| | Report (issue) | Carolina Geological Society 2008 Fieldtrip and Annual Meeting, Little Switzerland, North Carolina October...Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North Carolina __________________________________________...__ Carolina Geological Society (CGS) 2008 Field trip Spruce Pine Mining District North Carolina Co-leaders...Sponsors Active Minerals International, LLC Imerys North America Ceramics Unimin Corporation Vulcan Materials...Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North Carolina __________________________________________ | | | Report (issue) | York (P. L. Lierritt) 1 cc-y ,EC, Denver, Colo. (C. C. Tcwle, Jr.) 1 co•y C, Spokane, Wash. (E. E....Bill Bryan claim, guild Steer Canyon, Montrose County, Colo, Ref. no. cf X-rav patterns TE 474 Quantity...GROUP A. URANIUL: THORIUI: LIF.ERALS AMPANGAFEITE (Y,Er,U,Ca,Th)2(Cb,Ta,Fe,Ti)701e ? Optics 1/ In transmitted...Location Arc!ers(, nitc. 1/ usrm Hillside mine, Yac;apal County, Ariz, Ref. no. of X-ray patterns Inv....Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2010-12H2C Ortics Orlenation (7)''' Y (C) Z7 n(Autun)1/ 1.553 1 1.577 n(Yar3,1and)2/ n | | | Book (edition) | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...have had element designations added, as in euxenite-(Y); and still others have been discredited for various...edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue in downtown Tucson...on the market. The mines at Bisbee, in Cochise County, have produced large quantities of gem-quality...mineral stamp issued in 1992. At Morenci, in Greenlee County, gem-quality azurite was also commercially recovered | | | Book | The treatment of historical details makes for highl y classic localities. Uraniun, and Lhorium mineralogy...n1ake use of depleted uranizan, which is essentiall y a very slightly radioactive waste product that re111ains...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...OECD (2012) In 2010, production of uraniurn in North An1erica represented about 21% of the worldwide...775 tU, and was the dominant North American producer. The MacArthur River 1nine, Saskatchewan, is the | | | Book (edition) | OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2015, 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...Graeser (1965), Grokhovskaya (1999), Hammer and Peterson (1968), Hernandez et al. (1999), Holtstam and...brilliant yes Pseudomalachite Guyanaite Xenotime-(Y) Ramsdellite Reflection Colour & Ø Reflectance...purplish grey to greenish grey Euxenite-(Y) Fergusonite-(Y) bright green to brown isotropic, many scratches...violet very strong, orange brown to turquoise Samarskite-(Y) Phosphuranylite Calomel Marokite Plattnerite | | | Journal (issue) | from one region of the Lake Tahoe basin. at the north shore near Incline illage. The current discussion...mineralogy is similar the gas cavity pegmatites at the north shore were much more conducive to formation of open...hotel room rates typically double during the event (mine going from a standard $99 a night to an unwarranted...Ownership: Excalibur Mineral Corporation, 1000 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566-1830. Publisher:...his quarry: arguably this may be one of the best North American amethyst specimens ever found. It seems | | | Book (edition) | 2 > eet eo o6i Ses Ea Beeee oFfre OG ft odye —4 toe ere ane Ie . . 6. ATI 5 oi . ee et ee...Iji YY Generalized Map of MAJOR FORMATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA Sedimentary rocks Igneous rocks Met (ie...and Minerals THE PETERSON FIELD GUIDE SERIES EDITED BY ROGER TORY PETERSON 1. A Field Guide to...Birds by Roger Tory Peterson 2. A Field Guide to Western Birds by Roger Tory Peterson 3. A Field Guide to...the Birds of Britain and Europe by Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort, and P. A. D. Hollom 9. A Field | | | Report (issue) | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com mon rock-making materials...to occur only as traces. ACCOMACK COUNTY: none given. ALBEMARLE COUNTY: actinolitc, agate, almandine, amethyst | | | Book (edition) | or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a...there may be others. The biggest problems are with mine names and occasional1y mining district names. Mining...come from one ore zone, but not others. So if the mine is still operating, some of the minerals may not...205 J. Jamesonite - Joseite / 207 K. Ka inosite-(Y) - Kyanite / 210 L. Lab radorite - Lu dwigile / 2 | | Brugger, J., Meisser, N., Etschmann, B., Ansermet, S., Pring, A. (2011) Paulscherrerite from the Number 2 Workings, Mount Painter Inlier, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia: "Dehydrated schoepite" is a mineral after all. American Mineralogist, 96 (2) 229-240 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3601 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | containing locally abundant monazite-(Ce), xenotime-(Y), fluorapatite, and a Ca-Fe-phosphate. Accessory minerals...heterogeneous samarskite-group mineral with presentday composition plotting in the ishikawaite [(U,Y,Fe)NbO4]...Fe)NbO4] and Fe-rich samarskite-(Y) [(Y,Fe,U)NbO4] fields (Hanson et al. 1999), and an unknown primary U-Pb(±Mn)-bearing...Metaschoepite B c A O C a x α-UO2(OH)2 C A B O c a y Uranium figure 1. Geometry of the uranyl layers...(G31382) is deposited in the South Australian Museum, North Terrace, 5000 Adelaide, Australia, and cotype material | | | Report (issue) | COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing............................................... Samarskite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................. 170 County Index ...........................................from Washington and Bleck ley counties to Irwin county. Some minerals described herein have never been | | | Report (issue) | must know not only in which direction a particular mine opening should be extended to continue in an ore...deposits of Paleozoic and Precambrian age in Eastern North America permits us to speculate that whole new regions...changing as the advance of technology permits us to mine or process minerals that were once too low in grade...technologic advances will make it profitable to mine resources that would be much too costly to produce...are at least a few prematurely deserted mills and mine installations built on the expectation of finding | | | Report (issue) | MENZIE. Geologist TERESA Mi'uLLER. Drafter ROBERT M. NORTH. Mineralogist KErit Hydmlogist JoAsse C. OSBORN...Alaska FRANK E. MOSS, Utah QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota CARL HAYDEN, Arizona GEORGE McGOVERN, South...------------------------------------ 154 Grant County ----------------------------------------------...------------------------- 155 Socorro County ---------------------------------------------------------------------...-------------- 158 San Miguel County ----------------------------------------------------------- 159 | | | Book | variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer Production...1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil | | | Report (issue) | Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 148, 1941. Apache County 2: 17 Gregory, H. E.-Geology Prof. Paper 93, 1917...the Navajo country. U.S. Geol. Survey Cochise County 3:04 Ransome, F. L.-The geology and ore deposits...Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 143, 1938. Gila County 4:03 Ransome, F. L.-Geology of the Globe copper...Arizona: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 771, 1925. Graham County 5:25 Ross, C. P.-Geology and ore deposits of the...district, Graham County, Arizona: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 763, 1925. Greenlee County 6:05 Lindgren, Waldemar-The | | | Book (edition) | Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...fH e4agi"” ef) rk bias iycraton as nam Van ce Y ear ieaad Wi 56 ett f tT 7 Pretace The amount | | | Book (volume) | Dick's deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest...interest in mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark....greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...probably a greater variety of minerals in a single mine in Franklin, New Jersey, or Mont Saint-Hilaire, | | | Book | '.:. :,.· ~'. ', •• 1, •,· \:_)\_?. '.:,y::_.;:' • .-.,··: ..,;'.-·.:·.;:/f/t'l.._._._,, '···••::::••...last, at www.MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege....extremely rare yttrium silicate-carbonate iimoriite-(Y) occurs at Trimouns as colorless, pink and pale brown...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns | | | Report (issue) | Cover illustration Native silver, Castle-Trethewey mine, Gowganda. The specimen measures 9 cm by 5 cm. National...GSC 1999–003A Native gold in quartz, Hoyle Pond mine, Timmins. The specimen measures 6 cm across. National... Frontispiece. The original Hollinger (Timmins) mine, 1910, before it was destroyed by fire in 1911....Northland mine Net Lake (Barton) mine Cedar Lake (Trebor, Cuniptau) mine Little Dan mine Sherman mine Temagami...Temagami (Copperfields) mine 16 16 19 20 20 22 23 23 25 26 26 27 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 31 31 32 32 34 35 | | | Book (edition) | Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...group lists presented were taken from the Glossa,y of Mineral Species, 5th edition, by Michael Fleischer...X-ray Powder Patterns for Silicate tvlinerals," by I. Y. Borg and D . K . Smith, Geological Society of A,nerica | | | Book | are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...,o Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. __ _) 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...Ytterbium Yttrium Zinc Zirconium Tm Sn Ti w u V Xe Yb y Zn Zr Table 1-2. Conversion of metric and standard...composition between acidic and basic rocks. drift mine Adit(s) driven into gravel. euhedral Characterized...Potholes District of Imperial County, near the Colorado River about 10 miles north of Yuma, Arizona. Subsequent | | | Report (issue) | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...COLOR PLATES (following page 242) Gold, Mexican Mine Gold, Majuba Placer Pyromorphite after Galena with...with Conichalcite Gold, Round Mountain Mine Quartz, Lovelock area Acanthite Grossular, Nightingale | | | Report (issue) | Feldspar Mine (Lot 27, Hastings Road West Sabine Township) 1. Photo: Water Filled Pit - Woodcox Mine (Monteagle...And Aleck Mine (Murchison Township). . . .. . .. . . . . ...........7-8 2(b). Photo: Card Mine (Portland...........32-33 6. Photo: Contact Of The Reeves Mine (Monteagle Township). Quartz K-Feldspar Alteration...36-37 7(b). Photo: Contact Of The Comet Quartz Mine (Murchison Township). ....... . . ......36-37 8...Adjacent To Uraninite Crystals In The Macdonald Mine (Monteagle Township). ....................48-49 | | | Book (edition) | File, 1601 Park Lane. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. Introduction This volume is the third edition...referred to. Chemical Classification The ava ilabilit y of several excellent mineral iden tifica tion computer...ine�c 5J 93&'.l 39 Zr 40 Nb 41 Mo 42 Tc y ·n,,....-n 88�9 5d 22 VA 57 La l...lnt/"IJt\u(TI...Sn 51 l(r,-p•O" BJ !,/./ Sb Te 52 53 I 126'Y.).!.� Xe ,..,,,. 49 lt'(h,.-, 1 1.: e2 81 TI...L.-.,o 201 2 6::.-,.;n 2CS <)?OJ 68 Tm 84 �<Y' ----t 2'8 ""'"" 85 At �-;,,a•re llO I l l 3i) | | | Book | species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary...Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA R5W i...Lu Ytterbium Yb Mg Mn Yttrium Zinc Zirconium Y Hg 1-2. Zn Zr Conversion of metric and standard...composition between acidic and basic rocks. drift mine Adit(s) driven into gravel. Characterized by the |
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