 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rush Creek Mining District MARION COUNTY, ARKANSAS A Synoptic View Situated in a part of the Ozarks along...the Rush district are rediscovered by newcomers each tourist season. J. MICHAEL HOWARD Arkansas Geological...Commission 3815 W . Roosevelt Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 Service; this area was entered on the National...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals....including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, and rosasite. A good discussion...including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Washington County. It has also been found at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...R K A N S 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...of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the Civil...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 . |  | | Journal (volume) | | on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401... i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities of the...minerals can be collected. Due to the fact that the mine has been abandoned for several years, the lower...AUSTRALIA, GERMANY RUSSIA, NORWAY, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO Write for free list. Dealer prices available...In addition, they have purchased several fine Arkansas collections giving them a supply of fine kidwellite |  | | Report (issue) | | Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection...978-0-9790998-6-1 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria Staebler Gunther Neumeier...Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, C O 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 • Fax 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...Praszkier John Rakovan Marjory “Marge” Regel David A. Rush Georg Sammer Mike Sanders Robert Schuster Jeff Self |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo. MarchlApril: Wulfenite, Red Cloud mine...0. Medenbach photo. May/June: Legrandite, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural... chalcopyrite, and quartz, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey...photo. NovemberDecember: Silver, Bulldog mine, Mineral County, Colorado. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcomb...Vermont, 262 Anglesite, Colorado, 98 Ankerite, Arkansas, 135 Ansell, H. G., abstract, see Twenty-second |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...Certificate (only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection...Steve Mas]ansky Dale Armstrong Bill Besse Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum Paul & Barbara Matt Lauren...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange |  | | Journal (issue) | | HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE Zinc and Lead Mining in the Arkansas Ozarks: An Introduction by Dale A. Richards...HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE The Ozark Uplift: Tn the Arkansas Zinc Field by Walter B. Stevens, edited and comments...R0ros Copper Works: Preservarion of an 18th Century Mining Complex by Jay L. Lininger 144 152 INDEX TO...destinations such as the Tilly Foster Mine, the Ruggles Mine and the Palermo Mine were now about to leap from the...their office vvas no more than a few miles from mine. Color separations for the covers were usually passed |  | | Book | | Collecting Arkansas JVlinerals A Reference and Guide By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. ,'T Collecting Arkansas...Box 2043 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-2043 iii Arkansas Counties 1 \ I •( 11 o •« c »««ou cxi ju4«iO«J...573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal...Quadrangal Map index. V Contents and Locality Index Arkansas Quartz Crystal Deposits Special Quartz Types....Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines...... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microprobe, etc.) Because New Mexico is a mining state, mining districts are given whenever possible in...2015 Bernalillo County Cerro Colorado, W. of Albuquerque: carnotite. Placitas district (Sandia Mountains)...schorl. Tijeras Canyon district (Manzano Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite...(Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of Reserve: quartz...quartz (chalcedony). Mogollon district, NE of Glenwood: acanthite, bornite, chalcocite, fluorite, gold |  | | 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) | | 1980 ARIZONA! Articles The Hamburg mine and vicinity, Yuma County, Arizona by D. M. Shannon Famous mineral...mineral localities: the Red Cloud mine, Yuma County, Arizona............................................Schoten ARIZONA-1 COVER: WULFENITE from the Red Cloud mine (see p. 141). This crystal, 5 cm across and...Multiple Japan-law quartz twins from the Yankee Boy mine (1, 7, 33), by Richard A. Bideaux. Three specimens...an outcrop near the White Tail Deer mine in the Bisbee district. Wickenburgite (1,2, 80), by Sidney A |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of...remaining for future Col orado issues. Cripple Creek, for instance, and the Gilman area, Creede, Breckenridge...you belong to, and where you come from. American mining schools and professional organizations have long... centering on some of the nostalgic aspects of mining in Arizona and beautifully illustrated with paintings |  | | Catalog/List | | last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...$15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted in...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky |  | | Catalog/List | | many of the miners working the Arizona copper district, and for years had been purchasing specimens directly...specific minerals in the world! Among them the Red Cloud, Rowley, 79, Helvetia, Finch, Morenci, Magma,...advantage of them while you can. AURICHALCITE; 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona: This is a zinc/copper carbonate...acicular crystal sprays and is very uncommon. The 79 mine is listed in every book I have as being one of the...stunning. Many of these also have minor blue hemimorphite and other mineral associations. Specimens range |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical...in fact, a group of fourth graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded a campaign |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural...of claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History...Azurite on malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and... calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff |  | | Journal (issue) | | stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and...Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek, Pikes Peak and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....................... 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico ...................................DeMouthe Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico .................................. 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................Hammond Famous mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ...........................Foord Fluorite from the Pine Canyon deposit, Grant County, New Mexico .................................. |  | | Catalog/List | | WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations...combinations which may have wulfenite, hemimorphite and other minerals. Interesting facet of this locality is...wulfenite crystfils are coated with a drusy hemimorphite coating (clear to blue). #1) 1X1" to 1.5X1.5"...$15.00 each ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear...and $ 30.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................22 Arkansas ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection;...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin Brown collection; Jeff Scovil...5 cm, Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim, Teller County, Colorado; Karl Warning collection; Jeff Scovil...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe |
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