 | | 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 |  | | 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_ 41 9. Known occurrences of aurichalcite and rosasite(?) in oxidized zinc deposits_________________...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals....chemically similar but structurally different mineral rosasite, (Cu, Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2. Aurichalcite is a secondary... smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, and rosasite. A good discussion of the general occurrence of...including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Washington County. It has also been found at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...barite mines of Missouri’s several world-class mining districts could have been chosen for this issue’s...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens...associated minerals include smithsonite, aurichalcite, rosasite, hydrozincite, and a wide assortment of lead and...the Harborside open pit of Callahan Mining Company, Hancock County, Maine. Small, well-formed hemimorphite |  | | Report (issue) | | X-ray Powder Pattern: Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA. 3.104 (100), 6.60 (86), 3.288 (75), 3.296 (73),...Total 100.75 100.00 (1) Pulaski Co., Virginia, USA. (2) Zn4 Si2 O7 (OH)2 ² H2 O: Occurrence: deposits... cerussite, anglesite, calcite, aurichalcite, rosasite, hydrozincite, chrysocolla. Distribution: Only...and Altenberg, Saxony. In the Sa Duchessa mine, Oridda district, Sardinia, Italy. Large crystals from Nerchinsk...Siberia, Russia. At Tchah Kuh, Esfahan, Iran. In the USA, at Franklin and Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carter, Boston Bjareby, 147 Worthington St., Elkhorn, Wise. 15, Mass. DINOSAUR TRACKS CAST FROM EXCHANGE...specimens. All for $7.50 postpaid. Morton Minerals & Mining, 21423 Highway 66, R.F.D. 1, Barstow, Calif. DO...LOUIS, 14, MO. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...Morton Minerals & Mining, Dept. R, 21423 Old Highway 66, RFD 1, Barstow, Calif. WE ARE MINING—Gem material... Sample, $2.50. FOB Barstow, Morton Minerals & Mining, Dept. R, 21423 Old Hwy. 66, RFD 1, Barstow, Calif |  | | Book | | riebeckite 100 ripidolite 106 rock crystal 28, 31 rosasite 47, 49 rubellite 96 ruby 25 ruby spinel 24 rutherfordine...silver has no great importance from the mining point of view due to its comparative rarity; it...suppliers are, in order, the USSR, Canada, and the USA (South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California)...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside the Co. line in...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | | | 108 tellurates 55 tellurides 8 tennantite 11 rosasite 47, 49 rubellite 96 ruby 25 ruby spinel 24 rutherfordine...Native silver has no great importance from the mining point of view due to its comparative rarity; it...suppliers are, in order, the USSR, Canada, and the USA (South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California)...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to | | | Book | | riebeckite 100 ripidolite 106 rock crystal 28, 31 rosasite 47, 49 rubellite 96 ruby 25 ruby spine! 24 rutherfordine...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...Native silver has no great importance from the mining point of view due to its comparative rarity; it...especially near Ki1nberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimber/ite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, $8.00. sized 5" Includes original pimi rosasite, Yuma and price $ 3 3 . 0 0 , 32 values ...Ceramic, to Elk- to Hornbill, $100 Hard- Elkhorn, Etc. Opium-Pipe, $10 Compass, 1 - 2 3 - 9...s in the beautiful h i l l s of to 6 . Brown County. Open 6 days Closed Tuesday. Closed during |  | | 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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | 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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | in elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ancients & early modern specimens. N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, W i s e . 418 MIOCENE FOSSIL SPECIALIST — 100...GEMSTONES OPALS, B R I L L I A N T COLORS—Direct f r o m mine, 15 for $ 5 . 0 0 . 10 ringsize cabochons (opal...0 D . W . T . Money orders only. Better price on mine run unsorted gold in q u a n tities. Snowshoe Trout...Continental Minerals, P.O. Box 1 2 0 6 , Anaconda, Montana. M T . ANTERO & W H I T E M T . COLO. — Exceptional...Permission t o w o r k or prospect your claim or mine on percentage basis. Have equipment. Fantasia, P |  | | 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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs...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 |  | | 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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | leafy crystals on matrix. 1x2 75C, 2x2 $1.25. ROSASITE, Mex. Blue-green spherules and botryoidal on matrix...DOLLARS! .................... 747 LEIB'S MOONSTONE MINE—Ralph E. Bristol .................................San Antonio Rock & Lapi dary’ Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman: Fred Stevenson, P...Indiana. (Continued) April 30, May 1, 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at the...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it should...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic |
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