 | | Journal (issue) | | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2) The Moravian Territorial...km2), but with a rich and world- famous history of mining and associated mineralogy. In the city of Brno...Chlorargyrite, on and impregnating Sandstone, Silver Reef District, Washington Co., UT, 6 x 5 x 3 cm. Author’s specimen...Sandstone. Figure 3: Geologic map of the Mining District showing the outcrops of the Springdale Sandstone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 03:41 01 August 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal...from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have taken place in recent...Southampton University. A consultant geochemist in the mining industry, he is also an avid collector of micromounts...Mountain states. In the copper mines of Houghton County, Michigan, where primary arsenides have provided...from Hinsdale County, Colorado, and from the Blackbird and Nickel Plate mines in Lemhi County, Idaho. In |  | | 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...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | 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) | | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...weekends. "At a mine east of Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen...reported from only one mine at Mackay, Idaho. Also found at this mine are malachite, azurite, cuprite, native |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scovil photo. In this issue also: Twin Creeks mine, USA Scott KLEINE, Bryan K. LEES & Malcolm SOUTHWOOD...Paul Cragan (USA) Malcolm Southwood (Australia) Associated Photographer: Jeff Scovil (USA) Contact: s...specimen from Cut 62 in Twin Creeks mine, Nevada, USA; 9.6 cm high. Azurite Corporation specimen. J. Scovil...well-crystallised orpiment at the Twin Creeks mine in Northern Nevada, USA, and it's subsequent extraction as fine...corporations; one of them the mining company that owns and operates the mine, and the other a company that |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area...⎯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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area...⎯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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...occurrence. Tetrahedrite may alter to malachite, azurite, bindheimite, chrysocolla, cuprite, and goethite...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock...present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs with rhodochrosite...Colorado localities include the Silverton-Eureka district, San Juan County, where tetrahedrite is often silver |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | & MINERAL GUIDE Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Gems & Your Own | Minerals KATHY J. RYGLE & STEPHEN...vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington Wyoming Nevada Southeast States Alabama Arkansas Florida Kansas...Northeast States Connecticut Delaware Kentucky District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine |  | | 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) | | vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...States Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Kansas Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma ‘Texas Utah lowa Minnesota...VOLUME 4: Northeast States Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts...GUIDES TO THE U.S.A. Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 4: NORTHEAST STATES |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...Crater of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U. S.) that has been opened...found in their Volcanic Matrix. 2. Since the first diamond was discovered in 1906 by John Huddleston, more...have been rerecovered from this Crater. 3. First diamond washing plant was erected in 1914 and operated...diamonds. 6. Crater of Diamonds guests are given any diamond they find absolutely FREE up to 5 carats in weight |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Amethyst scepter, 17 cm, from Petersen Mountain, Nevada; Brianna and Brendan Traw collection. Barite, 7 cm...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal |  | | Journal (issue) | | 276; Elbaite-Daniel Nowak collection, page 201; Diamond-Rob Lavinsky collection, page 173. (right colurnn)...Barite-James and Charelle Webb collection, page 279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 Maynard Bixby - Part 1 Mining Expert, Mineral Dealer and Sharp Shooter Mark Ivan...mountain ranges of Utah. He was a Salt Lake City mining expert often contracted to evaluate mines, a mineral...Township, along the Susquehanna River, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Bixby 1914). This farm was just...town of WilkesBarre, a center for anthracite coal mining. The 1870 Census shows both Maynard and Charles...Champa Street, where he worked as a mining expert, probably in mine appraisal and development. In 1890-91 |  | | Report (volume) | | Western Sierra C:ourlty, New Mexico, Suggested by Mining Distri.cts, Ceologyt and c ·eochemicaf, Anomalies... Mineral Belts in Western Sierra County, New Mexico, Suggested by Mining Districts, Geology, and Geochemical...information on mineral belts in western Sierra County, New Mexico, indicates many new areas favorable...1921Mineral belts in western Sierra County, New Mexico, suggested by mining districts, geology, and geochemical...resources-New Mexico-Sierra County. 2. Geology-New Mexico-Sierra County. I. Heyl, Allen Van, 1918- II |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1951, I made a trip to the Diamond Mines, at (or near) Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas. At the mines...peridotite, while garnet is also abundant in the diamond-bearing peridotite from the Mufreesboro, Arkansas...a nearly three page article on the Arkansas Diamond Mine, with three pictures, and is quite true to facts...incrustations, has been found in the St. Kevin mining district, 8 miles west of Leadville, Lake Co., Colo...Delhi-Babb fluorite mine near Salem, Livingston Co., -Ky. LOUISIANA — Something new in mining technique will |  | | Book (edition) | | Where & How to Djg, Pan and Mine Your Own Gen1s & Minerals Where & I-low to 1-Iunt for Treasure From...vacation stops at a roadside "dig your own" gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a p ach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...VOLUME2: Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Kansas Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa...VOLUME4: Northeast States Co1mecticut Delawar District of Columbia IUinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | copper mineral a lustrous, deep azure blue drusy azurite. The locality for this extra fine specimen is the...mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr...forest service road, is found the Bethlehem mine. The mine is located about y4 mile east of the Camp Nine...Counties) . Samples enclosed consist of: "From Madison County — Lot 1 10 crystal, V4 to 1 inch. — Lot 2 - 15 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens. All for $7.50 postpaid. Morton Minerals & Mining, 21423 Highway 66, R.F.D. 1, Barstow, Calif. DO...LOUIS, 14, MO. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst...Morton Minerals & Mining, Dept. R, 21423 Old Highway 66, RFD 1, Barstow, Calif. WE ARE MINING—Gem material... Sample, $2.50. FOB Barstow, Morton Minerals & Mining, Dept. R, 21423 Old Hwy. 66, RFD 1, Barstow, Calif... Sample, $3.50. FOB Barstow. Morton Minerals & Mining, Dept. R, 21423 Old Highway 66, RFD 1, Barstow |  | | Report (issue) | | limestone or dolomite. It is a useful ore guide in many mining districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE........... Characteristics of jasperoid in major mining districts of the United States ..................................................... Tri-State district, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri ................Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona .............................. Bisbee (Warren) district, Arizona ........ Ely (Robinson) district, Nevada .............................. Leadville district, Colorado ...... |  | | Book | | Gems and Gemstones 156 Equipment; Operation Diamond Saw; Grinding Techniques; Lapping the Flat Surface;...Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...The very earliest true gem diamond dates only to 480 B.c., although diamond crystals had been used before...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the |
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