 | | Report (issue) | | __ a-—™ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Y ol. XLI DECEMBER 1947 No. 9 G EOLOGY A N D M IN IN G... 46 lineral Resources of Douglas, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties T heodore D . O verton M ining Engineer...Engineer N evada State Bureau of Mines JNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Vol. XL I DECEMBER 1947 No. 9 GEOLOGY...of Douglas, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties By D. O verton M ining Engineer Nevada State Bureau of Mines T...Topography, Geology and Mineral Resources.. Douglas County— Location and Topography.. Geology and Ore Deposits |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant...significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved Manufactured | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Scovil, Storm Sears, Jeffrey Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless o therwise noted Map of...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Great Basin Minerals Lisa Court, Suite C Reno, Nevada 89503 scottkleine@greatbasinminerals.com 3895 ...author's collection Figure I . Overview of the Olinghouse district, looking northeast: Pete Evatt photo. very...telling. one that includes memorable experiences at Olinghouse that span a tenyear period. Scott Kleirie, tsho...Ci full-tiine ininem1 clealei: Location This district is located about 35 miles east of Reno, near the... Vintage 1909 Olinghouse stock certificate. Figure 4. Map of the Olinghouse district, courtesy Alta |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip |  | | Book (volume) | | plants and vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford |  | | Report (issue) | | active operation, it contains the Hupp, the Union Hill, and a number of other hydraulic mines, particularly...particularly in the northern portion of the county. Large bodies of gravel of lower grade yet remain. Those...of Douglas City; Mr. J. J. Murphy, of the Union Hill mine; Mr. Pierre Bouery, of the La Grange mine;...particularly to Mr. H. L. Lowden, formerly county surveyor of Trinity County, who through many years by maps and...the whole of Trinity County except the south end and also the part of Humboldt County about the Hoopa Reservation |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book | | Fossils in America A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide Petrified Forest...different form in A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals and The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide, both by Jay Ellis...Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal and...titled “The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...under the district name. District names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite...Buttes: see The Buttes. Centennial (La Plata) gold district, 27 miles W of Laramie on State 130 to Centennial |  | | Book (volume) | | accurate detail and with many color and black-and-white illustrations, it describes the chemical composition...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and by A. L. Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken |  | | Journal (issue) | | tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the...METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph...three years, (Canada) $180 / one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...Ellen Dirlam (2016-2018) Irv Brown (2009-2017) Lyda Hill Steven M. Goldfine & Richard J. Rossi (2009-2018)...part-time while working as a geologist for various mining companies including Halferdahl and Associates (1974-1980) |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...live. The Appalachians, the Smokies, the Sierra Nevada, the Rockies and Black Hills, the Cascades and...Growth of interest in these uses has broadened the range of gem materials to include more species, such as...scorned yellow and preferred green gems to all others. In Renaissance times, green turquoise was greatly admired...AND HABITS rfgk -tI I I 3 ^$7 "c APATITE AZURITE BERYL CHIASTOLITE L_V FELDSPAR EMERALD (orthoclote) |  | | Report (issue) | | . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline...Amethyst f . , 4 .18 CABARRUS COUNTY 18 Minerals of the Cabarms County Mines 18 CALDWELL COUNT! 18 Pyrite |  | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these.......................... 10 12 History of Gem Mining ..... .......................... . 12 Important...Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ............Avery County ............................................................... 25 Buncombe County ... | | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...GEM STONES IN NORTH CAROLINA 12 History of Gem Mining 12 Important Gem Stones 12 Diamond 12 Corundum...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell...Caswell County 27 Catawba County 28 Chatham County 28 Cherokee County 28 Clay County • • 29 Cleveland |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...Junction scepter quartz deposit, Petersen Mountain, Nevada .................................................Stefano Giroux Point, the Bagdad mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ from the Hallelujah Junction scepter deposit, Nevada (see article in this issue). 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Hiddenite, a rare and highly sought-after green variety of spodumene, was first discovered and mined |  | | Book | | deposits, and today, Namibia is the 5th largest mining country in sub-Saharan Africa. Several of the mineral...Tsumeb. Sudwestafrika). In the FirstWorld War Today,mining playsan important rolein Namibia wasoccupied bytheBritishtroops...the 20 leaUnion.Aftermorethan 100years,Nami- ding mining countries in the world. biahasbeenanindependent...Commercial transformed Namibiainto an especially mining operations began only in theseinteresting vacation...experienced travel guideor illustratedbook about itsfirst mining boom and in 1907the first Namibia. Thereexists |
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