 | | Report (issue) | | STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGY OF THE SALTDALE QUADRANGLE CALIFORNIA DIVISION... THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT...~—~«SEPTEMBER 1952 GEOLOGY OF THE SALTDALE QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA By T. W. DIBBLEE, JR. and MINERAL DEPOSITS... and T. E. GAY, JR. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS ee Sn AAA ER rr he aE THO a LETTER...Honorable Earl Warren Governor of the State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith |  | | Book | | Anima.s (Afton Canyon) in the Mojave Desert, California. Photo by Jerry Strong. I DESErt TGEM TrtAJLS...$2.00 Published By G E M B O O K S MENTONE CALIFORNIA 92359 Copyright @ 1966 by Gembooks T A B...Cinco 19 El Paso Mountains 20 Ricardo Basalt 20 Cowden Opal Mine 20 Hidden Forest 20 Ricardo Gem Fields...Ridge 22 Buried Petrified Forest 23 Canyon View Wood 23 Jasper Hill 24 Rand Mountains Minerals and Rhodonite...27 28 Ballarat Panamint Valley 28 2 Owlhead Mountains Sageni te Area 28 Smoky Quartz 28 Saratoga Springs |  | | Book (edition) | | crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for Lava known...Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is...crystal and a cut specimen of kunzite. Found in California, kunzite lilac or Diamond in matrix. Rough...River country of Utah or the far southern part of California, is no place for a human being in the summer;...material that cannot be taken away. Some of the California thunder egg localities have been ravaged who |  | | Book (volume) | | The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct)...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite...Pala, California. NECKLACE. Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting |  | | Book (edition) | | on collecting. by DAROLD J. HENRY Author of California Gem Trails, Gem Trail Journal, The Rock Collector's...naturalist, a miner alogist, and an educator in California schools as well as a writer of many articles... Gordon, 1810 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California No portions of this book may be reproduced in... I l ti CALIFORNIA GEM TRAILS TABLE OF CONTENTS * FOREWORD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA....................................... WARNER MOUNTAINS.................................... * 3 NORTHERN BORDER LOCALITY |  | | Book | | favorite location of quartz agate, opal wood — collectors. The petrified gems throughout the world is...about other quartz varieties such as the opal, and petrified wood; and to give him the most complete... agate. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California Vll Acknowledgments After book a is written...collecting in several states, par- ticularly in California. To refresh been made my memory and to ...the same Society, supplied many photographs of petrified wood from many localities. Several other club |  | | Journal (issue) | | JEWELRY WORLD-CLASS MINERALS in Dallas Black Bay Opal FACETING DESIGN: Nested Triangles FIELD TRIP:...STAINLESS STEEL CABBING UNIT This machine is made in the USA for Kingsley North. Features an all stainless steel...collections. This beryl (var. albite) from Gilgit District, Pakistan, is in the collection of Marc Weill...Hill Gems and Minerals Hall by Bob Jones Black Bay Opal............................................ 20 A...in sunstone by Arya Akhavan FIELD TRIP Sandia Mountains Orbicular Granite........ 26 Persistence pays | | | Book (volume) | | The Bowers Museurn of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...red-orange spessartine garnet ( 16.62 et), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rho...cc), Kern Cowny, California; octagonal seep cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 et), Pala, California. NECKLACE...blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 diainonds...c1ystals, many of facet-grade, found in the Wah Wah Mountains of Utah are to be mined by conventional open-pit |  | | Report (volume) | | and sapphire are considered precious gems. Some opal is precious, but most varieties are semiprecious...streams, and eventually deposited as alluvial gravels. Opal and agate are formed from aqueous solutions. Diamonds...localities in California where diamonds have been found are: Smith River, Del Norte County; Trinity River...Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville and Webber Hill, El Dorado County;...County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian | | | Book | | of quartz gems other than agate, opal and its varieties, and petrified wood a great favorite with collectors...otl1er Cttiartz varieties st1ch as the opal, jasper, ancl petrified wood; a11d to give l1in1 the most com1Jlete...same Society, st1ppliecl 1nany pl1otographs of petrified woocl froin 1nany localities. Several other club...efficiently ty1)ecl by Wilcla Boyer of La Jolla, California. AFTER A 1 Lt::LANDJ:: Qu1cK La Jolla (San...chryso1)rase, tigereye, and common and preciot1s opal. In the gen eral 01)inion of n1ost collectors, chalced |  | | Book (edition) | | Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E. Wilson...cryptocrystalline varieties of quartz, such as agate and petrified wood, extend over thousands VI Preface .. ...literature in North America. J. s. San Diego, California 1975 Acknowledgments The folio\\ ing persons...for a number of color photographs of remarkable California specimens. Paul L. Broughton was kind enough...PRINCIPAL GEMSTONES Diamond, Corundum, Beryl, Topaz, Opal. II 68 IMPORT ANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Thousands of amateurs go out each year into the mountains and deserts of North America to collect a great...microscope. is — — A few gem materials notably, opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure...with light such as creates the unique beauty of opal or labradorite, the starry splendor of star sapphire...heavier liquids are As gems lie in the range between opal (sp. gr. 2.1) and zircon (sp. gr. 4.7), quick and |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................39 California .................................................467 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................473 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................39 California .................................................469 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................475 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Book | | to travel extensively from Maine to Southern California, and from Washington’s Pacific Shores to Key...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...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Yavapai Co. Onyx Marble BLACK MOUNTAINS, E. Slopo, Mohave Co. N.W. of Kingman Opal CALUMET, Cochise Co., 3 |  | | Book | | fyosieAi. ^touli GUIDE TO THE PETRIFIED FORESTS OF AMERICA I PETRIFIED FOREST : ! DIVIDE WOODLAND IITOU... I; i “Sy i l / Petrified Forest Traits -1 1 A Guide to THE PETRIFIED FORESTS OF AMERICA A HANDBOOK...HANDBOOK FOR THE COLLECTOR OF PETRIFIED WOODS By JAY ELLIS RANSOM FIRST EDITION 1955 Price $2.00 Copyright...7 PART I. ORIGIN AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PETRIFIED WOOD CHAPTER Page I. GEOLOGICAL OCCURRENCES...WORM BORED, PETRIFIED WOODS 25 Agatization Stages of Worm Bored Wood 26 PART II. PETRIFIED FORESTS OF |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...thousands of amateurs venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only...and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches...up during a stroll on a beach or a hike in the mountains first aroused their interest. earth sciences |  | | Journal (issue) | | Central junior college auditorium, F.I Centro, California. March 29-April 5—Sierra club Easter vacation...April 4—Easter pageant in Box canyon, Mecca, California, at 8:30 p. m. April 4-5—Annual convention, Daughters...section, climb of Coso and Maturango peaks, Inyo county. April 5-6—State Mineral Society of Texas, mineral...services, Travertine point, Coachella valley, California. April 6—Easter services, Grand Canyon Shrine...Springs, California. April 6—Horse show, Sonoita, Arizona. April 7—Second annual Yuma county agricultural |  | | Book (volume) | | THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text |  | | Journal (issue) | | • • • About Those Scorpions;. . . Glendale, California Dear Mr. Henderson: A word of sincere appreciation...BOB ORR • • • Take 'em Away . . . Santa Ana, California Dear Sirs: I have about 125 seedling date palm...• More Scenery Wanted • . . Beverly Hills, California Editor, Desert Magazine: The scenic folder in...given a like presentation — Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado...J. BODOIN 7AKB STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA UA/SORPASSBV THE DESERT MAGAZINE DESERT |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Article Mineralogy of Miocene Petrified Wood from Central Washington State, USA George E. Mustoe 1, * and...Mustoe, G.E.; Dillhoff, T.A. Mineralogy of Miocene Petrified Wood from Central Washington State, Geology Department...Bellingham, WA 98225, USA Evolving Earth Foundation, P.O. Box 2090, Issaquah, WA 98207, USA; tdillhoff@evolvingearth...Basalt Group (CRBG) in central Washington State, USA. These fossil localities are well-dated based on...include wood transported by lahars (Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park), fluvial and palludal environments |  | | Book | | TRiriED FOREST National .A. R. I Monument O N A. .r^Ki Page two Thousands of acres and millions...millions of tons • An Appreciation of The Petrified Forest of Arizona By CHAS. F. LUMMIS Author of...Southwest, the "Wind, that grand old harper, smote in California is His thunder-harp of pines" — identical... and of to the Arizona sun fadeless beauty; a "Forest" in Glorified Stone, its very bark and "rings"...loved to tell. "A forest of petrified trees, with petrified birds flying through petrified air, singing petrified |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |
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