 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like...rank among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record |  | | Journal (issue) | | BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals: |  | | 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...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure |  | | Report (issue) | | 74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \¥ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining ................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........· ......... ·................................. ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. ·......... |  | | Book (edition) | | Lucien Beckner of Louisville, Ky., U. M. Sahinen of Butte, Mont., Gilbert O. Raasch of Urbana, 111., Nancy...thrilled to the sight of mounted in gold or or silver, some lovely gem, against lying a background...from them weather the types of agates found in Montana. Metamorphic rocks include those of either of the...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RENO H. CHARACTER BUTTE VEINS. S^LES. OF.OUTCROPS. The outcropsof the Butte copperveins are indistinctand...debris is found on the flat area east from the Silver Bow and Leonard mines, where it is known to be as...carbonateand oxide ore with native copper,found in the Parrot vein near the surfacein the Gagnonmine. Small amounts...found in the easternpart of the district in the Modoc and Silver Bow mines, but not in sufficient SUPERFICIAL... SUPERFICIAL ALTERATION OF THE BUTTE VEINS. 17 quantitiesto constitutean ore. A peculiar occurrenceof |  | | Catalog/List | | length 2 1/4 in and a carved grey agate mouse, with silver tail, length 2 1/2 in. Both unsigned, but listed...3 1/4 in. $600 - 800 2005 ENAMEL, NEPHRITE AND SILVER PICTURE FRAME BY ANDREAS VON ZADORA-GERLOF A functional...for table top display with silver easel back. Featuring a circular silver border with beaded decoration...translucent enamel on a guilloche ground, within a silver border of egg and dart motif, within a border of...of Russian nephrite, edged with a reeded silver border with x-form decoration in 18K gold. Signed ZADORA |  | | Report (volume) | | depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Copper-bearing deposits________________________ 199 Butte, Montana__________________________ 199 Bingham,...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico...__ 233 Shasta County, California______ _ __ 234 Snowstorm lode, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho__ _ 235 |  | | Book | | Gemstone-Star Blue Quartz Soil-Bama Series Mineral-Rhodochrosite Rock-Yule Marble 22 22 Zo 24 * Connecticut...Fossil-Belemnite Soil-Greenwich Loam Series 29 30 31 * District of Columbia Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified...quadrifaria Soil-Chesuncook Series * Montana Gemstones-Sapphire & Montana Agate Fossil-Maiasaura peeblesorum...Nevada Fossil-Ichthyosaur Metal-Silver Precious Gemstone-Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal Semiprecious Gemstone-Iurquoise...Topaz Stone-Petrified Palmwood Precious Metal-Silver Dinosaur-Paluxysaurus jonesi test 131 132 133 |  | | Report (volume) | | precipitation of the metalo........ Composition of mine waters............................................of sulphide enrichment Continued. Composition of mine waters Continued. Discussion of analyses Continued........................................ Gold and silver............................................ Changes...on depth..................... Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions....... Oxidation...relations and minerals of silver........................... Principal silver minerals................ |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority |  | | Catalog/List | | locality, Earth makes her own crystals; or the mine where a mineral was discovered, is akin to its ...tsavorite. Traveling west to the storied Tsumeb Mine is one of the very finest examples of the region’s...Dioptase Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia 13 cm tall x 14 cm wide Africa The mine we now call...have produced unique species. Tsumeb ceased all mining in 1996. One of the marquee minerals that are associated...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania 2.55 cm tall x 3.2 cm |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vol. 47, No. 10 • October 2017 16 LITTLE EAGLE BUTTE SUNSTONE 10 A new opportunity for fee digging in...have the tools needed for this project. I took Montana agate for the back and black obsidian for the center...not uncommon at the Pana mine. Jim Landon October 2017 11 Little Eagle Butte Sunstone Fee diggers Jim...the sorting process on a fresh load of mine run ore, while new mine owner Ales Krivanek conducts business...area called sunstones occurred in the Little Eagle Butte that is well flat, sagebrush-covered Rabremoved |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lime have been cut thin They are sent by the Parrot Silver and Copper Com pieces varying in size from...two pany, whose mines and reduction works are at Butte or three square feet. The pictures are polished...is shown in large shown from the Bradford mine in .Lake County, so arches and timbers. It is thought that...necessity, it is believed, be given to the lead,silver,iron,and copper ore. Zinc is shown in the Alkalies...prospect. The that between 1876 and 1893 Colorado mine have added lusite found in paying quantities. Salt |  | | Journal (issue) | | faces. 2¾ x 1 ¼ .. . 5.00 WULF EN ITE, Red Cloud Mine. Fine brilliant orange- red xi. 1" . ..... . 2 ................................... 902 FU~fAROLE BUTTE, Ul'A H. By Ronaid L. I i·es ..................... 1nual ; for . PETER ZOOAC OCTOBER FUMAROLE BUTTE, UTAH rmu- t of iceed 1iliar avor . ex- )1on...Fumarole ern part of the area, the Columbia R iver Butte, Utah, an extinct Pleistocene vol- and Idaho lava...luBUTTE ccel- vpes ,eo- 1rces rock 113" Fig. 1 Outline |  | | Journal (issue) | | O F THE DESERT By J U N E LEMERT PAXTON Yucca Valley, California As they roll along o'er prairie wide...Desert Readers BOOKS Death Valley and Its Country, other reviews . . MINING Current news briefs Here and...spring, Mule spring, and thence into the Palo Verde valley and the Colorado river. Bradshaw went over the...'90s the Orocopia mining company installed a pump at Dos Palmas to supply water for mining operations 18...in Orocopia mountains. According to hearsay, the mine was never a highly profitable venture, and the last |  | | Journal (issue) | | hint of danger. This specimen is from the Sao Pedro mine in Minas Gerais (Saucui, Malacacheta Dist., Teofilo...Radioactive Minerals 48 Part I: Bournonite, rhodochrosite and epidote collectible species combine beauty...Leatherman reGULAr coLUmnS ECO-FRIENDLY JEWELER A Gold Mine in Your Studio tips for collecting precious metal...Gollar Mine Non Access In the April Rock & Gem, I was pleased to find an article on the Gollar mine in Missouri;...contacted my former advisor about access to the Gollar mine. Apparently, some time after I left the state, a | | | Journal (issue) | | hint of danger. This specimen is from the Sao Pedro mine in Minas Gerais (Saucui, Malacacheta Dist., Teofilo...Radioactive Minerals 48 Part I: Bournonite, rhodochrosite and epidote collectible species combine beauty...Leatherman reGULAr coLUmnS ECO-FRIENDLY JEWELER A Gold Mine in Your Studio tips for collecting precious metal...Gollar Mine Non Access In the April Rock & Gem, I was pleased to find an article on the Gollar mine in Missouri;...contacted my former advisor about access to the Gollar mine. Apparently, some time after I left the state, a |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...of Chicago, Illinois, Marcus Daly Pruett of Butte, Montana, Walter Wright of the Prospectors Shop and...older rocks. The Indiana and Iowa geodes and the Montana moss agates are produced from break such beds...the sapphires in the Missouri River near Helena, Montana, and the star rocks, garnets of Idaho. DISTRIBUTION...Rockies, the high plains roll east to Mississippi Valley. Canada and To the north the lavas of the |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett of Baltimore, Maryland;...gem minerals. A sharp sliver of agate, such as Montana moss agate, is also useful to test minerals near...they fizz in hydrochloric acid. By this means rhodochrosite (manganese carbonate) can be distinguished...the sapphires in the Missouri River near Helena, Montana, and the star garnets of Idaho. Distribution in |  | | Book (volume) | | brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho;...California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite...scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2.52 ct), yellow (4 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mostly in small amounts. A bed near Pyriton, Clay County, Ala., was worked for copper. One was mined near...of Cleburne County at what was called Wood's copper mine and also at Smith's copper mine about a mile...mile to the northwest. Much of the mining was done in the early seventies. There was a large amount of pyrite...altered into chalcedony. "In the Martinez Lake District, which is part of the Colorado River and 37 miles...some sort at this location. I do know that gold mining was done there some years after the original gold |  | | Report (volume) | | GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN...GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN...deposits 2 22 Early Tertiary ( ?) deposits 2 23 Gold-silver deposits 2 23 Deposits of the early Tertiary (...of the late Tertiary epoch of metallization 23 Silver-lead deposits 2 25 2 Copper deposits 26 Deposits...of the ore deposits 2 27 30 Mining districts 2 Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal 2 30 30 Location and accessibility |  | | Catalog/List | | Boyce Thompson: founder of Newmont Mining and owner of the Tsumeb mine. Upon his demise, it lent its considerable...FLUORESCING WILLEMITE WITH CALCITE SPECIMENS Sterling Hill Mine and Franklin area, Sussex Co., New Jersey Willemite...(14 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm), from the famed Sterling Hill Mine, it is a large exposed Willemite face, with a thinner...WILLEMITE CRYSTAL IN CALCITE 430’ Level, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey While Willemite...HACKMANITE Zarembo Island, Alaska Sar-e-Sang Mine, Koksha River Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan This |  | | Catalog/List | | Signature® Internet Session 2 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 (HERITAGELive...collection, a lot of it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably... SESSION ONE MINERALS 57001 Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment...Topaz Klein Spitzkopje, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia Klein Spitzkopje in Afrikaans |
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