 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana, Treasure State for the Crystal Mineral Collector By GERALD J. NAVRATIL Bex 70, RFD 7, Middleburg...crystal mineral localities within the state of Montana. Quite accurately the state has been officially...mineralminded public. The well-publicized Butte copper district has been ignored since the writer feels certain...known. Amcnnpijiite: In the Emery Mining district (Powell County) the mineral is found in wellformed...Crevasse Mountain Mining district near Jardine (Park County). At the Kennebec mine in the Crevasse Mountain |  | | Report (issue) | | OF VERMICULITE AND OTHER MINERALS IN THE RAINY CREEK DISTRICT, NEAR LIBBY, MONT. By J. T. PAEDEE and...vermiculite is being developed commercially by the Zonolite Co. In addition several smaller bodies are being...temperature. The Zonolite Co. reports 1,500,000 pounds mined and sold under the trade name " Zonolite." The uses...uses of zonolite include fireproof roofing, wall board, and similar material, packing- for refrigerators...wall-paper decoration. On the spur north of Kearney Creek much, of the pyroxene of the large pyroxenite body |  | | 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...Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces The state |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy |  | Swayze, Gregg A., Lowers, Heather A., Benzel, William M., Clark, Roger N., Driscoll, Rhonda L., Perlman, Zac S., Hoefen, Todd M., Dyar, M. Darby (2018) Characterizing the source of potentially asbestos-bearing commercial vermiculite insulation using in situ IR spectroscopy. American Mineralogist, 103 (4) 517-549 doi:10.2138/am-2018-6022 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Commercially produced vermiculite insulation from Libby, Montana, contains trace levels of asbestiform amphibole...materials, and horticultural products from Libby, Montana; Louisa, Virginia; Enoree, South Carolina; Palabora...were measured with a portable spectrometer. The mine sources for these vermiculite ores were identified...supply of vermiculite ore was mined near Libby, Montana, where sodic-calcic elongate amphiboles1 were a...attic insulation under the product brand name Zonolite until 1984 when its sale was discontinued (Kentucky |  | | Report (issue) | | economic interest was made in 1913 in the Turrett mining district in Colorado1 by W. B.. Thomas, but the enterprise...America, however, are those situated at Libby, Montana, which were discovered by accident in 1916. The...by E. N . Alley of an old prospect in the Rainy Creek district where vanadiferous ores were known to exist...originally developed. Later, other deposits in the same district and in other parts of the United States were discovered...classification the'' vermiculite'' from Libby, Montana, is also a hydrobiotite. Other '' vermiculites'' |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...chrysocolla and greenish malachite. From San Manuel Mine, San Manuel, Arizona. Tourmaline: Mass of black...ARKANSAS—Brown jasper pebbles have been found in a creek bed near Benton, Saline Co., Ark. ROCKS AND MINERALS...Stayton Mine, Lone Tree, two miles south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California...its original shape. The Stayton Mine is principally a quicksilver mine, yielding cinnabar and native mercury |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | content in expanded vermiculite products from Libby, Montana U.S.A. using powder X-ray diffraction MATTHEW S...originated from the former vermiculite mine near Libby, Montana were analyzed using powder XRD to quantify...vermiculite INTRODUCTION In late 1999, Libby, Montana, was brought to the national stage by a series...surrounded the then closed vermiculite mine near the town. This mine was in operation from 1920 to 1990 and...and was the largest vermiculite mine in the world. Two separate health studies were conducted in the |  | Meeker, G.P., Bern, A.M., Brownfield, I.K., Lowers, H.A., Sutley, S.J., Hoefen, T.M., Vance, J.S. (2003) The Composition and Morphology of Amphiboles from the Rainy Creek Complex, Near Libby, Montana. American Mineralogist, 88 (11) 1955-1969 doi:10.2138/am-2003-11-1239 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Morphology of Amphiboles from the Rainy Creek Complex, Near Libby, Montana G.P. MEEKER,1,* A.M. BERN,1 I...in the world in the Rainy Creek alkaline-ultramafic complex near Libby, Montana, were collected and analyzed...reported in the residents of Libby, and in former mine and mill workers. The amphibole-rich samples were...gentle abrasion or crushing. INTRODUCTION The Rainy Creek alkaline-ultramafic complex (Fig. 1) contains...(also called Zonolite Mountain) approximately six miles northeast of Libby, Montana. The mine began operations |  | | Journal (volume) | | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS (INCORPORATED Vol. 109 METAL MINING AND NONMETALLIC... PREFACE Material in this volume, designated ‘‘Metal Mining and Nonmetallic Minerals,” includes certain groups... DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY Drvision Metat Mining aNnpD NONMETALLIC MINERALS GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING...in these volumes are Nonferrous Metallurgy and Mining Geology. It will be recalled, however, that there...chairmen during the year 1933-34 of the Committees on Mining Methods, Ground Movement and Subsidence, 3 4 |  | | Report (issue) | | Township Grade and Evaluation of Vermiculite Deposits Mining, Milling, and Beneficiation Exfoliation Marketing...Occurrence Grade and Evaluation of Perlite Deposits Mining, Milling, and Expanding Marketing Production and...general infor mation. He and D.J. Boone of the Zonolite Company read the sections dealing with production...600 F. while the biotite vermiculite of Libby,Montana requires 1,600 to 1,800 O F. for optimum expansion...concession VIII, North Burgess township, Lanark county. The deposit lies half a mile southwest of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Julian S. Hatcher .................... 239 ' ORE FROM MINE AT FRIEDENSVILLE BY 195 1, MIT TOLD...............COLLECTION ? By T . 0 . Lisle .................. 270 ZoNOLITE FORMS THREE N EW DIVISIONS AS BASIS FOR EXPANSION...interiors lined with small quartz crystals. Good calcite crystals were also found here. Wed. June 9th Drove...shells, from outcropping sandstones. 228 ROCKS AND MINE We visited a second locality on Ui Drove fro□ Ue...going over in the meantime. K) From a number of old mine dumps Biirs near Central City and Black Hawk which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | margarodite, zoisite, fluorite and ROCKS AND MINERALS calcite are found in plenty at this interesting locality...going over the dumps of the Strickland Feldspar Mine with a portable Mineralight at night. Wonder how...a blue moon, micromounters discover elongated Calcite scalenohedrons which are obviously hollow. These...years ago at the old Brinton Quarry in Chester County, Pa., a Dana locality now prety well caput. This...minerals have been found in Chester and/or Delaware County, Pa. While on the subject, hitting around Sepiolite |  | | Catalog/List | | enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t........ • • • • • • • • • Asbestos Loni fibers; Montana ..... .... ...... ..... • . • . • • • 1.00 .60...Hornblende Common Hornblende Xls, black, in pink calcite, good; Ontario ......... XI-prisms, choice, Norway.......... ARGENTITE (silver sulfide) Masses on calcite; Canada ............... 1 x 2" .60 1.50 1.60 ARSENIC...at 16c per lb. Auriferous, with rock; Canada or Montana ........ . .76 .25 .76 .75 .60 .76 .35 1.00 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ·······-··········· 372 MARSHAL L PLAN Ams ALGERIAN MINING •·•·························· ...................outdoor photography, drove me from Los Angeles County via las Vegas to the locality in southwestern Utah...unimportant. I. R. Vawdry, a well-known figure of the district around St. George, came across a seam of this...risk of being overpowered by the scenery of that district. N ear, far, and at middle distance, he is conf...be followed when collecting wet specimens from a mine or when those collected at the surface are wet. |  | | Catalog/List | | . . . . . . 96 Hornolende Xis, black, in pink calcite, good ; Ontario . . . . . . . . . 97 Cltavablt.... . . . . 57 Auriferous, with rock; Canada or Montana . . . . . . . . . . . 45 ASBESTOS-See Amositc,...masses; Mine . a . . . . . . . . . . . 1 13 BERZELIANITE (cuprous selenide) Dissemi11ated in calcite; Sweden...tclluridc)-Priccs on Request CALC TUFA-Scc Calcite CALCITE (calcium carbonate} Xled; various localities...CHALCOCITE (cuprous sulfide) lvlassive, high grade; :Montana, A rizona, etc., 1 x 2 ', .6 0.. . .... ... . |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | of Geological Survey and \Vater Resources. Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Nebraska: Conservation...Department of Environ1nental Resources. Puerto Rico: Mining Commission of Puerto Rico: Economic De,elopment...Injury experience and worktirne in the solid mineral mining industries by States, by Forrest T. Moyer ____...Patrick Ryan and James A. Martin _____________ _ 423 Montana, by J. R. Welch ------ ---------------------------...silver, copper, lead, zinc, and tin are recorded on a mine basis (as the recoverable content of ore sold or |  | | Journal (issue) | | dinosaurs, et. al., for the notable museum in a little Montana town 40 miles from the railroad. Even the children... . . will run geologic interests—stratigraphy, mining geolopetroleum geology, vulcanology, paleontology...When the hydrated mica, known as vermiculite to the mine ralogist, 1S quickly heated toa temperture of 2...both heat and cold. This material is known as zonolite’’ both to the trade and to laymen Astounding...BEN Hur WILSson, Ed/stor LETTERS Ekalaka, Montana, June 1, 1956 Dear Dr WILSON of May 20 arrived |  | | Journal (volume) | | Chief Geologist Logan, District Mining Engineer W. Burling Tucker, District Mining Engineer Reid J. Sampson...Assistant District Mining Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer J. C. O'Brien, District Mining...Statistician and Curator James M. Little, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) Elisabeth L. Egenhoff, Editor...Geology of Palm Springs-Blythe Strip, Riverside County, California, by William J. Miller Geology of Parts...Parts of tbe Barstow Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California, by William J. Miller 9 11 73 Geology |  | | Catalog/List | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long fibers; Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... pure; Mexico, etc., per gram, 20¢. Masses on calcite; rich; Canada .. . ... .... . ... . .. . . . ....15¢ per lb. Auriferous, high grade; Canada or Montana ... . . ... . . . . .. Price per pound .35 SPECIMENS...BERZELIANITE (cuprous selenide) Disseminated in calcite; Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . BISMUTH (Bismuth) Xline in calcite; Ontario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | gold- Happy Day Placer, Divide, Melrose Mining District, Montana. (See Ro»ANCE OF Roci,;s A:SD l\irNEllALS...MINERALS did a great deal in convincing me that mining is a fine profession and that the study of minerals...of the Tri-State Dlnrtct S phalertte, Galena. Calcite, Barile, Marcasite, Dolomite, T rlpoll. Chert,...in which the whjte limestone or marble is pure calcite and the rock known as serpentine is composed, in...elements in one solid mass is turned into pure calcite, and many n1inerals occur crystalUzed individually |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vermiculite. Williams property, Enoree, South Carolina. Zonolite Division, W. R. Grace & Company. 2. Vermiculite...Vermiculite. Poole property, Enoree, South Carolina. Zonolite Division, W. R. Grace & Company. 3. Micaceous vermiculite...vermiculite. Cooper property, Enoree, South Carolina. Zonolite Division, W. R. Grace & Company. 4. Micaceous...Illite. Blaylock Formation, Beavers Bend, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. 13. Illite. Ouachita Mountains, southeast...(broad peak) + quartz Illite (rather broad peak) + calcite + kaolinite. Illite (somewhat better crystallized) |  | | Journal (issue) | | undersigned, being all of the officers of rhc Clark County Gem Co!l~tors, Inc., most sincerely wish to convey...writer was employed by the Michigan College of Mining and Technology as a member of a geological field...writer took advantage of collecting at the numerous mine dumps in the vicinity of Champion. It is hoped that...Michi1a11 The Beacon Mine, operated by the North Range Mining Company, is the only active mine in the Champion...numerous aumps and ruins in th e vicinity of the Beacon Mine, however, attest to the former activity in the area |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | of nonfuel minerals and a chapter on trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral...State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey. Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. V Nebraska:.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • 291 Montana, by Rodney J. Minarik and R. B. McCulloch . . ...which 329), which placed the collection of min- Mine Safety and Health Administration), eral statistics |  | | Journal (issue) | | Weekly Price A uthority Published by Engineering and Mining Journal Since 1930 VOL. 35 NEW YORK, J UNE U...apanese zinc refining industry, according to Mitsui Mining. More phosphate rock output is scheduled at San...San Fran cisco Chemical's Randolph , Utah, mine. The company plans a soc-, boost- from 2000 to 3000 tpd-...5-million to the project, pending findings. Granby Mining o,vns 86<; of Granisle. Silver-lead-zinc properties...resume in Cripple Creek, Colo. Stockholders of Golden Cycle Corp., which shut down mining and milling operations |
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