 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Elkhorn Mine Downloaded by [Florida International University] at 21:06 27 August 2013 J E F F E...Koch, began prospecting in the Elkhorn Mountains of what was then the Montana Territory. The three prospectors...explored the Elkhorn Creek valley in the high slopes on the western side of the Elkhorn Mountains, near...near the center of what is now Jefferson County, Montana. Finding mineralized ground, the three located...with the discovery of the Elkhorn mine, he was in the grave long before the mine was discovered, and such |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western side of Stapleton Gulch in the Argenta district. The Stapleton workings are visible in the lower...of the center below the crest of the hill. in Montana Unless otherwise noted, all photographs by the... CHRISTOPHER S. TUCKER PO Box 22575 Billings, Montana 59104 tuckerj@mcn.net W ith the variety of colors...wulfenite; however, they seldom have specimens from Montana in their collections. When one thinks of wulfenite...mountains of western Montana. Figure 1. Wulfenite, with vanadinite, 8 mm across, Blackhawk mine, Radersburg district |  | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................ |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY Mineral Resources of the Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area, Montana A cooperative study by the U.S...rocks Igneous rocks Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics Intrusive rocks related to Elkhorn Mountains T7.-% T /...Silver-lead-zinc replacement deposit':?.. Elkhorn-Tizer Basin zone Elkhorn district -»_»_.,H"1 -? r7Q f i-L^ifciL... __ -- . __««.»____.____ ,_«.___._ .~.__ -« Jefferson City zone Base- and precious metal-bearing quartz...Ridge prospect Breccia pipe deposits Skyline Mine Blackjack Mine Chicago and Last Hope Mines Group I - Precious- |  | | 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...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère, France...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals,...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo |  | | Report (issue) | | Deposits of the Jefferson City QuadranglJefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montana By GEORGE E....1922Geology and mineral deposits of the Jefferson City quadrangl~, ·Jefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montarra...deposits of the Jefferson City quadrangle, J e:fferson and Lewis and Cl ark Counties, Montana. 1963. (Card...2) 1 1. 'Geology-Montana-.Jefferson City quadrangle. 2. Ore-depositsMontana-Jefferson C:ity quadrangle...quadrangle. 3. Mines and mineral resources-Montana-Jefferson City quadrangle. I. Pinckney, Darrell Mayne, 1925- |  | | Report (volume) | | BULLETIN 527 ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT............................ Historical sketch of mining.................................................................................... Marysville district.......................................................... Drumlummon mine........................................... Cruse mine.......:.............................................. Belmont mine................................................. 50 51 51 |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Southern Elkhorn Mountains Jefferson and Broadwater Counties, Montana By M. R. KLEPPER, R...Maywood and Red Lion formations Devonian system Jefferson dolomite Devonian and Mississippian systems Three...unit_ Upper black shale unit Slim Sam formation Elkhorn Mountains volcanics____ General features Distribution...related rocks Younger intrusive rocks Stocks near Elkhorn Black Butte stock Cemetery Ridge stock Stock of...Evolution of land forms Metallic mineral deposits Elkhorn district Geology Types of deposits Replacement deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite is likely the best... for a mineral than to be often confused with azurite. Such is the case with the much-rarer linarite...linarite, a striking blue mineral that occurs, like azurite, in the oxidized parts of base-metal ore deposits...all too late, that what was thought to be modest azurite—hardly worth the bother to collect—was actually...over have discovered linarite, often posing as azurite, at many historic sites thought to be no longer |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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 (issue) | | to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit |  | | Report (issue) | | ever since. Besides the La Grange mine, the largest hydraulic mine now in active operation, it contains...mines, particularly in the northern portion of the county. Large bodies of gravel of lower grade yet remain... Murphy, of the Union Hill mine; Mr. Pierre Bouery, of the La Grange mine; Mr. W. D. Ayers, of Poker...Globe mine; but more particularly to Mr. H. L. Lowden, formerly county surveyor of Trinity County, who...the whole of Trinity County except the south end and also the part of Humboldt County about the Hoopa Reservation |  | | Report (volume) | | Director Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED...______________________-__-_________--_------___-_ Ophir district.________________________________________________...__________---__--_-___ Austin district._.____..._..._._.____._____.____.___-.___._____ Marysville district.___________...___________________________________________ Gould district._______________________________________________ Stemple...._ Heddleston district.___________________________________________ Wolf Creek district.._..........__ |  | | Report (issue) | | Petrology of the Northern Elkhorn Mountains I I Jefferson and Broadwater Counties, Montana GEOLOGICAt ' SURVEY...Northern Ell(horn Mountains Jefferson. and Broadwater CountieS, Montana By HARRY w. SMEDES GEOLOGICAL...Interpretation of the relation between facies ___ _ Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics Lower unit ________________________________...and petrology __________________ _ Alteration of Elkhorn ~ountains Volcanics and intrusive rocks _________________...of the northern Elkhorn Mountains. 2. Fence diagram of part of the northern Elkhorn Mountains. 3. lRange |  | | Book | | Montana Hodges Robert Feldman Shaded relief indicates terrain and slope. Second Edition Rockhounding...longitude numbers and grid ticks are GPS compatible. Montana Enhanced detail shows more symbols, labels, and...history Cover photos of Montana agate (front) and ammonite imprint (back) © Montana Hodges Cover design by...imprint of The Globe Pequot Press MONTANA Search for stunning Montana agate along the Yellowstone River...Bar Sapphire Mine. Help paleontologists excavate dinosaurs in Malta. Rockhounding Montana points the way |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Elbaite in quartz, 6 × 9 cm, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Holmes collection. Specimen received...nineteenth-century mineral collecting in North America. Mining was very much in its infancy in Canada, and Holmes’...139 Figure 8. Copper, 14.8 × 13 cm, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona. Douglas collection, Peter Tarassoff...John G. Miller (1841–1885) was active in phosphate mining in Quebec and later in Puerto Rico (Hogarth 1983)...He is known to have supplied specimens from his mining properties to the mineral dealer A. E. Foote. His |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl...and additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction |  | | Report (volume) | | Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho Southwestern Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 988-H Uranium...Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho Southwestern Montana By ALBERT F. TRITES, JR., and EDWIN W. TOOKER ...______ Mine descriptions.._________________________________________ North Fork-Shoup district, Idaho___-__...claim_________________________________________ Blackbird district, Idaho_._______________________________ Calera..._____-_ Forney district, Idaho________________________________________ Singiser mine._______________ |  | | Report (issue) | | Mountain region of Wyoming contains few metalliferous mining camps. Moreover, not many of those that have been...other resources. Next to the Grand Encampment district, which yielded a fair amount of copper ore from...from 1898 to 1908, and the South Pass district,, which has a record of producing $450,000 in gold from...upon which a little work is done each summer, the district is practically abandoned. Ore was first discovered... Kirwin has been the scene of much ill-advised mining practice, with the result that the possible merit |  | | Report (issue) | | 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N. Y. Chromite, chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Resources of the Lemhi Pass Thorium District, Idaho and Montana By MORTIMER H. STAATZ With a section...chemistry of the thorium veins in the Lemhi Pass district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...resources of the Lemhi Pass thorium district, Idaho and Montana. (Geology and resources of thorium in...16:1049-A 1. Geology—Lemhi Pass region, Idaho and Montana. 2. Thorium ores—Lemhi Pass region, Idaho and Mont |  | | Report (volume) | | AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE \VOI I CREEK AREA, MONTANA Geological Survey Bulletin 1441 Rocks and Mineral...Creek Area, Lewis and Clark and Cascade Counties, Montana By ROBERT GEORGE SCHMIDT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...front of the northern Rocky Mountains in western Montana UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...Creek area, Lewis and Clark and Cascade Counties, Montana. (Geological Survey bulletin; 1441) Bibliography:...19.3:1441 1. Geology Montana Lewis and Clark Co. 2. Geology Montana Cascade County. 3. Mines and mineral |  | | Report (volume) | | Crescent mine........................................ Manganese properties near the Crescent mine.........Geologic and topographic map of the Crescent mine area, Clallam County, Washington....... 446 69. Underground...Underground workings and cross section of the Crescent mine........................... In pocket 70. Geologic sketch...Geologic map of part of the Little River district, Clallam County, Washington........... 450 73. A, Red...outcrop between two lava flows at the Tubal Cain mine; B, Lens of manganese ore in red limy argillite |  | | Report (issue) | | Alaska.. a Includes 550 tons from Davis, Murray County, Okla. 'Production to 1934 only. PART 1. GENERAL...province: Friedensville, Pa. Austinville, Va. Mascot-Jefferson City, Tenn. Embreeville, Tenn. Interior and Ozark...fluorspar-zinc district Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district Valle Mines, Mo. Tri-State zinc district Arkansas...province : Leadville, Colo. Aspen district, Colo. Spring Creek diStrict, Colo. Monarch-Tomichi districts...Cottonwood district, Utah Northern Rocky Mountains province: Mineral Hill (Halley) district, Idaho Alder |
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