 | | Report (issue) | | to visit a number of widely separated mining districts in Nevada and northeastern California. The work...days of September were spent in the Yellow Pine district, Nevada's new and largest zinc camp. This report...and people of the district did much to expedite the work. The mining men of the district extended many courtesies...ACCESSIBILITY. The Yellow Pine mining district, sometimes called ,the Good Springs district, is in the southwestern...part of Clark County, Nev., near the California line. It covers the southern part of the Spring Mountain |  | | Report (volume) | | of Lead and Zinc Deposits in Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) District, Nevada By CLAUDE C. ALBRITTON, ]R.,...-------------------------Geology of the Goodsprings district, by Claude C. Albritton, Jr_________ In...column__________________ Position of ore bodies within mine areas______________________ Yellow Pine and Prairie...Summary_________________________________________________ Potosi mine, by Arthur Richards, Arnold L. Brokaw, and David...31 31 32 34 39 41 41 41 44 IV CONTENTS Potosi mine, by Arthur Richards, Arnold L. Brokaw, and David |  | Vikre, P., Browne, Q. J., Fleck, R., Hofstra, A., Wooden, J. (2011) Ages and Sources of Components of Zn-Pb, Cu, Precious Metal, and Platinum Group Element Deposits in the Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada. Economic Geology, 106 (3) 381-412 doi:10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Group Element Deposits in the Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada PETER VIKRE,1,† QUENTIN J. BROWNE...Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Kodiak Exploration Limited,...California 94305-2115 Abstract The Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada, includes zinc-dominant carbonate...with Late Triassic porphyritic intrusions. The district encompasses ~500 km2 although the distribution...are exposed largely in the central part of the district: feldspar quartz porphyry, plagioclase quartz |  | | Report (issue) | | Resources of the Ivanpah Quadrangle California and Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 275 Geology...Resources of the Ivanpah Quadrangle California and Nevada By D. F. HEWETT GEOLOGICAL The geology SURVEY...Lucy Grey Range_______________________ Castle Mountains _______________________ Vontrigger Springs and..._____ Providence Mountains_ __________________ Clark Mountain and Ivanpah Mountain___ Southwest quarter...Crystal Springs formation _____ _ _ _ _ __ _ Beck Spring dolomite _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ Kingston Peak |  | | Report (issue) | | Cover Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy...Title page Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico...Minette) Both photos are by Jeff Scovil. No. 13: Smithsonite Think Zinc! ISBN 978-0-9790998-6-1 Publisher...Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria Staebler Gunther Neumeier Nancy Stevens...Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, C O 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 • Fax 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rush Creek Mining District MARION COUNTY, ARKANSAS A Synoptic View Situated in a part of the Ozarks along...Buffalo National River, the old mines in the Rush district are rediscovered by newcomers each tourist season...is hoped that histori cal evidence relating to mining will now be preserved for the interest and education...prospects in northern Arkan sas, the Rush Creek mining district is recognized as the most important zinc-producing...and 2). Ever since the last operat ing mine (the Monte Cristo) closed in 1962, mineral collec tors have |  | | 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 (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 (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 | | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous mineral localities: The Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas ...............................CHALCOPYRITE on TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the...Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved to be as rich as any in the...the world. During the last 200 years this mining region has produced an incredible variety of spectacular...INTRODUCTION This article will review the earliest days of mining in Cornwall and will include a brief description |  | | Book | | 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal Map index...Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines.......... 2 Garland County quartz deposits......................... Miller Mountain Quartz Mine................... Ron Coleman Quartz Mine................................... Saline County quartz deposits...........Sandstone Quarry, Pulaski County....... 4 Granite Mountain, Pulaski County..................... 5 Dug |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Goodspringsdistrict, Nevada ..................................... Upper MississippiValley district ..................................... Southern Appalachian district ..................................... Theoretical.......................... Solubility curve of smithsonite ................................. Solubility........................ 1095 Relation between smithsonite and hydrozincite in an arid environment ................................................ Smithsonite, hydrozincite and zinc hydroxide in a humid environment |  | | Journal (issue) | | OURAY, COLORADO 6 Howard Neal GOODIES AT GOODSPRINGS 8 Mary Frances Strong TARANTULA! 12 Timothy...three states. Bisbee and the fabled Copper Queen mine were responsible for its primary construction. Volume...Myrick's Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California Vol. 7, and Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California...to form the Sunset Route. This gave impetus to mining and agriculture and in turn intensified the construction..." In the Ute language the word meant "hot water spring." Long before any white man set his eyes upon the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARKANSAS' RUSH CREEK ZINC DISTRICT Part T w o : The Mines By Dana Martin Batory 4 0 2 E . B u c y i...Crestline, Ohio 44827 The Morning Star The Morning Star mine, discovered in Arkansas in 1884, became the first...at a time when the mine was making big money for its owners. The Morning Star Mining Company owned an old-fashioned...level, hence the mine floor shows many inclines indicating the rock structure. The mine is directly in...Rush Creek fault, and the structural trends in the mine are from northwest to southeast, parallel to the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralizationin Beddedand BrecciaOres of the Monte Cristo Mine, North Arkansas KEITH R. LONG, WILLIAM C....MississippiValley-type ore occurin the northernArkansaszinclead district:(1) open-space fillingsin solutioncollapsebreccia...oflateganguequartzandcalcite.It isnoteworthy that, in the Monte Cristomine, the beddedand brecciamineralizations...dome(Fig. 1). One of these,the Monte fluid. GeologicSetting District geology The rocks of the northern...northern Arkansas zinc-lead dis- Cristo mine, located one mile east of the abandoned trict areall fiat- |  | | Book | | milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please... SULPHIDE LENSES IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS (Mackinaw Mine) Pentlandite, chalcopyritc, pyrite, raaucherite |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ml 48075 Or E T Rees, Secretary (NFMS) 806 El Monte. Twin Falls. 10 83301 GEMSTONE RECOVERY FOR FACETED...TRIPS 8 KELLY, NEW MEXICO The story of a great mining bonanza by Mark C. Blazek and Richard N. Molsbee...THE GORGEOUS ROCKS OF MONTE CRISTO Spectacular finds in the San Gabriel Mountains by Dale Hileman and Margaret...State street In downtown Carlsbad, Calif. (Outside USA send $2.00 for catalOC) GEMS & MINERALS - 7 KEIJIJY... KEIJIJY, NEW ME~Iee the story of a great mining bonanza • Photo Data Various scenes of the remaining |  | | Book | | f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...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 (article/letter/editorial) | | array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description of localities. A R K A N S A...A S H A S A R I C H M I N E R A L and mining heri tage that started in the early 1800s with explorers...noting the minerals of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove...extensive collecting in Magnet Cove. In the 1900s, mining and minerals continue to play important roles in...the state, with obvious peaks in exploration and mining having occurred during World Wars I and I I . |  | | Report (issue) | | and Butler, G. M.-Arizona lode gold mines and mining: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 137, 1934...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...Tombstone district, Arizona: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 143, 1938. Gila County 4:03 Ransome...Ransome, F. L.-Geology of the Globe copper district, Arizona: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 12, 1903. 4:19 |  | | Journal (volume) | | Geologist C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer O. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Sacramento San Francisco Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer Los Angeles Los...Los Angeles District Engineer Chas. V. Averell, District Mining Engineer Frank Sanborn, Mineral John...Francisco San Francisco and Curator O'Brien, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) San Francisco » v- f»|...Reports of District Mining Engineers 7 Redding Field District 7 Sacramento Field District 7 San Francisco |  | | Report (volume) | | Ferguson.. Mineral resources of the Inyo and White mountains, California, by Adolph Knopf............................... Copper deposits of the White Mesa district, Ariz., by J. M. Hill............ Survey publications...the Dome district, Idaho, by J. B. Umpleby.... The Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nev., by...sulphate in the Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, Cal., by U.S. Gale............................................. 428 Borate deposits in Ventura County, Cal., by H. S. Gale.................. 434 Potash |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A General History of Zinc Mining in Arkansas DANA MARTIN B A T O R Y 402 Bucyrus St. Crestline, Ohio...lead ores are known to occur. They are the North District (Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy, and parts of Baxter...West-Central Dis trict (Pulaski, Saline, Garland, Hot Spring, Mont gomery, Polk, Howard, Pike, and Sevier...collec tor. He has written previously about Colorado mining his tory for ROCKS AND MINERALS. tural deformation...their deep-seated igneous source. The northern district as a whole is noted for an unusual predominance |
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