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NUPA NUGGETS

Northern Utah Prospectors Association July 2013

Next Meeting, July 24, 2013


Frank Hopkins will demonstrate how to build a dry washer. Ice Cream will be served!!
Presidents Message
Hi everyone,

I hope your Fourth of July was relaxing and enjoyable. GOD BLESS AMERICA!! Just want to caution everyone out there camping and prospecting to keep in mind that fire danger is very high. Put your fires cold/wet out before you leave. It appears that some folks are planning to go to NUPA5 and some to Wishful on July 26-28 so which ever direction you choose travel..be safe and find some golden sunshine.... Just a note on the Clear Creek day outing, I was very pleased with the turn out, everyone seemed to have a great day visiting and prospecting, though the gold was fine some members did find a few pieces. It is a beautiful place to camp all long the creek. See ya at the meeting on the 24th...
May your pans smile back at ya

Gold: $1,291.63 Silver: $19.95 As of July 16, 2013

In This Issue
Pres message Dugway Geodes Mineral Uses Wishful 1,2 & 3 Pyrite Dugway Geodes, continued Calendar

OUTINGS
NUPA 5, Wishful July 2628 Kaymack K&Q Crescent Creek August 1618 September 2022

Additional information will be posted for each outing at the meeting prior and in the newsletter.

Officers 2013
President Mike John 435-866-2275 1st Vice President Mike Kozlowski

Treasurers Report
Checking: Starting Balance Deposits Interest Withdrawals June 31 Balance $ 3,002.96 .20 Savings: Starting Balance Interest

June, 2013

$ 4843.49 .40

$ 2,474.94

June 31 Balance

$ 4844.30

Utah Dugway Geodes .. www.geology.utah.gov


Geologic information: Approximately 6 to 8 million years ago (Miocene epoch),

2nd Vice President Steve Sherman

volcanic activity occurred in western Utah and deposited an extrusive igneous rock called rhyolite. Trapped gasses formed cavities within the rhyolite, and millions of years of ground-water circulation allowed

Treasurer/Newsletter Carolyn Durga 801-690-4202 Secretary Sheri Gaddis

minerals to precipitate into the cavities. The result is geodes with spherical shapes and crystal-lined cavities. Roughly 32,000 to 14,000 thousand years ago, a large body of water known as Lake Bonneville covered most of western Utah. The lake's wave activity eroded the geode -bearing rhyolite and redeposited the geodes several miles away in the Dugway geode bed area as lake sediments. Most geodes are typically hollow whereas others

Parliamentarian Dave DeHeer

are completely filled with massive, banded quartz. The most common mineral found within the geodes is quartz in various colors: clear (rock crystal), purple (amethyst), and pink (rose).

Claims Director Lonnie Fausett

How to get there: From Salt Lake City take I-80 westbound until you reach the Tooele turnoff (exit 99). Travel south on Highway 36 for about 40.5 miles to the Pony Express Road (which is the dirt road just past Faust). Turn west (right) and proceed 50.1 miles on the Pony Express Road to the Dugway geode bed turnoff. Turn north (right), proceed up the dirt road and look for recent diggings. Note: Recently, people have bypassed the turnoff because the sign to the geode bed area was missing. Please note at the time of this writing, there is a temporary sign indicating the correct direction to the geode bed area; however, please use your vehicle's odometer to determine distance to the geode bed turnoff. Cont...page 6

Members at Large Kim & Sandy Patterson Leo & Donale Richan Bob Shriber Hal & Lynda Berry Alan Meyer Curt Dayton

Uses of a Few Minerals


Aluminum (Bauxite) The most abundant metal element in the Earths crust. Bauxite ore is the main source of aluminum and is imported from Guinea, Australia, Jamaica, etc. Used in automotive and airplanes (36%), bottling and canning industries (25%); kitchen cookware and foil; building and electrical (14%); personal products, like deodorants. Barium (Barite) Used as a heavy additive in oil well drilling mud, paints, rubber, plastic and paper; production of barium chemicals and glass manufacturing. Clays Kaolin, paper, refractories, rubber, ball clay, dinnerware and pottery, floor and wall tile, sanitary wear, fire clay, firebricks, foundry sands, bentonite, drilling mud, iron ore pelletizing, fullers earth, absorbent and filtering, insecticide dispersing, common clay, construction, cosmetics. Feldspar A rock forming mineral; industrially important in glass and ceramic industries; pottery, porcelain and enamelware; soaps; bond for abrasive wheels; cement and glues; insulating compositions; fertilizer; tarred roofing materials; and as a sizing, or filler, in textiles and paper applications. Fluorite (Fluorspar) Used in production of hydrofluoric acid, which is used in pottery, ceramics, optical, electroplating and plastics industries. In the metallurgical treatment of bauxite; as a flux in open-hearth steel furnaces and in metal smelting; in carbon electrodes; emery wheels; electric arc welders; toothpaste as a source of fluorine and in water fluoridation. Garnet Used in water filtration, finishing wood furniture, electronic components, ceramics, glass, jewelry and abrasives in transport manufacturing. Gold Used in dentistry and medicine; in jewelry and arts; in medallions and coins; in ingots as a store of value; for scientific and electronic instruments; computer circuitry; as an electrolyte in the electroplating industry; in many applications for space travel. Halite (sodium chloride salt) Used in human and animal diet, food seasoning and food preservation. To prepare sodium hydroxide, soda ash, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, chlorine, metallic sodium; used in ceramic glazes; metallurgy, curing of hides; mineral waters; soap manufacture; home water softeners; highway deicing; photography; in scientific equipment for optical parts. Mica Mica commonly occurs as flakes, scales or shreds. Sheet muscovite (white) mica is used in electronic insulators; ground mica in paints, as joint cement, as a dusting agent, in well-drilling mud and lubricants; and in plastics, roofing, rubber and welding rods. Silica Used in manufacture of computer chips, glass and refractory materials; ceramics; abrasives; water filtration; component of hydraulic cements; filler in cosmetics, pharmaceutical, paper, insecticides; anti-caking agent in foods; flatting agent in paint; thermal insulator. Talc (Soapstone) The primary use for talc is in the production of paper. Ground talc is used as filler in ceramics, paint, paper, roofing, plastics, cosmetics, and in agriculture. You will find talc in many household products such as baby (talcum) powder, deodorant, and makeup. Very pure talc is used in fine arts, and is called soapstone. It is often used to carve figurines. Trona (sodium carbonate or soda ash) Used in glass container manufacture; in fiberglass and specialty glass; also used in production of flat glass; in liquid detergents; in medicine; as a food additive; photography; cleaning and boiler compounds; pH control of water. Trona is mined mainly in Wyoming. Source: Mineral Information Institute; U.S. Geological Survey

Membership Dues
Membership dues are from January through December. Anyone joining after October 1 will be considered a paid member through the next calendar year. New membership Renewal Mailed Newsletter $40.00 $30.00 $5.00

E-mail copies of the newsletter are included as part of membership. Mailed newsletters add $5.00 to renewal to help defray cost of postage and printing. You will have an opportunity to choose your newsletter delivery preference when you renew your membership.

PHIFER CREEK CLAIMS Wishful 1,2 & 3 and NUPA 5 on the Middle Fork of the Boise River The Middle Fork of the Boise is NO LONGER open to dredging on NUPA Claims. Dredging on Phifer Creek will require both Idaho Letter Permit and EPA Permit. Follow I-84 toward Twin Falls and Boise. Take the Wendell / Gooding exit and head North. Follow Highway 46 North until it comes to a T at Highway 20. Turn left on Highway 20 and head West through Fairfield and then Hill City. Several miles West of Hill City, there is a turn-off for Pine and Featherville as well as Anderson Ranch Reservoir. Look for the Highway Maintenance shed. Follow this road North through Pine and then Featherville. At Featherville, just past the bar and motel, the road will take a hard right and cross the river. Do not cross the bridge. Go straight onto a dirt road, FS Road 156. Follow this road North through Rocky Bar. Stay on the main road. On the top of the ridge the road will fork. Take the road that heads North. Follow Phifer Creek down to the middle fork of the Boise River, when you get to the bridge you are at the center of the claim. There is parking on the South side of the bridge. This claim is 200 acres in size, 13,000 feet up and down the river (2 miles long) and 6,600 feet wide (a little over a mile). The claim runs down Phifer Creek, across the Middle Fork of the Boise river, and then up the creek across the river. While there is gold on the high bars, the best gold will be down in the river. Some of the sandbars can be very rich. Most of the gold comes in small flakes, averaging about 2mm in size. Occasionally, very large flakes and rice grain sized nuggets may be found. Black sand is abundant on this claim. For the most part, bedrock is very deep and will not be workable. The Middle Fork of the Boise is a large river and can be dangerous. Low water in the river is waist deep and can be fast moving.

GPS Coordinates of Claims N43 degrees 49 minutes 02.0 seconds W115 degrees 21 minutes 19.8 seconds

Alternate route to get to Phifer Creek when pulling a trailer:


Follow the freeway to Boise. Start out going South on S. Broadway Ave/US-20 E/US-26 toward E Myrtle St/US-20 E/ US-26E. Merge onto I-84 E/US-20 E/US-30 E/US-26 E via the ramp on the left toward Mountain Home/Twin Falls. Take the ID-21 Gowen Road Exit 57 toward Idaho City. Turn left onto ID-21/E Gowen Road. Continue to follow ID-21 E. Turn a slight right onto Crooked River Road. Crooked River Road becomes NF-312. Stay on road for approximately 5 miles. Turn a slight left onto Little Owl Creek Road. Take the first right to stay on Little Owl Creek Road. Turn left onto NF-327. NF-327 Becomes an un-named road. Stay straight to go onto North Fork Boise River Road. Take the 1st right onto Alexander Flat Road. Alexander Flat Road becomes Swanholm Road. Keep left at the fork to continue on Swanholm Road. Take the 1st left onto Middle fork road. This road is also known as the Atlanta Forest Service Road. If you go too far then you will arrive in Atlanta City.
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Fool's Gold
"Gold, I found gold!," you shout to your friends. You quickly imagine all the things you are going to do with your newfound wealth. Then reality sets in, and you are embarrassed to discover that you have been tricked by the mineral pyrite, also known as fool's gold. Take heart, you are not the first person (nor the last) to be fooled by pyrite. Even Captain John Smith (of Pocahontas fame) mistakenly sent an entire shipload of pyrite to London in the early 1600s, while exploring the Chickahominy River for a waterway to the Pacific.

How can I tell the difference between gold and pyrite (fool's gold)?
Visual clues -

Color: Gold and pyrite both have a brilliant metallic luster, but are different tones of yellow. Gold is golden to silvery yellow, whereas pyrite is a pale to medium brassy yellow that sometimes tarnishes. Shape: Gold usually occurs in nuggets or very small flakes, sheets, and shapeless grains. Small cubic and octahedral (two pyramids with bases joined) gold crystals are very rare. Pyrite crystals commonly form cubes, octahedrons, or pyritohedrons (twelve irregular, pentagonal or five-sided faces), frequently with striations (parallel lines) on the crystal faces. Pyrite can also occur as shapeless grains.
Physical tests -

Hardness: Scratch the mineral with the blade of a pocket knife. Rub off any loose powder to see if the mineral has been scratched. Gold is much softer than pyrite and can be cut. Pyrite cannot be scratched. (Beware - chalcopyrite looks similar to pyrite, but is softer and can be scratched with a knife. It is a very brassy yellow, often with a bronze or iridescent tarnish.) Odor: Rub the mineral vigorously with a hard object. Gold has no odor, but pyrite gives off a sulphurous smell (like rotten eggs). Malleable: Strike the mineral with a steel hammer. Gold will flatten or change shape without breaking. Pyrite will give off sparks.

DUGWAY GEODES Continued.. Where to collect: Geodes can be found approximately 1 to 2 miles north/northeast of the turnoff. The easiest technique is to find an area of past excavations and start digging to locate the proper horizon where the geodes can be found. You will be digging in a soft, unconsolidated material that is susceptible to caving, so please be careful! Examine all stones that are encountered. The geodes are fairly easy to recognize due to their spherical shape and light weight. Most geodes are 2 to 3 inches in diameter and are typically lined with small quartz crystals that give the cavity a sugary appearance. I collected fragments and whole geodes near UTM map coordinates 12S 0317569 4416919. Useful maps: Fish Springs 1:100,000- scale topographic map, Dugway Pass 1:24,000-scale topographic map, and a Utah highway map. These maps may be obtained from the Natural Resources Map & Bookstore, 1594 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 5373320 (or 1-888- UTAH-MAP). Land ownership: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands. Active mining claims exist on some portions of the "geode area" so seek permission from the claim owners before collecting. For more information on BLM public lands under claim contact the House Range/ Warm Springs BLM field office at (435) 743-3100. BLM collecting rules: The casual collector may take small amounts of gemstones and rocks from unrestricted federal lands in Utah without obtaining a special permit if collection is for personal, noncommercial purposes. Collection in large quantities or for commercial purposes requires a permit, lease, or license from the BLM. Miscellaneous: Tools recommended: a shovel, pick, safety glasses and hammer (in case you want to break your geodes on the spot). Whole geodes can be taken to your local rock shop to be cut in half. Bring plenty of water and remember to bring a spare tire in case of an unforeseen accident. More importantly, be patient and have fun collecting!

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