 | | Report (edition) | | Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently in the Jim Mann collection. Photo...I 900 ' s, showing Loren Merrill 's tourmaline mining operation at Mount Mica. Table of Contents CHAPTER...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...State Museum), Ronald Holden, Jr. (Holden Brothers Mining), Gary Hoyle (Maine State Museum), Duane Leavitt...Fisheries and Wildlife, Phillip McCrillis (Plumbago Mining Corporation), Jane Perham, John Raymond, and Neil |  | | Book | | Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MAGNETITE STEVENS GEOCHEMISTRY DEPOSIT, COUNTY, W. OF THE READ SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON • A. G.... BENNETT ABSTRACT The Read magnetite deposit of contact metasomatic origin has been formed along the...granite. INTRODUCTION THE Read magnetitedepositwas discoveredby J. C. Read in 1901. Most of the developmentappearsto...Glasgowof Hunters, not known at first to be from the Read deposit,was identifiedat Pullmanin 1941 by SheldonL...by the Supervisor, Washington Division of Mines and Geology, Olympia, Washington. 941 942 W. •1. G |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | August 2012 Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals are commonly...chondrodite specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, can be seen in many American and...include phlogopite, magnetite, spinel, grossular, forsterite, monticellite, diopside, calcite, and wollastonite...limestone at Coles Brook in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is also known from the Bolton...Bolton or Whitcomb quarry at Bolton, Worcester County, where it occurs in densely packed, yellowbrown, rounded |  | | Journal (issue) | | Answers to frequently asked questions about gold mining.................................... Federal geothermal...geothermal lease sale held in January. . . .. Josephine County mineral study completed. . . . . .. 23 36 36...compositions in the CaMgSh06 (diopside)-MglSi0 4 (forsterite)-Mg2Sh06 (enstatite) triangle (Figure 4). Frequently...Figure 4: Antigorite= 18 forsterite+4talc+27 H 20 (I) 9 talc + 4 forsterite = 5 anthophyllite + H 20...20 (2) Talc + forsterite= 5 enstatite + H 20 (3) Anthophyllite + forsterite =9 enstatite + H 20 (4) |  | | Report (volume) | | 1962 JNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 CONTENTS Page Introduction --...Survey or of the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. A few foreign articles of general interest...North Carolina, Nevada, Alabama, Arkansas, and Washington. Most of Virginia's production is soapstone;...rocks; that in Vermont, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington is associated chiefly or entirely with ultramafic |  | | Journal (issue) | | China More on Emeralds from Chitral, Pakistan Forsterite-Serpentine from North-eastern China Portraits...Shaokui Pan Comparison of Emeralds from the Chitral District, Pakistan, with other Pakistani and Afghan Emeralds...and Gemmological Characteristics of Gemquality Forsterite-Serpentine from North-eastern China 600 By...616 By Erik Schoonhoven 621 Conferences 546 Forsterite-Serpe ntine from North -eastern China / No....Nineteenth Annual Sinkankas Symposium: San Diego County Gems and Minerals Learning Opportunities 625 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Diopside MERELANI...Werner (1749–1817), the influential professor of mining and mineralogy at the Bergakademie in Freiberg...colored (Anthony et al. 1995; O’Donoghue 1988; and Deer, Howie, and Zussman 1997). Diopside is a calcium...aluminum as minor elements. Analyses presented by Deer, Howie, and Zussman (1997) show that diopside may...peridotites. Commonly associated minerals include forsterite, chondrodite, monticellite, clinohumite, wollastonite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | information-for example, the peridot discovery in Park County and updates on property ownership and accessibility...deposits-gold and silver. During the course of metal mining, numerous splendid mineral crystals were found...such as the zircons at Saint Peters Dome, El Paso County. Although blue corundum (sapphire), zircon, and...iolite), which occurs near Grape Creek in Fremont County, an occurrence that was mistaken for sapphire when...An interesting case is Ruby Mountain in Chaffee County, long listed as a gemstone occurrence but not known |  | | Journal (issue) | | Discovery of Pink Tourn1aline at the Cryo-Genie Mine, San Diego County, California Kenneth L. Gochenour 2670 East...found at the C ryo-Genie mine near Warner Springs in northern San Diego County, California. The crystals...specimen will soon find its home the Los Angles County Museum of Natural History. Another , rge crystal...the Fig. 1 Elbaite, recent find at the Cryo-Genie Mine; from Gochenour's display at the TGMS Show. Conti...in the Hams-Weeks Pegmatite, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire Art Smith 9118 Concho Street Houston |  | | Journal (issue) | | NO. 4 • APRIL 2021 10 ARIZONA’S PERIDOT MESA GEM MINE A Green Gem Born in Volcanic Lava By Bob Jones ...RandG_official rockngem.com 4 ROCKNGEM.COM ION Mining Cooperative Idaho, Oregon, Nevada Carrasite Jasper...Northwest Steve Schultz Mine Owners * Specializes in and mines Lava Cap Thunderegg, Mine Shaft Thunderegg,...silverstreams.com T&J Rocks Plus Tom & Jessa Pearson Mine Owners *Specializes in Pink Lady Plume Agate and...Arkenstone Gallery of Fine Minerals, Royal Peacock Opal Mine, Kingsley North, Joseph Stachura, Best In Gems, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kessler, J. Monhickendam, 1. Music, J.B. Nelson, P.G. Read, R Shepherd, CH. Winter Branch Chairmen: Midlands...Harding Assistant Editors: M.J. O'Donoghue, P.G. Read Associate Editors: S.M. Anderson (London), Dr CE...deposits from • / their basalt fields, in significant mining, processing and cutting industries (Mumme, 1988;...areas) and drainages, Pailin district, Figure 2: Distribution district, continuous lines, with with gem-barren...coloured) from Eastern Australian mining coloured) from Eastern Australian mining (CORBAR 1-21) and fourteen |  | | Book | | Hunt for sapphires at the Spokane Bar Sapphire Mine. Help paleontologists excavate dinosaurs in Malta... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24. Snowbird Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 26. Darby Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 27. Marysville Mine Tailings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . 73 28. Spokane Bar Sapphire Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, WASHINGTON, AND ITS REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE By Robert G. Yates... ERRATA for Geology of the Deep Creek Area, Washington, and its regional significance by Robert G. Yates...Should read imreasonable rather than 11. Page 4G2, line 6: 12. Page 404, line 8: Should read "p. 83)... 79 Cambrian and Ordovician rocks of the Magma mine area 84 Cambrian rocks of the north slope of Mount...Formation 87 Cambrian rocks of the Sierra Zinc mine area 88 Introduction 91 Hooknose-Baldy block |  | | Report (issue) | | ----------------- 15 The Geography of Dona Ana County--------------------------------------------- 18...PART II. AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF DONA ANA COUNTY ----------------------------------------------...PART II. AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF DONA ANA COUNTY—Continued Pre-Tertiary rocks--Continued Paleozoic...RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY ----------------------------------------------- 185 Mining districts -------...------------------------------- 185 History of mining ---------------------------------------------------------- |  | | Book | | PUBLISHED BY Western Mineral Exchange Seattle, Washington 1941 t Copyright 1941 WESTERN MINERAL EXCHANGE...volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...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...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE |  | | 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) | | Editorial Board written content: Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey British Museum (N.H.) London...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...60s or older who die or become otherwise unable to read magazines each year amounts to about 6% * . . .th...and the National Center for Health Statistics, Washington, D.C. The Mineralogical Record, volume 17, September-October...Pocket,” a recreation of a pocket in the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. A space of several cubic |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....755 by D. Trinchillo Sapat Gali, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan .........Wilson Black topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah .....................805 by A. Sikorski &...“King of Kashmir”), 80 cm, from the Biangsapi Gon mine near Nyet Bruk, Pakistan. Private collection; James...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...market, including red wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine in Arizona, epidote from Prince of Wales Island |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles History and minerals of The Geysers, Sonoma County, California .....................................the Wessels mine, South Africa ............365 by J. Gutzmer & B. Cairncross The Parker mine, Notre Dame...1852 to the 1920’s, is located in northern Sonoma County about 145 km north of San Fran cisco, California...a feat that seems utterly impossible before the trail. Here is the grand part of the spectacle. Here are...fumaroles or openings and outlets in a volcanic district. As the first visitors at this California Hecla |  | | Book (volume) | | MINERALS Vol. 1 Ortho- and Ring Silicates W. A. Deer, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S. Professor of Mineralogy...and representatives throughout the world © W. A. DEER, R. A. HOWIE AND J. ZUSSMAN 1962 FIRST PUBLISHED... Min. Petr. Mitt:, The Carnegie Institute of Washington for diagrams from Ann. Rep. Dir. Geophys. Lab:...continuous series between the two end-members Mg2Si04 (forsterite) and Fe2Si04 (fayalite): the fayalite-knebelite...series also shows complete sohd solution. In the forsterite-fayahte series, however, manganese occurs only |  | | Book (volume) | | ;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T...Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by Vandall........... 9 Carl A. Francis Selected of Maine Mining and Minerals . ...................................... 17 Vandall T. King Early Hist01y of Maine Mining and Minerals .................................................... 197 References Cited on Maine Mining Hist01y ...................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | been an indefatigable researcher and collector of mining history. Among his specialties may be mentioned...fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining history led him to...to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would remain accessible to the mineralogical...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark....present work: 1. If the authors were more widely read, this book would have been better. 2. If we had |  | | Report (edition) | | with cubic and octahedral cleavages, Pequea silver mine; middle left: azurite crystals on calcite, “old”...from the owners of the land, from the quarry or mine operators before entering to collect. (Land ownership...particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace...tested copper by Benjamin Franklin. In 1732 Gap mine land was owned by the honorable Proprietors Thomas...23 23 28 Adams County Native copper localities Teeter quarry zeolite Allegheny County Wittmer wurtzite |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERAL HISTORY Traveling New Mexico’s Turquoise Trail ROCK & GEM KIDS Articles and Puzzles PETRIFIED...their collections. This legrandite from the Ojuela mine (Mapimi, Durango) measures 5.6 cm high. (Jeff Scovil...Along the Turquoise Trail......................... 38 A drive through New Mexico’s mining history by Steve...check her maps or try to figure out where a jeep trail had gone after the monsoons, sometimes making multiple...CALIFORNIA: Annual show; Monrovia Rockhounds; LA County Arboretum, 301 S. Baldwin Ave.; Sat. 9-4:30, Sun |
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