 | | 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) | | ___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache..._______________________________ American Fork district (Alta area)___________________________ Alpine...______ Redmond district __________________________________ _:________ Millard County _______________...Bradshawd~trict__________________________________________ Lincoln district____ _ __ __ __ ___ __ __ _________ ____________...Map showing oxidized ziuc deposits of the Tintic district, Juab and Utah Counties. 3. Map showing oxidized | | | 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 (issue) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Report (volume) | | location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...documented summary of the beginning of Colorado mining history. Part of his summary is given here in the...had been recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed...however, because it contains lists of the mines and mining districts that were active at the time in Clear...only reports the early history and status of the mining industry, but includes a list of all the species |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | : b. Tintic Mining rcgion, Utah. C. Absaroka Rangc, Wyoming. d. Telluride Mining District, Colorado. f...f. Mother Lodc Mining District,, California. f Tenmile Mining District, Colorado. K. Trinidad Coal Ficld...Basin. i. Monograph on the Crystal Falls Iron District of Michigan. tii. Monograph on the Illinois Glacial...Topographical and Geological Maps of Allegheny County, Maryland. Exhibited by thc MAHYLAXD GEOLOGICAL...Copper Ore and Associated Minerals, Last Chance Mine, RIES. Colorado Canyon, Col. Exhibited by HEISKICII |  | | Book (edition) | | YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to |  | | Book | | Colo. Fairplay, Colo. R. J. Raymond, United States Mining and Mineral Commissioner: Prof. J. F. L. Schirmer...the pitchblende. not been for several^years the mine is not worked at present and has distribution in...Peaks; crystallized at Bergen's ; Ranch, Jefferson County; on Boulder Peak. Agate,— See Quartz. — At Quartzville...Almandite. See Garnet. Boulder County. City Gold — Allophanite. —Franklin Mine, in Gilson Gulch Fowler Branch...; and Wells's district. Hill. It occurs in various mines of the Sunshine district ; minute crystals |  | | Report (volume) | | 50. II. Tertiary History of the G-rand Caiion District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, Capt. U. S... Geology of the Comstocls Lode and the Washoe District, with atlas, by George F. Becker. 1882. 4°. xv...of 21 sheets folio. Price $11.00. IV. Conistock Mining and Miners, by Eliot Lord. 1883. 4°. xiv, 451 pp...Price $1.05. VII. SilTer-Lead Deposits of Eureka, Nevada, by Joseph Story Curtia. 1884. 4°. xiii, 200 pp...Price $1.20. VIII. Paleontology of the Eureka District, by Charles Doolittle Walcott. 1884. 4°. xiii |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Wemer Lieber... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...significant mineral localities in C o l o r a d o ,by county. In addition, there is a complete listing o f all...type localities, and an alphabetical cross-index by mine name. T INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1976 a group |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | map of the Richards mine, Mineral Point. 17. Geologic map of the Grayville mine, Mineral Point. 18. Geologic...No. 3 mine, Iowa County. Page FIGURE 25. Index map of Wisconsin-Illinois-Iowa zinc-lead district showing...PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT GEOLOGY OF THE DODGEVILLE AND MINERAL POINT QUADRANGLES...sandstone and an important aquifer in the mining district. The Platteville formation is 53 to 65 feet...GEOLOGY OF UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT member is subdivided into blue beds of dark bluish-gray |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Catalog/List | | S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly equant crystals |  | | Book | | contains a brief account of some of the principal mining districts of Colorado, not as official reports...semi-tropical vegetation, such as the palm, fig, magnolia,’ maple, etc. This Laramie group marks an important...issuing from cracks and fissures, del¬ uging Idaho, Nevada and part of Oregon and Washington Terri¬ tory....exposed the fissure veins, and did the first great mining on a gigantic scale in Colorado. The debris they...“wash,” and is collected by sluice or hydraulic mining. Still the agencies of nature are going on as of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | telluride attributed to the Boly Fields mine, Lumpkin County, Georgia, was available for $800 from a...Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. The tiny Boly Fields mine closed about 1845, and, although the locality is...“the Chukotka digger cooperative alone managed to mine more than 3000 nuggets in the gold-producing season...handled by St. Troy Mines and later also by Grizzly Mining, Collector’s Edge, and Earth Resources. Some of...nuggets were sold in conjunction with the commercial mining operation. The first auction he attended was in |  | | Journal (issue) | | steadily To nearby mountains that we see. There is a mine owned by my friend And he’ll be there at this road’s...clothes we don. After four hours we get there. The mine site fills us all with cheer. A rustic air-conditioned...dam without a din. The lodge is built right at the mine. Outside the lodge there points a sign. It says...fluorescent mineral display, kids’ Wheel of Fortune, Gem Mine, jewelry making, school field trips Fri., door prizes...Show; Gaston Gem, Mineral & Faceters Club; Gaston County Park; 1303 Dallas Cherryville Hwy.; Fri. 9-6, Sat |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................283 Nevada ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book | | gravel of streams and in veins. The veins of Gilpin County are especially noteworthy for the amount of gold...leaf gold were taken from the Printer Boy mine, Lake County, in tellurium in many in 1870. In combination...combination with of the mines in Boulder County. SILVER. occurs crystallized in cubes, octahedrons...The Boulder Nest mine in Clear Creek County, and the Caribou mine in Boulder County were especially productive...me- tallic. Has been found sparingly of Boulder County. in the tellurium-bearing mines Minerals of |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■ A. . 6 v'...1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO...RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of this book is...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...World Museum of Mining is also located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful |  | | Journal (issue) | | will be attending the following shows in mid 1974—Lincoln, June 13-16; San Mateo, June 2830; Colorado Springs...r w w ■ • Wilber P. O. BOX 47 CARSON CITY, NEVADA 89701 {PHONE) 702-883-3242 .. incraloeical R...P. Wilber, collector and dealer of Carson City, Nevada. WINNER - See under “heavy”. WORLD-BEA TER — See...call for appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: AZURITE - Mibladen...Museums Advisory Council: D. V incent M anson, 73 Lincoln T errace, H arrington Park, NJ 07640 $2,159.35 |
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