Studies: 9x6", Illus.

UT BYU Vol. 8 : 1961 : 6 papers, 200p., plus large folded plate. (minimal pencil marks, cover beginning to loosen from spine - easy fix with line of glue) $21

Contents of UT BYU Vol. 8 :
Petrology and petrography of Ely Limestone in part of Eastern Great Basin.
Late Devonian and early MIssissippian biostratigraphy of central Utah.
Pennsylvanian and Permian fusulinids of the Ferguson mountain area, Elko county, Nevada.
Stratigraphy and Leonardian fusulinid paleontology in central Pequop mountains, Elko county, Nevada.
Stratigraphy and tectonic interpretation of Oquirrh formation, Stansbury mountains, Utah.
Permian stratigraphy of NE Nevada and NW Utah.

UT BYU Vol. 10 : 1963 : This is a single article extracted from the volume : Bibliography and index of Conodonts, 1959-1963. 50p. (minimal pencil marks, cover lightly soiled) $6

UT BYU Vol. 12 : December 1965 : 7 papers, 210p., plus one loose folded plate. $21

Contents of Vol. 12 : December 1965 :
Thrusting in the southern Wasatch Mountains, Utah.
Nebo Overthrust, southern Wasatch mountains, Utah.
Paleoecologic implications of Strontium, calcium, and magnesium in Jurassic rocks near Thistle, Utah.
Paleoecology of the Twin Creek Limestone in the Thistle, Utah area.
Geology of the Stockton stock and related intrusives, Tooele county, Utah.
Stratigraphy and porifera of Ordovician rocks near Columbia icefields, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Lower Ordovician conodonts and other microfossils from the Columbia icefields section, Alberta, Canada

UT BYU Vol. 15 Part 5 : 1968 : Studies for Students No. 4 : Guidebook to the Colorado River, Part 1 : Lee’s Ferry to Phantom Ranch in Grand Canyon National Park. By W. Kenneth Hamblin and J. Keith Rigby. 9x6” 84p., nicely illustrated. 2nd edition 1969. (lightly bumped corner) $6

UT BYU Vol. 20 Part 3 : 1973 : Geologic History of Utah by Lehi F. Hintze. 188p., 83 figs., 46 charts. $1

Utah State Geology Publications : Misc.~9x6" unless otherwise noted, some are offprints.

Biostratigraphy of the Great Blue Formation (UT) by Alan K. Chamberlain. 1979. This must be an excerpt from a M.S. thesis at Brigham Young University. 11x8.5" , 9p., illus. (once folded, minimal pencil marks) $2

Compass of the Sigma Gamma Epsilon (UT) : this issue has 6 articles and 55p. devoted to Utah (Wasatch front excursion, Utah Lake basin, Iron & steel industry in Utah, Bingham copper mine, Clays of Utah county, Oil and gas potential). 1953. plates in pocket. $8

Dakota group of Colorado Plateau. By Robert G. Young. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1960, Vol. 44(2), pages 156-194. $8

Dynamic equilibrium between an active uplift and the Sevier River, Utah, by David Jorgensen Harbor. 1988. Extracted from the Journal of Geology, vol. 106, pages 181-194, illus. $3

Early Tertiary stratigraphy of part of central Utah. By Donald P. McGookey. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1960, Vol. 44(5), pages 589-615. $5

Geologic Map of Daggett County, Utah, by Howard R. Ritzma. Folded, color, includes some historic photos with captions. Published as a supplement to Utah Bulletin 66. $5

Geologic Map of Uintah county, Utah, by G.E. and B.R. Untermann. Folded, color. TWO sheets, published as a supplement to Utah Bulletin 72. UGMS RS 90. (Upper edge (when folded) bumped. Outer seam edges rubbed. A couple short edge tears.) $10

Geological investigation of the Trachyte district, Henry mountains, Utah. By Gerald L. Brooke, Raymond F. Shirley, and Melvin A. Swanson. 1951 United States Atomic Energy Commission report RMO-912. 11x8.5”, stapled. 7p., 2 figures (one is a fold-out map). (faint water marking) $3

Geology of the Bingham Mining district and northern Oquirrh mountains (UT). 1961 Utah Geological Society. Reprinted from Guidebook to the Geology of Utah. 25p., illus., photos, large fold-out plate. (Poor : rippled and a little stiff from water damage - still usable) $2

Geology of the Central Mineral Mountains, Beaver county, Utah. By Bruce S. Sibbett, and Dennis L. Nielson. 1980. Earth Science Laboratory, University of Utah Research Institute, Salt Lake City. U.S. Department of Energy report DOE/ET/28392-40, ESL-33. 11x8.5”, 42p., 1 figure, 2 large plates in pocket. (One huge plate is either on two sheets or has been cut neatly in half – this is a good thing, making it more manageable). (Good. Minor colored pencil marks on map). $35

Geology of the Gunnison Quadrangle, Utah by William N. Gilliland. 1951 University of Nebraska Studies - New Series # 8. 101p., illus., photos, plates in pocket. (Fair/Good : Cover and edge of page block have some soil. End papers foxed from contact with cover) $22

Hydrology of Lake Bonneville and sediments and soils of its basin. By A. J. Eardley, Vasyl Gvosdetsky, and R. E. Marsell. 1957 Bulletin GSA vol. 68, pages 1141-1202, 9x6”, nicely illustrated including neat aerial photo of Lake Bonneville beach. $10

Investigation of subsurface Isorad methods, Temple mountain, San Rafael district, Utah. By David N. Hinkley. 1952 United States Atomic Energy Commission report RME-4019. 11x8.5”, stapled. 26p., 6 figures, plus 16 fold-out plates. Uranium. (Fair. Water marked along spine, almost entirely on cover.) $15

Laramide faulting and orogeny on the North Flank of the Uinta Mountains in Eastern Daggett county, Utah. By W. R. Hansen and M. G. Bonilla. 1954. Colorado Scientific society proceedings, volume 17(1). 9x6”, 29p., illus.,, 2 figures, 3 plates, including fold-out map of the geology of the area between Manila and Browns Park, Utah. $15

Lower Zuni sequence in the Southwestern United States (UT), by P.L. Kehler. 1975 Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas. Institute for the Study of Earth and Man : Reports of Investigations 1. 11x8.5", 27p., illus. Pertains to pre-Albian portion of Lower Zuni sequence in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. (cover mildly soiled with multiple owner's stamps. One bumped corner). $4

Mississippian and Pennsylvanian stratigraphy, Confusion range, West-central Utah. By Lawrence Odgen. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1951, Vol. 35(1), pages 62-82. $5

Occurrence and origin of Mississippian gas in Four corners region. By M. Dane Picard. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(9), pages 1681-1700. $4

Paleozoic geology of north and west sides of Uinta basin, Utah. By A.A. Baker, J.W. Huddle and D.M. Kinney. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1949, Vol. 33(7), pages 1161-1197. $6

Pennsylvanian system of Four Corners region. By Sherman A. Wengerd and Marvin L. Matheny. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1958, Vol. 42(9), pages 2048-2106. (several figs missing narrow band where printing was close to binding) $8

Permian system of Colorado Plateau. By D.L. Baars. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(2), pages 149-218. (several figs missing narrow band where printing was close to binding). $8

Petroleum Frontiers journal Vol. 1(4) (UT): 1984. This issue is devoted to the Paradox Basin. 11x8.5", 54p, illus. $10

Preliminary lithologic and mineralogical data from the Delhi-Taylor oil company, Cane Creek No. 1 corehole, Grand County, Utah. By Omer B. Raup and Robert J. Hite. 1991 USGS Open File Report 91-324. This unpublished report is in the usual photocopied, stapled form. 11x8.5”, 24p., illus. $5

Racewinite : a peculiar mineral from ore deposits in Utah (Bingham area). 1918. Econ Geol. 5p. (cover darkened) $1

Reef limestones of Hermosa formation, San Juan canyon, Utah. By Sherman A. Wengerd. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1951, Vol. 35(5), pages 1038-1051. $5

Regional geophysical studies in Salt Valley – Cisco area, Utah and Colorado. By H.R. Joesting and J.E. Case. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(10), pages 1879-1889. $3

Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill tailings, Grand and San Juan counties, Utah, Final Environmental Impact Statement. July 2005, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management. Softcover, 11x8.5”, illustrated, some color, the whole report is 5.5” thick. This is DOE/EIS-0355. It is much easier to use this report in hard-copy than it is to deal with online versions with each illustration in a separate file and the text chapters all in separate files. Like New. $20

Moab Uranium Mill Tailings EIS consists of 5 books :
Volume 1 – Chapters 1 – 11. Paged in sections, about 700 pages.
Volume 2 – Appendices A – H. Paged in sections, about 500 pages.
Volume 3 – Chapters 1 – 3 : Comment Responses. 512 pages.
Volume 4 – Chapters 4 – 5 : Comment Responses. 772 pages.
Volume 5 – Summary. 64 pages.

Report and recommendations for selected individual wastewater disposal systems in the Roosevelt and Vernal areas, Duchesne and Uintah counties, Utah. by James Rogers. 1977 Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Report of Investigations 119. 11x8.5”, 16p., plus many un-numbered illustration pages, about 30p. total. (staple bound photocopy - this may be how it was issued). $5

Rock alteration as a guide to ore – East Tintic district, Utah. By T. S. Lovering. 1949 Economic Geology Publishing, Urbana. This is Economic Geology Monograph 1. Blue softcover, 10x7”, 64p., 5 plates (4 are folded in pocket, 1 is a fold-out frontispiece), 12 figures (1 in pocket). Thus, there are 5 items in the pocket. (Good. Covers are slightly larger than page block and are bumped where they overhang. Owner's stamps). $18

Salt Lake Region : 16th International Geological Congress Guidebook Excursion C-1. 1933 Washington. 8.5x5.5", 149p., multiple excellent fold-out maps. Background information, plus the excursions below. (Good : cover soiled. front cover also has creases. Inside is all very good). $34

Trips described include :
Wasatch front.
Bingham mining district.
Stratigraphy of central Wasatch and western Uinta mountains
Park city mining district.
Cottonwood region.
Mount Timpanogos
Tintic mining district.
Salt Lake City to Montpelier, Idaho
Dinosaur quarry of eastern Utah.

Small-scale structures and other features of Navajo sandstone, northern part of San Rafael swell, Utah. By George A. Kiersch. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1950, Vol. 34(5), pages 923-942. $5

Stratigraphy and structure of northeast Strawberry Valley quadrangle, Utah. By Harold J. Bissell. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1952, Vol. 36(4), pages 575-634. (Two figs missing narrow band where printing was close to binding). $8

Summary of airborne radiometric surveying in the Kaiparowits Plateau area, Kane county, Utah. 1954 United States Atomic Energy Commission report RME-73. 11x8.5”, stapled. 11p., 2 figures. Radioactive materials. (cover water marked at spine) $3

Tertiary well logs in the Salt Lake Desert. Prepared by Joseph F. Schreiber, Jr. Reprinted from the private records of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey reprint 39. 9x6”, 11p. (last couple pages have chip of blank corner tip) $2

Uncompahgre front and salt anticline region of Paradox basin, Colorado and Utah. By Donald P. Elston, Eugene M. Shoemaker, and E.R. Landis. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(10), pages 1857-1878. $4

Uintaite (Gilsonite) deposits of Utah. 1896 USGS. By George Homans Eldridge. About 11.5x7.5”. Pages 909-949, 6 tables, 2 plates (one is a large folded color map, the other is a color fold-out map), 8 figures. This original paper has been extracted from the “Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1895-96, in three parts. Part I - Director's report and other papers.” The spine is neatly taped. I have included a photocopy of the title page of the entire volume and the index to the entire volume. This is a convenient way to own this report without having to deal with the entire huge volume. $18

Upper Cambrian to Middle Ordovician conodont faunas of Western Utah : 1978 Pander Society Field Trip. 1978 Southwest Missouri State University Geoscience Series # 5. 11x8.5", 44p. (Fair : Minimal pencil marks. Noticeably bumped corners) $6

Upper Paleozoic rocks exposed in Straight Wash Canyon, San Rafael swell, Utah. By Walter E. Hallgarth. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(8), pages 1494-1501. $3

Uranium emplacement in the Colorado Plateau. By Paul F. Kerr. 1958 Bulletin GSA, Vol. 69, pages 1075-1112. 34 figs., 3 plates, 6 tables. Covers Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico and border areas. $10

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