 | | Journal (issue) | | .....................................201 by R. Tyson Mineralogy of the Alpine veins near Sherbrooke,...typically abraded specimens you’ve found in the old mine dumps. And you’ve probably looked long and hard...Everyone has heard repeated warnings about entering old mine workings. But, face it, those deep, open shafts...commonality: They can be very dangerous. Each year mine rescue specialists and conventional search and rescue...Statistically, shafts are the most dangerous part of any mine; 90 percent of all accidents and entrapments in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Number Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt ...........221 COVER: ANGLESITE from the Touissit mine, Morocco. The large crystal measures 4.5 cm. This...Chichibu mine” (by Kuniaki Kato and Hidemichi Hori), “ Collecting report: Hikagezawa gold mine, Shizuoka...Andover Avenue Sun City, Arizona 85351 he Tonopah-Belmont mine is a micromounter’s paradise. An un common...sulfates, molybdates and chromates can be found at the mine. The abundance of species makes it an ideal introduction |  | | 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...left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp photo...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...Terry Szenics George Thompson Brendan Traw Rod Tyson Michael R. Walter Steve Watts Markus & Stefan Wiklund |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hazen The best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec ........ ............................... 817 by M. Amabili, D. Trinchillo & R. Tyson Indian minerals: The changing landscape in the Indian...1972, and considered to be the finest known Jeffrey mine grossular specimen. Marco Amabili collection; James...covering Maine, New York, Pennsylvania (Chester County), Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Washington, Colorado (two)...(two), New Mexico (the Bingham Canyon mine), Nevada, Arizona (two), Mexico, Brazil, Northern England |  | | Journal (issue) | | White, Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California.....................................article “on the chondrodite from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Brewster, New York.” Two of the plates show 21...6-12 cm, Adamite with Hemimorphite from the Ojuela mine, pale green and purple Naica fluorites in small...Peter Bancroft 3538 Oak Cliff Drive Fallbrook, California 92028 in collaboration with Huang Zhengzhi and...Changma in Shandong Prov ince. Here the Victory No. 1 mine annually produces 1500 carats of gem quality diamonds |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...to be donated in his name to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Friends and admirers...comptroller of the fund), 625 Market Street, Suite 802, San Francisco, CA 94105. Checks should be made payable...addressed to Charles I. Trantham, 324 W. 41st Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403 (415-345-6228). HARDING PEGMATITE CATALOG |  | | Report (issue) | | placer .ground near Quartzsite. Mr. W. W. McCoy, of San Bernardino, kindly furnished the early history of...made a geologic reconnaissance of northern Yuma County .and much of the country around Quartzsite and...Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Ariz.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 451, 1911. 45...CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1915, PART I. of Tyson Wash at the northern end of La Posa plain, in southwestern...Quartzsite is in the west-central part of Yuma County and is best reached by a daily automobile stage |  | | Journal (issue) | | . Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ...................................find a pegmatite a “half-mile” from the Palermo mine, in New Hampshire. It was originally identified...removal or partial change of some reference points (mine dumps, for example), or all simple reference points...matter of public record and may be found in the county zoning offices. The accurate property boundaries...unwise in this instance. Small quarry owners and mine operators are, for the most part, unfamiliar with |  | | Journal (issue) | | Zeolites and associated minerals from the Palabora mine, Transvaal........................................& R. S. W. Braithwaite The Lake George antimony mine, New Brunswick ..................... 263 by W. E...mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California ............269 by A. C. Roberts, M...his life). He specialized in minerals from the California Coast Ranges; these constituted about 80-90%...quarry in Mendocino County, California. He brought the minerals to Bill Nisson (California Division of Mines |  | | Journal (issue) | | SAN DIEGO FR EEW A Y (40£ TO LO NG BE A( H P A C IFIC CO AST HIGHWAY Fine Minerals Hours: Tues-Sor...[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...copyright 1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R............................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona .......................................213 by J. A. Crowley The Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona ..............................219 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...Mineralogical Research Co., 704 Charcot Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131. A list of other dealers in back issues...Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide, and was |  | | Journal (issue) | | Care! ARIZONA WULFENITE Down Deep in the Rowley Mine GEM GARNETS Popular for Centuries THE BALTIMORE...toxic. This 6 cm spray of needles is from the Herja mine (Baia Mare, Maramures), Romania. (Gerhard Brandstetter...in the Rowley................... 22 This Arizona mine is a specimen treasure trove Winter rockhounding...Notes New owners took possession of the Mary Ellen mine property on July 1, 2014 and no collecting is being...are Mary Ellen jasper or came from the Mary Ellen mine, just west of Biwabik, Minnesota, is speculative |  | | Journal (issue) | | thrillers. As fine specimens of these crystal aggregates occur but sparingly in that particular locality...“mums” and other multipetaled flowers. Other aggregates of crystals are often of a pleasing asymmetry...Scalenohedrons seem to occur in all the types of aggregates, as do other rhombic forms, and as well, tabular...by the Cardiff Green Marble Company, in Hartford County, Maryland. The company has a modern, efficient...found at the historically famous Wood Mine in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just across the Maryland |  | | Journal (issue) | | .... 133 Mcguinnessite, a new carbonate from California..................143 by R. C. Erd, F. P. Cesbron...CA) Burnett Petrified W ood Inc. (Lebanon, OR) California Rock and Mineral Supply (Duarte, CA) Canadian...(Saugus, CA) Jennings Gordon John Gorham & Rod Tyson (Edmonton, Alberta) Tom Gressman (Oconomowoc, WI)...UT) The Stoneworks (Dunstable, MA) Jack Streeter (San Diego, CA) Mr. and Mrs. E. Hadley Stuart (Bellevue...several suites including Mont St.-Hilaire, the Jeffrey mine in Quebec, and a personally collected suite of dioptase |  | | Report (issue) | | season. And here’s what I mean… On the Web Rod Tyson is one of Canada’s champion field collectors, and...contains a great many Tyson-originating examples from, oh, St.-Hilaire and the Jeffrey mine in Quebec; Ontario’s...suddenly nostalgiabait; nor has much been seen on the Tyson website during these recent years. But now the good...Us” page you can learn that in 2008 Rod and Helen Tyson moved from their long-time home in Edmonton, Alberta...Tysons! (Unfortunately the specimen photos on the Tyson site don’t have quite enough pixels to lend themselves |  | | Report (issue) | | == Elbaite “mushroom,” 4 cm, from the Palelni mine, Molo village, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District...==== of the rare brochantite of the Los Azules mine in Chile: spherical tufts of emerald-green fibrous...Brochantite, 4.8 cm, from the Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapo Province, Atacama region...1935 Euros (~ $550 to $2300) for the stalk-like aggregates, ranging from 1.4 to 2.4 cm tall, of extremely...pseudomorphous after chalcocite from the Las Cruces mine near Seville in southern Spain: you’ll perhaps recall |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Exploration in North America The Mountain Pass deposit, California Anthony N. Mariano1 and Anthony Mariano Jr.2...and geology. The Mountain Pass carbonatite in California historically has been a major world source for...but have rock past producer, Mountain Pass in California, is average total REE (ΣREE) grades running <0...to be attractive targets by Mountain Pass mine in California. Mountain Pass was for companies and investors...~1 wt% 1 48 Page Brook Road, Carlisle, MA 01741, USA E-mail: reomariano@aol.com to as high as 27 wt%. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are found in the dumps of the Pleasant Valley coal mine as well as in the glaciolacustrine sediments around...resemble Christmas trees. Bluebell Mine, Riondel This lead-zinc mine produced some interesting gypsum crystals...{120} terminations—to 13 cm were collected at the mine (Grice and Gault 1977). Fort St. John/Peace River...glaciers during the last ice age. Crystals and aggregates are found at the surface to depths of 3 meters...described in the text. 1. Princeton; 2. Bluebell mine, Riondel; 3. Fort St. John, Peace River area, Alberta; |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............... 93 by A. Falster The Rock Candy mine, British Columbia ................................Schoten COVER: ELBAITE on albite, from the Jonas mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keith Proctor specimen; photo... Maryland d\foxtfi£zn (IcJufoxnui Northern California has many quality mineral dealers. Some are wholesale...McGUINNESS A1 and Jo McGuinness 4305 Camden Avenue San Mateo, CA 94403 Tel: (415) 345-2068 2. CONSOLIDATED...MENDENHALL ENT. (GME) George Mendenhall 449 San Mateo Avenue San Bruno, CA 94066 Tel: (415) 583-7743 8. |  | | Journal (issue) | | ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ....................................Way Sunnyvale, California 94087 Gary E. Moss 118 Springfield Drive San Francisco California 94132 Joseph...482 Green Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy |  | | Report (issue) | | in 2016 in a disused tunnel of the Sieroszowice mine, and the Spirifer website, with typical conscientiousness... Ag, and Pt-group elements. In the Sieroszowice mine, which exploits both halite and Kupferschiefer,...crystals. Halite, 3.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer...======= Halite, 6.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer...the same region—the locality is given as the Rudna mine, Lubin district, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland—come |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (the variety pitchblende), columnar or dendritic aggregates, or scattered small grains. Ideally, uraninite...specimen is from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Author’s specimen...Figure 5. A 2-cm uraninite cube from the Cardiff mine, Wdberforce, Ontario, Canada;Canadian Museum of...the famous Palermo and Ruggles mines in Grafton County, New Hampshire; dendritic uraninite intergrowths...Bedford, WestChester County, and from a locality at Richville Station, St. Lawrence County, New York. Uraninite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROCKS AND MINERALS 243 WOOD'S CHROME MINE, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNA. By L. J . D U E R S M I T H Curator...concerning the famous Wood's Chrome Mine, in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, that he came to the...article describing and bringing up to date this mine would be in order. History There seems to be some...some discrepancy as to what mineral this mine first produced. One source states that the first mineral...The records show that the mine was first opened in the year 1828 by Isaac Tyson, of Baltimore, Maryland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stellate pseudohexagonal groups or reticulated aggregates. Contact twins on { 130) that produce distinct...occurs in dense, compact to loosely coherent sandy aggregates, sometimes of great size, and as stalactitic...district, large twinned crystals from the Hilltop mine, and very sharp single and twinned crystals from...Shattuck shafts, have been reported from Cochise County. An unusually large number of snow-white jackstraw...Flux mine, Santa Cruz County. Magnificent single and twinned crystals and reticulated aggregates of cerussite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Southern United States The Agates and Geodes of Luna County, New Mexico ...................... 52 Central...opportunities at the Rockhound Roundup by Anna Racicot 44 Mine tours, museums and the Superstition Mountains by...Media, Inc., 3585 Maple St., Ste. 232, Ventura, California 93003-3517, telephone (805) 644-3824. Periodicals...Mountain Museum near Phoenix. They also enjoy guided mine tours, rugged landscapes like the Sedona Red Rocks...east of the Arizona-California border. 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