 | | 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...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)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side |  | | Journal (issue) | | Copper and Lead Minerals from the Eagle Eye Mine, La Paz County, Arizona Paul M. Adams 126 S. Helberta Ave...Eagle Eye Mine is located about 6 miles south southeast of the town of Brenda, La Paz County, Arizona...Brenda and which passes over Interstate I 0. The mine sits at the base of the eastern side of the New...the site "-fnd serves as a navigational aid. The mine workings consist of a water filled shaft and several...spectroscoContinued on page 6 Fig. 1 mm). Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after unknown (to 4 The 26th Rochester |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | Editorial Board written content: Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey British Museum (N.H.) London...Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide, and was |  | | Journal (issue) | | A New Occurrence of Allophane From the Laochang Mine, Gejiu City, Yunnan, China Tony Nikischer Excalibur...specimens from the Laochang Mine (see figure I) came as a complete surprise. Our agent in China had located...neither species had previously been reported from this mine, best known for its pale blue hemimorphite. Figure...colorful specimenof allophane from the laochang Mine, near Gejiu City in YunnanProvince.This sample providedthe...page 2) A Discovery of Gem-Grade Chrysocolla From Ontonagon County, Michigan Tom Rosemeyer datolite@charter |  | | Book (edition) | | Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | jum bled visions of something -blue. It is no surprise, then, that our name for this coveted mineral...(upper left): Azurite, 2.7 c m high, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona; Smithsonian specimen (NMNH 104885)...acid waters from rain containing dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other dissolved compounds such as...iron-stained quartz with perhaps bright blue zones of chrysocolla (a copper silicate). The presence of such "gossans"...left): Azurite, 1.3 mm high, Grandview mine, Coconino County, Arizona. Dan Behnke speci men and photo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In the...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...MINERALS at the Geysers will probably come as no surprise to many people as many other unusual minerals...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following |  | | Report (volume) | | COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...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...STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips |  | | Journal (issue) | | SPECIMENS Odd, Uncommon and Beautiful Bob Jones 16 RIVER GOLD 52 36 EYES on Arizona: Quartzsite The Hunt...H Scan for Video Scan for Video MADE IN USA MADE IN USA Barranca Diamond Products • 1315 Storm Parkway...Photo courtesy Heritage Auctions Gem Silica/Chrysocolla druzy in matrix. Photo courtesy Erin Balzrette... Best Prices Grit 6" 8" 60 12.95 16.95 Made in USA. 80, 100 11.95 15.95 Nickel Bond including & Wheels...Machine - 6 inch 895 00 complete Made in USA Our made in USA wheels will last you 3-4 times longer than |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...cuts, breaks, river banks, stream beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma...Fm. On Elm Cr. Near its jct. with the Missouri River (about 15 mi. S of Chamberlain) gray Barite rosette...rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides, ridges...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | 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...specimen of small radiating chrysocolla crystals. This is very unusual since Frederick Pough, author of |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | was sent in by Mr. McDonald. ARIZONA—"The Bagdad Mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona, has lately produced some...of brochantite (copper sulphate), gem grade chrysocolla (hydrous copper sulphate), and black copper oxide...is now in the hands of various collectors. Bagdad Mine has produced, from time to time, many unusual copper...specimens. Some three years ago, a gem grade chrysocolla with inclusion of dendritic copper, was uncovered...also cutting grades of azurite in malachite and chrysocolla."—item dated Nov. 30, I960, from R. A. Richards |  | | Report (volume) | | AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS........................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................ Washington................................................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 |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................411 Washington ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................413 Washington ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 17:52 26 February 2015 TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O.Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 CONNOISSEURS...last twenty-five years either as a result of new mining operations or as new discoveries in abandoned mines...Boulder County, but gave no details. He also mentioned that wulfenite occurred in Park County, but again...occurrence on Gunnell Hill, Central City district, Gilpin County, given by J. S. Randall (1887) in his book...in the Review mine (Charlton, 1890) in the isolated Silver Cliff district, Custer County, but again, like |  | | Book (edition) | | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART |  | | Journal (issue) | | Montana’s capital city, is partnering with The Carter County Museum in Ekalaka – dinosaur fossils from within...MARCH 2020 3 VOL. 50 NO. 03 • MARCH 2020 50 chrysocolla 58 10 for the love of lapis The Saga of Afghan...Tradition And ‘Living the Dream’ at Wild Turkey Mine 20 cherishing chert A Mother Rock for the Ages...Afghanistan; Leaf gold atop matrix mined in Clear Creek County, Colorado; Banded Iron Formation (BIF) chert mined...Non-transferrable.RG6/19 RG3/20 ROYAL PEACOCK OPAL MINE Dig your own Virgin Valley Fire Opals ALL YOU FIND |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Bulletin 57 Geologic Series Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey by HERBERT P. WOODWARD DEPARTMENT...copper ores of New Jersey and the many attempts to mine them. The report is particularly timely in that........................................... 17 Chrysocolla .................................................................................. 39 Schuyler mine .......................................................................................... 69 Dod mine ............................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | up a substantial portion of the bedrock of Wood County. Although this particular site has not been dated...approximately 0.5 mm high, Schill Quarry, Vesper, Wood County, WI, photo by Dan Behnke. New Finds from Peru...something to talk about. Last year the Chiurucu Mine in Huanuco Department. proAuced the best rhodonitcs...by the Gem & Mineral Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. This was the results...Readers of the Mineral News may recall an editorial of mine in the April, 1990 Mineral News entitled: "Books |  | | Journal (issue) | | page 4 In this issue … Mineral of the month: Chrysocolla ......p. 2 May program details ................Month Chrysocolla Happy May Day! by Sue Marcus May’s mineral of the month is chrysocolla. It is a...slippery mineral, though not in the literal sense. Chrysocolla varies in color, usually from aqua to green,...has been silicified (permeated with silica). Chrysocolla is rarely expensive, with pieces readily available...a layer of chrysocolla covered by a clear, sparling blanket of drusy quartz. Chrysocolla is a secondary |  | | Book (edition) | | Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and |
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