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The available coal resource for eight 7.5-minute quadrangles in the Alton Coalfield, Kane County, Utah, by Roger L. Bon, Jeffrey C. Quick, Sharon I. Wakefield, Brigette P. Hucka, and David E. Tabet, CD, ISBN 1-55791-757-4, 2006, SS-118 $19.95

Coal resource map of Utah, by David Tabet and Sharon Wakefield, CD (1 plate 1:750,000 [contains GIS data]), ISBN 1-55791-750-7, 2006, M-226DM $24.95

North Horn Mountain area coal drill-hole data: Wasatch Plateau coalfield, Emery County, Utah, CD, 2005, OFR-449 $14.95

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).

Coal studies CD Contains SS-49, SS-54, & B-112 $14.95
Contains SS-49 (Methane content of Utah coals; Observations on the Sunnyside coal zone; Chemical analysis of coal from the Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau coal field, Carbon, Emery, and Sevier Counties, Utah), SS-54 (Coal drilling, North Horn Mountain, East Mountain areas, Wasatch Plateau, Utah; Geologic evaluation of a central Utah coal property, Wasatch Plateau, Emery County, Utah) & B-112 (Coal drilling at Trail Mountain, North Horn Mountain and Johns Peak areas, Wasatch Plateau, Utah). Total 236 p. 7 pl.

The available coal resource for nine 7.5-minute quadrangles in the southern Wasatch Plateau Coalfield, Emery, Sanpete, and Sevier Counties, Utah, by Jeffrey C. Quick, David E. Tabet, Brigitte P. Hucka, and Sharon I. Wakefield, CD (41 p.), ISBN 1-55791-728-0, 2005, SS-114 $19.95 (on-demand print $9.95)

Eastern and northern Utah coal fields: Vernal, Henry Mountains, Sego, La Sal-San Juan, Tabby Mountain, Coalville, Henrys Fork, Goose Creek and Lost Creek, by H.H. Doelling and R.L. Graham, 1972, CD (409 p.) MO-2 $14.95
Contains a complete reproduction of the classic study of eastern and northern Utah coal fields.

Central Utah coal fields:Sevier-Sanpete, Wasatch Plateau, Book Cliffs and Emery, by Hellmut H. Doelling, 1972 (2002), 572 p., ISBN-1-55791-682-9 CD-ROM MO-3 $14.95
Central Utah Coalfields - now on CD, is still in use by coal researchers because of its exhaustive research and careful summarizations. Long out of print, it is once again available to researchers. Many 7.5-minute quadrangles in color make this useful to geologists as well. Monograph 3, 572 pages.

Bulletins

Proceedings, Fifth Symposium on the geology of Rocky Mountain coal, 1982, K.D. Gurgel ed., 1982, 319 p. B-118 $1.00

Bibliography of Utah coal, 1869 through 1982, by D.A. Foster and A.D. Smith, 1984, 242 p. B-120 $1.00

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

Digital geologic Resources Atlas of Utah, compiled by Douglas A. Sprinkel, 1 CD-ROM, 4/99, B-129DF $24.95

Maps

Land control and coal reserves of the Kaiparowits Plateau, Alton, and east half Kolob coal fields, Utah, compiled by S.N. Sommer, H.H. Doelling, and A.D. Smith, scale 1:31,680, 1982, two plates M-65 $10.00/set

Preliminary geologic map of the Joes Valley Reservoir quadrangle, Emery and Sanpete Counties, Utah, by J.M. Kitzmiller II, scale 1:24,000, 1982, 6 p. M-67 $7.50

Geologic map of the Pine Canyon quadrangle, Utah (Carbon Co.), by P.B. Anderson, 14 p., 3 pl., 1:24,000, 1983 M-72 $7.50

Geology and coal resources of the Deadman Canyon quadrangle, Carbon County, Utah, by Mark Nethercott, 20 p., 2 pl., 1:24,000, 1985 M-76 $7.50

Provisional geologic map of Sego Canyon quadrangle, Grand Co., Utah, by G.C. Willis, 14 p., 2 pl., 1:24,000, 1986 M-89 $7.00

Provisional geologic and coal resources map for the Mt. Ellen quadrangle, Henry Mountains, Garfield County, Utah, by L.B. Morton, scale 1:24,000, 15 p., 3 pl., 1986 M-90 $7.00

Geologic map of the Wales quadrangle, Juab and Sanpete Counties, Utah, by Timothy F. Lawton and Malcolm P. Weiss, 29 p., 2 pl., 1:24,000, 10/99, MP-99-2 $9.60

Coal resource map of Utah, by David Tabet and Sharon Wakefield, CD (1 plate 1:750,000 [contains GIS data]), ISBN 1-55791-750-7, 6/06, M-226DM $24.95

Special Studies

Muddy Creek coal drilling project, Wasatch Plateau, Utah, by A.D. Smith, 1981, 57 p. SS-55 $8.25

Contributions to economic geology in Utah 1986, 39 p., 1987 SS-69 $4.50
Roof geology and coal seam characteristics of the No. 3 Mine, Hardscrabble Canyon, Carbon County, Utah, by M.D. Bunnell; Petrology and geochemistry of the O.K. Copper-Molybdenum deposit, Beaver County, Utah, by T.W. Taylor

Analysis and regional implication of cleat and joint systems in selected coal seams, Carbon, Emery, Sanpete, Sevier, and Summit Counties, Utah, by Brigitte Hucka, 47 p., 2 pl., 1" = 3 miles, 1991 SS-74 $6.50

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

The available coal resource for eight 7.5-minute quadrangles in the southern Emery Coalfield, Emery and Sevier Counties, Utah, by Jeffrey C. Quick, David E. Tabet, Brigitte P. Hucka, and Sharon I. Wakefield, 37 p., ISBN 1-55791-705-1, 2004, SS-112 $7.75

Circulars

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

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 $4.95

Petrographic and physical characteristics of Utah coals, by B.P. Hucka, S.N. Sommer, and D.E. Tabet, 80 p., 1 disk, 1997, C-94 $7.75

The available coal resources for the nine 7.5-minute quadrangles in the northern Wasatch Plateau Coalfield, Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah, by David E. Tabet, Jeffrey C. Quick, Brigitte P. Hucka, and John A. Hanson, 46 p.,C-100, 8/99 $9.50

Annual review and forecast of Utah coal production and distribution-2007, prepared by Michael D. Vanden Berg, 42 p., ISBN 1-55791-801-5, C-107 (print on demand) $12.95

Miscellaneous Publications

Geologic map of the Podunk quadrangle, Kane County, Utah, by Terry L. Tilton, 18 p., 2pl., MP-01-3 $8.95

Geologic map of the Alton quadrangle, Kane County, Utah, by Terry L. Tilton, 22p., 2 pl., MP-01-4 $9.65

Deltaic and shelf deposits in the Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation and Mancos Shale, Grand County, Utah, by M.A. Chan, S.L. Newman, and F.E. May, 83 p., 2 pl., 1"=4950', 1991 MP-91-6 $10.00

Geologic map of the Wales quadrangle, Juab and Sanpete Counties, Utah, by Timothy F. Lawton and Malcolm P. Weiss, 29 p., 2 pl., 1:24,000, 1999, MP-99-2 $9.60

Public Information Series

Total thickness of coal in the John Henry Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation, Kaiparowits coal field, Utah, by R.E. Blackett, 1 page, 1"=6.4 miles, 1996 PI-37 Free

Monographs

Southwestern Utah coal fields: Alton, Kaiparowits Plateau and Kolob-Harmony, by H.H. Doelling and R.L. Graham, 1972 (333 p.) MO-1 $40.00

Central Utah coal fields: Sevier-Sanpete, Wasatch Plateau, Book Cliffs and Emery, by Hellmut H. Doelling, 1972 (2002), 572 p., ISBN-1-55791-682-9 CD-ROM MO-3 $14.95
Central Utah Coalfields - now on CD, is still in use by coal researchers because of its exhaustive research and careful summarizations. Long out of print, it is once again available to researchers. Many 7.5-minute quadrangles in color make this useful to geologists as well. Monograph 3, 572 pages.

Reports of Investigation

Description, correlation, and summary of coal drill core TM-7, (Emery Co.), by S.N. Sommer, and D.A. Foster, 30 p., 1986 RI-205 $3.70 (105 slides go with RI 205, priced separately).

Coal quality characteristics of Utah's coal beds in and near potentially producible coal tracts, by A.C. Keith, 1989, 169 p. RI-219 $17.60

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., 1992 RI-221 $4.90

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., 1995 RI-225 $2.60

Characteristics of Utah coals in the University of Utah's Coal Sample Bank, by S.N. Sommer, D.M. Bodily, and E.M. Whitney, 53 p., 1995 RI-226 $6.00

Potential mineral precipitation and water compatabilities related to the Drunkards Wash project, Carbon County, Utah by J.W. Gwynn, 22 p., 1998 RI-241 $2.90

Open-File Reports

Geology of the Cannonville quadrangle, Kane and Garfield Cos., Utah, by R. Hereford, 17 p., 1 pl., 1:24,000, 1988 OFR-142 $4.50

Cleat and joint system evaluation and coal characterization of the sub-3 seam coal, Castle Gate No. 3 mine, Carbon County, Utah, by Brigitte Hucka, S.N. Sommer, and A.C. Keith, 34 p., 1990 OFR-170 $3.00

Cleat and joint system evaluation and coal characterization of the B-bed coal, Dutch Creek Mine, Pitkin County, Colorado, by Brigitte Hucka, S.N. Sommer, and A.C. Keith, 36 p., 1990 OFR-171 $3.25

Coal bed methane resource map, Castlegate A bed, Book Cliffs coal field, Utah, by Alex C. Keith, John S. Hand, and A.D. Smith, 1 pl., 1:100,000, 1990 OFR-176A $3.00

Coal bed methane resource map, Castlegate B bed, Book Cliffs coal field, Utah, by A.C. Keith, J.S. Hand, and A.D. Smith, 1 pl., 1:100,000, 1990 OFR-176B $3.00

Coal bed methane resource map, Castlegate C bed, Book Cliffs coal field, Utah, by A.C. Keith, J.S. Hand, and A.D. Smith, 1 pl., 1:100,000, 1990 OFR-176C $3.00

Coal bed methane resource map, Gilson bed, Book Cliffs coal field, Utah, by A.C. Keith, J.S. Hand, and A.D.Smith, 1 pl., 1:100,000, 1990 OFR-176D $3.00

Coal bed methane resource map, Castlegate D bed, Book Cliffs coal field, Utah, by A.C. Keith, J.S. Hand, and A.D. Smith, 1 pl., 1:100,000, August 1991 OFR-176E $3.00

Cleat and joint system evaluation and coal characterization of the Lower Sunnyside coal, Sunnyside Mines, Carbon County, Utah, by Brigitte Hucka, 30 p., July 1990 OFR-190 $2.60

Cleat and joint system evaluation and coal characterization of the Castlegate "A" coal, Beaver Creek No. 8 Mine, Carbon County, Utah, by Brigitte Hucka, 29 p., January 1991 OFR-202 $2.60

Cleat and joint system evaluation and coal characterization of the Sunnyside coal, Soldier Canyon Mine, Carbon County, Utah, by Brigitte Hucka, 29 p., January 1991 OFR-203 $2.60

Coal in the Straight Cliffs Formation of the southern Kaiparowits Plateau region, Kane County, Utah, by R.E. Blackett, 15 p., + 15 p. appendix + 1 pl., 1" = 2.3 miles, 2/95 OFR-314 $4.00

Maps of total Ferron coal, depth to the top, and vitrinite reflectance for the Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale, central Utah, D.E. Tabet, B.P. Hucka, and S.N. Sommer, 3 plates, 1:250,000, 12/95 OFR-329 $15.00

Interim geologic map of the Scofield quadrangle, Carbon, Emery, and Sanpete Counties, Utah, by S.P. Knowles, 2 pl., 1:24,000 11/96 OFR-341 $6.00

Coal resources of the Henry Mountains coalfield, by David E. Tabet, 32 p., 6 pl., scale 1:100,000, 1/99, OFR-362 $20.30

Contract Reports

The origin of gilsonite vein deposits in the Uinta Basin, Utah, by B. Monson, J. Parnell, 27 p., 1992 CR-92-4 $2.40