| | Report (issue) | PAPER 66 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA BY FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME ASSISTED IN THE..._____ . ___________________ . _. Situation of the district.-~ ............... _..... ______ .. ________________________...______ ..... __ ........... _·_..... History of mining ....................... ............ . __ .. _.......... ............... . Correlation of the Goldfield rocks with those of the surrounding region_ .... . . . . . . . CHAPTER X.-MiJ?-eralogy of the district ................... .............. r • • • • • | | | 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...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist | | | 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...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst | | | 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...Pennsylvania.... .Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles | | | Book | f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered | | | Report (issue) | Elen1ents Near Ore Bodies in the Oxidized Zone at Goldfield, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL SPOkANE~...at Goldfield, Nevada By R. P. ASHLEY and]. P. ALBE~S GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GOLDFIELD MINING...MINING .DISTRICT, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 843-A An evaluation of nine elements...prospecting in the hydrothermally altered area at Goldfield ·.': '• !.'· UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTIN·G...zone at Goldfield, Nevada. (Geology and geochemistry of the Goldfield Mining District, Nevada) (Geological | | | Report (volume) | ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG, AND FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME NOTES ON THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT G. H. GARREY..................................... Gold field district............................................................................................... Mining development..................................................................................... Mine maps......;........................................ 20 22 22 22 25 25 28 34 37 38 39 Bullfrog district.............. ............................... | | | 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) | GEOLOGY AND ORE-DEPOSITS DISTRICT, OF THE GOLDFIELD NEVADA2 F. L. RANSOME. PART II. MINES AND...divisions,which may be cohvenientlydesignatedthe "Goldfield" and "Diamondfield" groups. Of these the first...output of the district and includessuch well-known mines as the Mohawk, Combination, Florence, Jumbo,January...in rhyolite; a very importantgroup northeastof Goldfield,which is mainly in dacite, although latite is...Company,the Combination Fraction mine, and part of the Florence mine; and, finally, some mines, principally | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | STUDIES OF THE EPITHERMAL ß DEPOSITS AT GOLDFIELD, H. NEVADA. D. B. WILSON. ABSTRACT. Approximately...material and wallrock from the ore depositsof Goldfield, Nevada, were quantitatively analyzed by means of...wallrock sample from a vein. Vertical zoning at Goldfield is evident with respectto 'tin, less definite...rarer elements in veins and rocks. In the Goldfield district the ore is char- acteristicallydistributedin...centactuallypresentfor one EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS AT GOLDFIELD, NEVADA. 39 elementwhile the sameratio for anotherelementmay | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | THE RICH ORES OF GOLDFIELD, C. F. TOLMAN NEVADA. • A•D J. W. AMBROSE. INTRODUCTION RICH gold and..."bonanza"goldoresnoneare moreinteresting than thosefrom Goldfield,Nevada. They are extraordinarily richin freegold...Ransome,F. L.: The Geologyand Ore Depositsof Goldfield,Nevada. U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper 66, •9o9. 255...metacolloidaltextureswere recognized. THE RICH ORES OF GOLDFIELD, NEV./ID./I. 257 ALUNITE AND THE THEORY OF...but possibly before it had entirely cooled,the district and part of the surrounding region was subjectedto | | | Book (volume) | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...these coal seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet...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 | | | Book (volume) | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...these coal seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet...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 | | | Book (volume) | geodes, chert nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area around the confluence...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 | | | 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 | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE | | | Report (issue) | UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Val,. S X X I T II I 1)ECEBIIIElZ 1944 No. 5 GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES No...No. 41 er Deposits In Nevada BY EDGARH. BAILEY and DAVID A. PHOENIX Geologists, U. S. Geological Survey...Survey PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY NEVADA STATE BUREAU OF MINES IN COOPERATION WiTH UNITED STATES OEOLOOlCAL...SURVEY PRICE ONE DOLLAR j sin PUBLICATION OF THE NEVADA STATEBUREAUOF MINES A N D THE MACKAY &HWL OF MINES...THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO, NEVADA Entered in the Post Office at Reno, Nevada, as second-class matter | | | Journal (issue) | C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin &...Sevillano The geosc_ience collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy .........................................in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed...substantial quantities of candy for the children in the mining camps he would visit. He would typically stop in...significant occurrence is that of the Witwatersrand Goldfield which has accounted for approximately 98% of all | | | Journal (issue) | C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County,Iowa ..................... 231 by P. L. Garvin...Sevillano The geoscience collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy .........................................in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed...substantial quantities of candy for the children in the mining camps he would visit. He would typically stop in...significant occurrence is that o f the Witwatersrand Goldfield which has accounted for approximately 98% of all | | | Journal (issue) | SCIENCE MINERAL RICHARD Colorado Climax Molybdenum Mine. Bartlett M. LOCALITIES PEARL College Mt....minerals is significant from the standpoint of the mining industry, as well as that of the mineral collector...Western states, Colorado is noted for its many mining properties rather than for a relatively few large...large ones. The great Climax Molybdenum Mine at 5 DIGEST in center. Tailings dump in foreground. ...originally found in the Keystone mine, Magnolia mining district, Boulder County, was the first mineral to bear | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | quartz-magnetlte-schists in the Bababudan Hills, Kadur district, Mysore. Baeumlorite. O. Reuner, 1912. Centralblatt...22. A greenish, foliated mineral, from Mt. LyeU mine, Tasmania ; it had previously been described as...T. Batchelor, formerly manager of the Mr. Lyell mine. SIXTH LIST OF NEW MINR~ar. NAMES. S~5 ~suerite...six-sided plates. Named from the locality, Beaver County, Utah. Belmontite. G. Kttstel. R. Koechlin, Mineralogisches...lead, occurring with stetefeldtite at Belmont, Nevada Named from the locality: A specimen so labelled | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | quartz-magnetlte-schists in the Bababudan Hills, Kadur district, Mysore. Baeumlorite. O. Reuner, 1912. Centralblatt...22. A greenish, foliated mineral, from Mt. LyeU mine, Tasmania; it had previously been described as pyrophyllite...T. Batchelor, formerly manager of the Mr. Lyell mine. SIXTH LIST OF NEW MINR~ar. NAMES. S~5 ~suerite...six-sided plates. Named from the locality, Beaver County, Utah. Belmontite. G. Kttstel. R. Koechlin, Mineralogisches...lead, occurring with stetefeldtite at Belmont, Nevada Named from the locality: A specimen so labelled | | | Report (volume) | Bulletin, vol. 41. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 25-36; Transactions,...series, vols. 27, 28. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, llth Annual Session;... vol. 2, no. 2. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 54-56. San Francisco, Cal...Transactions, vol. 8, pt. 3. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 30. Toronto and Montreal, Canada...vol. 12, pp. 95-222. Davenport, Iowa. . Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 4, nos | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | settlement was initially spurred by the lead-zinc mining in its southwest comer, a heritage preserved by...several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials...in Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster...pyrite, and marcasite. A major mining district, the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district, was in these...sphalerite, marcasite, calcite, barite, and copper minerals were found. Mining in this district ceased in | | | Book | Bagby US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA William Bagby received a Ph.D. in Earth Science from...rocks in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico. His mining industry experience includes porphyry copper exploration...at the USGS has been focused on gold deposits in Nevada and a mineral-resource assessment of Costa Rica...Berger US Geological Survey, Spokane, Washington, USA Byron Berger has been involved in exploration for...experience focused on Carlin- type deposits in northern Nevada, and during his tenure with the USGS he has conducted |
|