 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...decade, providing the collector with specimens of smoky quartz, aquamarine. topaz, and other minerals. Unfortunately...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...AMAZONITE with smoky quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar |  | | Book | | labradorite; obsidian; onyx (chalcedony and marble); opal, quartz (agate, jasper, and chalcedony) ; rhyolite ("wonderstone");...M-Malachite Ob-Obsidian Op-Opal Q-Cryptocrystalline quartz (one or more var ieties : agate , chal cedony,... jasper, petrified wood) Qa-Amethyst Qs-Smoky quartz R-Banded rhyolite S-Scheelite T-Topaz V-Variscite...Snowville (variscite), Box Elder County 2. Lucin (variscite) , Box Elder County 3. Promontory (variscite, obsidian)...obsidian), Box Elder County 4. Cedar Mountains , south of Low (onyx), Tooele County 5. Grantsville (onyx) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps, both of which are available from the...Langley Air Force Base, off the west side of Harris Creek Road approx imately 0.25 miles by road north of...pit is located 1.1 miles west of Yorktown, York County, about 0.1 mile off the northwest side of State...pit. Harris mica mine.—This site is located 1.95 miles south of Hewlett, Hanover County, about 1.15 miles...in 1943. An admission fee of $1.00 per person, County, off the southwest side of State any day of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | remarkably similar. Common characteristics include quartz monzonitic to granitic compositions,pink color...the presence of miarolitic cavities containing smoky quartz crystals, and a well-defined vertical joint...results in the developmentof a rugged terrain. Smoky quartz crystals are useful for identifying and delineating...subject of this paper Idaho and a smaller number of quartz diorite intrusions. was first describedby Lindgren...recognized of the Tertiary plutonic rocks are pink quartz monzonite-granite batholiths, stocks, and plutons |  | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green...sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that have been successfully synthesized |  | | Report (volume) | | Idaho County, Idaho IDA H 0 Mineral Resources of the Gospel-Hump Wilderness, Idaho County, Idaho...resources of the Gospel-Hump Wilderness, Idaho County, Idaho I by Karen Lund, Leon E. Esparza. p. em...Wilderness in the Nezperce National Forest, Idaho County, Idaho. The area was established as a wilderness...Acknowledgments 6 7 Appraisal of identified resources Mining and exploration history 7 7 Appraisal of examined...Unconsolidated deposits 14 Structure 14 Geology of quartz vein deposits 14 Geology of skarn or metasomatic |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................47 Colorado ..............................................................................458 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................47 Colorado ..............................................................................460 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | anotlrer by the northeust-southwest-treiiiliii~ Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shc;ir Zoiic. The older northernmost province...northeasterly-trending continentul Figure 2. Geologic map of the Colorado Front Range showing the Precambrian metamorphic...Karistrom 1978; Lanthier 1978). Farther south in Colorado, sediments accumulated in decper-water rocks formed...Survey into “Early, Middle, and Late” Eras. In Colorado we because of the subsequent folding and overthrusting...subduction zone and possibly the creation Era in Colorado and Wyoming of a volcanic island arc. Carpenter |  | | Report (issue) | | contemporaneous but better known San Juan volcanic field of Colorado, extrusions of lava flows are very minor in the...INDIAN PEAK ° CALDERA COMPLEX..MARYSVALE 1SANJUAN COLORADO , | RHYOLITE-DACITE I__I ASH-FLOW TUFFS ANDESITIC...in the Great Basin and in areas surrounding the Colorado Plateaus (dotted line). Intermediate composition...Member in the west margin of its source, the Clover Creek caldera. 8.2 8.2 Entrance on west to Cathedral...drilling program in the late 1940's and early 1950's by mine operators seeking extensions of ore bodies into |  | | Book (edition) | | ALASKA Stewart's Jewel Jade Claims, located at Dahl Creek. Stewart's Photo Shop, 531 4th Ave., Anchorage,... Phone (907) 586-1785 Jade, gold, serpentine, quartz, asbestos, rhodonite, chrysoprase Fossils Garnets...lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine...Phone (501) 262-2058. Fee: $2.00. Coleman Crystal Mine, Jessleville. AR 71949. Fee: $2-00. Under 12 yrs*...year. Free camping. **John Moundy, Mt. Ida. AR. Mine on High Peak Mountain. Ocus Stanly, P.0. Box I63 |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | Journal (issue) | | - - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December...com Frontcover Smoky quartz with amazonite, 11.8 cm, from the "Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant...Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection; Jeff Scovi l photo. Backcover: Collectible...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in a small pegmatitemass...(garnet), chlorite, ilmenite, monazite, pyrite, quartz, rutile, sphene and zircon. Pieces of allanite...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...Andalusite at this locality is associated with quartz, sillimanite, kyanite and blue corundum. Many of...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0 5 to |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............. 150 The Miocene Lake of Creede, Colorado. By Allan Caplan ........ 152 The Mauch Chunk...Turquoise Tiger Eye Aquamarine Aventurine Rose Quartz Bloodstone Sizes ¼ inch to 1 inch $2.50-sent postpaid...dichroscopes, hardness testing pencils , l\ficroscope quartz optic lenses, prisms, Quartzglass apparatus. p·...body of rose quartz, owned and worked b~• the Scott Rose Quartz Co. of Custer. This mine ls an open cut...and the entire face of the workings ls a mass of quartz ranging in color from light pink to deep rose. |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Arbacoochee, a tiny town in southern Cleburne County of N / E Alabama, was famous over 100 years ago...native gold in whitish quartz were found, some as float and some in the quartz veins of the area. ALASKA-In...Pinal Co., Ariz., the writer discovered numerous quartz crystal groups. The groups are attractive in view...Mountain district, Alpine Co., Calif. COLORADO-"Prof. Richard M. Pearl of Colorado College, Colorado Springs...octahedra in quartz from the Mica Lode, Royal Gorge District, (Fremont Co. ), Colorado. The garnet ranges |  | | Journal (issue) | | and Fossils o n Stamps Robert G. Myers 208 Smoky Quartz in the Libert y Hill Pegmatite Dick Dayvault...Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell Howard R . Freeland 219 A General History of Zinc Mining in Arkansas...stones only. In most instances, stamps depicting mining only (no rocks or minerals) have been excluded...CZECHOSLOVAKlA July 1, 1974 1 c amethyst 2 c agate 3 c quartz 4 c niccolite 5 c moss agate 7 c agate 10 c stilbite...diamonds 25 c chrysotile 35 c jasper 50 c moss quartz 1 r citrine 2 r chalcopyrite August 8, 1968 30 |  | | Journal (issue) | | and Fossils o n Stamps Robert G. Myers 208 Smoky Quartz in the Libert y Hill Pegmatite Dick Dayvault...Kelly Bank Mine Richard S. Mitchell Howard R . Freeland 219 A General History of Zinc Mining in Arkansas...stones only. In most instances, stamps depicting mining only (no rocks or minerals) have been excluded...CZECHOSLOVAKlA July 1, 1974 1 c amethyst 2 c agate 3 c quartz 4 c niccolite 5 c moss agate 7 c agate 10 c stilbite...diamonds 25 c chrysotile 35 c jasper 50 c moss quartz 1 r citrine 2 r chalcopyrite August 8, 1968 30 |  | | Book | | Catalog Card Number: 74-1276 The pictures of gold-in-quartz, smithsonite, stilbite, and wulfenite on the front...often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...learn that gravel beds are rich in such minerals as quartz, feldspar, mica, garnet, tourmaline, magnetite...Schists often contain feldspar, garnet, mica and quartz. With sapphires are often found associated an abundance...oxide. Chalcedony, one of the common varieties of quartz, was formed in the same way. Pegmatites and Hematites |  | | Report (issue) | | RELATED TO THE STRATIGRAPHY IN THE KAOLIN MINING DISTRICT, AIKEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA Edited by Paul G. Nystrom...Society Front cover: View looking southeast in Dixie Clay Company’s McNamee No. 2 kaolin pit, Langley...Branch Formation and Tobacco Road Sand in Aiken County, South Carolina ? V. A. Zullo, R. H. Willoughby...Twiggs Clay Member of Dry Branch Formation, Houston County, Georgia W. B. Harris and P. D. Fullagar. . . ...Tertiary stratigraphy of the Oakwood quadrangle, Aiken County, South Carolina L. E. Kite . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...SPECIMENS from the collection of the Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. See page 242 for a full description... All rights reserved. notes fromthej EDITOR COLORADO-III Here we are with our third special issue devoted...devoted to the mines and minerals of Colorado. As most long-time subscribers know, the first in the series...about $200 on the out-of-print market. The second Colorado issue was vol. 10, number 6 (1979), and we still |
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