| | Book | FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris ^ F* HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, east Germany...University Museum, Tokyo, JAPAN ^ CHARLES KEY, dealer, St. Petersburg, Florida, u. S. A. ^ HUGH leiper (deceased)...Ontario, Canada ^ Thomas mckee, collector, Paradise Valley, Arizona, u. s. a. ^ henrich NEUMANN, Curator,...j. schubnel, Pro fessor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ^ JOHN sinkankas, author and collector...epidote are omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites | | | Book | FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris 4 F. HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, EAST GERMANY...University Museum, Tokyo, JAPAN Ye CHARLES KEY, dealer, St. Petersburg, Florida, U. 8. A. ¥e HUGH LEIPER (deceased)...CANADA ye THOMAS MCKEE, collector, Paradise Valley, Arizona, U.S. A. ¥e HENRICH NEUMANN, Curator...H. J. SCHUBNEL, Professor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ¥& JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector...epidote are omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites | | | Book (edition) | Brazilianite, 35 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed...common are malleable (e.g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite). elastic Optical co11sta11ts...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....Is. (island), Vole. (volcano), Penin. (peninsula), St. (Saint), Ste. (Sainte). Recent developments in many...Another problem concerned genetic conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern | | | Journal (issue) | mineral localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia ........................sprays on shattuckite, 7.1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff...................:...... . 559 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2013 by T. P. Moore ......... . 565 issue...Huamin Empire Plaza 726 Yan An Shi Road Changning District, Shanghai City China 200050 Email: chen@irocks...collectors take great pride in their old historic mines, and instead of bulldozing them into parking lots | | | Journal (issue) | group show similarities to deformed M ississippi Valley-type deposits. Tsumeb and Kipushi are by far the...fact, they went on trying to locate the richest (gold T h e M in e r a lo g ic a l R e c o r d , v o lu...9 9 Figure 3. Location map showing important mines and towns in the Zambian Copperbelt, as well as...indigenes serving as guides. In 1915, the Kipushi district was delineated by the famous prospec tor Major...so until recent years. Production in the other mines of the southeastern sector was limited to small | | | Book | minerals. From precious native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite...pride of any geological collection. From the green, gold and blue iridescent sheen of labradorite to the...(bottom), also known for obvious reasons as 'fool's gold'. stone lying there. To start with, they probably...of an ancient treasure, lapis lazuli. Copper and gold were first used at least 10,000 years ago. They...times. colour makes them easy to see. Copper and gold were both too soft to make tools from, but the discovery | | | Journal (issue) | OFFICERS PRESIDENT: Allan Young, 315 East Carter St., Boise, ID 83706; allanyoung@msn.com VICE PRESIDENT:...PRESIDENT: Alex Schauss, 10645 N. Oracle Rd., #121, Oro Valley, AZ 85737; alex@aibmr.com SECRETARY: Mark Mauthner...Dr.Don Buchanan; dbuch7326@aol.com MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CHAPTER: Larry Nuelle; lnuelle@shawneelink.net...across (21.5 cm tall). Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria. (Hoppel Collection D0120) Mark Mauthner photo;...all were created from the mineral-rich ore that mines removed from the earth and later processed into | | | Journal (issue) | (deceased) Peter L. Via (deceased) SENIOR FELLOWS Gold Level Scott A. Rudolph (2022) Gail & Jim Spann...back to the St. Petersburg plant in 1967, and he earned his Associate of Arts Degree from St. Petersburg... T HE T U CSON FINE M INER A L G A L L ER Y 465 W ST MARYS RD, TUCSON, AZ 85701 THE TUCSON THANKSGIVING...of the English Lake District that is now within the borders of the Lake District National Park. The nearest...easterly-trending valley called Dry Gill (“dry ravine”). Despite its name, the valley carries a small stream | | | Journal (issue) | Advertising Manager Thomas P. Moore Tpmoorel@cox.net A gold specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado...with apatite, Mount Avie, Bellecombe area, Aosta Valley, Italy ................ ......... ...............Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...mineral room wall. And in 2016 we began presenting gold medallions-large pins with a magnetic clasp--that...these loo. @ LAWRENCE H. CONKLIN \ 31 West 47111 St., New Yer• 36, N.Y. l l ~ ~ X...r.l6'....?<:../vG'- | | | Journal (issue) | .3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines...................................................(deceased) Peter L. Via (deceased) SENIOR FELLOWS Gold Level Scott A. Rudolph (2021) Gail & Jim Spann...presents a well-illustrated overview of the copper mines, minerals and history of Michigan’s famous Keweenaw...that issue with copper foil stamping (instead of gold foil) on the cover, and many of the pages were printed...by the Cliff, Central, Copper Falls and Phoenix mines. An 1874 article in the Detroit Free Press listed | | | Journal (issue) | COVER: FLUORAPATITE crystal, 3.2 cm, from the Shigar Valley, Pakistan. Gene Meieran collection; photo by Jeff...* ft* AE Enterprises A ccess to Gems & Minerals Bad B oys o f Cripple Creek Blue Sky Mining Boulder Beads...Colorado N uggets Comstock Mineral Co Creations o f Gold Crystals Unlimited Crystals from Heaven D&J Rare...Minerals Stonekeep Gem & Jewelry, Inc. Singing Bear Gold Panning Superb Minerals India, PVT The Crystal...from Monte Somma, hauyne from Mendig in the Eifel District, and nosean from the Alban Hills shown in Figures | | | Book | comparative study from colleagues, institutes, and mines; many samples were collected by the writer himself...Quartz alone in just one group of ore deposits (the gold-quartz deposits), and he will not expect t h a t...contents of lead and galena, sphalerite, silver, gold, and palladium. I n places of extreme differentiation...found, and occasionally also molybdenite, graphite, gold, and others. At Magnet Heights, Transvaal, the sulphide...MINERALS FIG. 4 80 X Mouat Mine, Stillwater Valley, Montana RAMDOHR From a border zone, about 1 | | | Report (issue) | (see under “Galleries”) are a few crystal groups of gold from a find in September 2015 at Serra do Caldeirão...2016 issue now being printed), this is marvelous gold and there’s plenty of it: hundreds of first-rate...tortured-looking, are sharp-edged all around: the gold stayed “in place” once weathered out from its host...web dealers besides Rudolf now also have the new golds from Brazil, but to get a feel for how good they... who is also offering fine gold specimens from the new occurrence. Gold, 1.9 cm, from Serra do Caldeirão | | | Book | (bottom), also known for obvious reasons as ‘fool's gold'. and there in the stone you may actually see fossils...practical dug mines to get at them underground. geological skill as they Copper and gold were first used...great unconformities (see Reading the Copper and gold were both too soft to geology book, De Re Metallica...minerals are the raw materials of the landscape. Every valley, hill and mountain peak is made entirely of rocks...just 20km/12 miles beneath California’s Central Valley, it is substances like zinc and lead that join | | | Journal (issue) | Museum Toronto , Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...mineral localities: The Bastnas Mines, Riddarhyttan Ore Field, Bergslagen District, Vastmanland, Sweden ......BASTDAS ffiIDES RIDDARHYTTAD ORE FIELD, BERGSLAGED DISTRICT, VASTffiADLADD, SillEDED Lennart Ohman Hi:igviltsvagen...south-central Sweden, where tens of thousands of different mines have been worked for nearly a thousand years. Iron...fields, with approximately 300 large and small mines. Iron ore mining began in the mid-14th century, | | | Journal (issue) | shows in Tucson, Denver, Munich and Ste-Marie-aux-Mines Tel.: 949-494-5155 • www.kristalle.com • Email:...Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ..........................Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England .............................inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don and Gloria Olson collection;...ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 22 cm. Fine | | | Journal (issue) | tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the...METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph...for the Mineralogical Record: on the Port Radium District in the Northwest Territories (1989) and on the...studies he worked as an exploration geologist for St. Joe American Corporation (1979-1982), then as head...as a mineralogist for the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources (1988-1992). In August 1992 | | | Journal (issue) | DeMouthe Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico .............................Hammond Famous mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico .............................57 by R. S. DeMark The New Mexico Bureau of Mines Mineral Museum ...................................covers not just the Kelly mine but the Mag dalena district as a whole. This is not to say, of course, that...contributed two articles, one on the Red Cloud mines (11, 69-72) (not to be confused with Arizona’s more | | | Report (issue) | Gold in Minerals and the Composition of Native Gold Gold in Minerals and the Composition of Native...Native Gold By Robert S. Jones and Michael Fleischer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Washington 1969 CIRCULAR 612...considerations ----------------------------------------Gold in minerals ------------------------------------------------------...------------- _ Composition and the fineness of gold ---------------------------- ___ References cited...Analyses of gold in minerals made since 1954 --------------------10 4. Variation in fineness of gold with depth | | | Journal (issue) | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2022 Articles The Akchatau mine, Shet District, Karaganda, Kazakhstan..................573 by........564 What’s New in Minerals Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2022.........................................(deceased) Philip G. Rust (deceased) SENIOR FELLOWS Gold Level Scott A. Rudolph (2021) Paradise Woods (2019)...recently he had been concentrating on the Tintic district in Utah and amassed many self-collected specimens...completed a 6-week program with the Colorado School of Mines, mapping geology in the Front Range of the Rocky | | | Journal (issue) | Scovill & L. Wagner, Jr. The Monitor-Mogul mining district, Alpine County, California .....................grading system for minerals, a coin’s grade deter mines its price, so the rule might be restated to say...recover equipment and minerals from one of the oldest mines in the United States. Even as the water rose to...9:30-4:30 SAT 10-2:30, except July & August O T H ER T IM E S BY A P PO IN TM EN T 5 \ BOOK DEALERS Handbookof...e o lo g y • M in in g B o u g h t & S old L a te st C a talo g $2 Frederick Blake • Bookseller • 12 | | | Report (issue) | Al"'EU. 74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \¥ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON..... ~ ....................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining .......................................................................... Future of the district .................................. ·............CnAP'rER IlL-Descriptive geology of the Butte district ........................ , . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . Quartz monzonite of Butte district.............................................. | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | photographed by Jeff Scovil MAGMA Mine Pioneer District, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona LES PRESMYK ...mine has been the principal mine in the Pioneer district and the main employer in this community since...concurrent with the Silver King mine and the earliest mines in Globe and Morenci. The productive history of...in geology or mining, but they were aware of the gold found in California twenty-five years earlier and...2015). This is just one of several rich silver and gold strikes that were supposedly found by a lost animal | | | Journal (issue) | and coal. It is among the top three producers of gold, lead, zinc, silver, nickel, manganese, precious...officaldom give a high priority to minerals and mines in their plans to establish Australia as a new colony...The latter came from the coals of 358 the Hunter Valley some 120 km north of Sydney. Hutchinson was probably...Jan Lhotsky (1795— 1866), a Pole, and the German Johann Menge (1788-1852) each brought aspects of continental...de Villiers (1772-1840) in the Paris Ecole des Mines and C. F. C. Mohs (1773-1839) in Vienna. Lhotsky | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Characteristics of Supergene Gold of Karst Cavities of the Khokhoy Gold Ore Field (Aldan Shield, East... Abstract: Typomorphic features of supergene gold in karst cavities were studied in the recently discovered...discovered Au–Te–Sb–Tl deposit within the Khokhoy gold ore field of the Aldan-Stanovoy auriferous province...supergene gold, massive and porous, are recognized there. The first type is represented by gold crystals...impurity. The second type is represented by mustard gold of two types with different internal structure: |
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