 | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst |  | | Report (issue) | | wu OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY— Joseph V: Tingley a RobertC.Horton _ Francis C. Lincoln 3 . ...Publication of this new edition of “Outline of Nevada Mining History” was made — possible with the assistance...eh aa nearly 48 million acres of public land in Nevada. Most of the minerals, _ _ geothermal energy, and...ahij 4 = Wh A a ‘ a a y 4 Pte Es in Nevada comes from publicland. First edition, first printing...Leshendok, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Eric Moody, Nevada Historical Society é Jon Price, National Research |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................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...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Report (volume) | | 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...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | Report (volume) | | Director ' Bulletin 648 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT.................................................. Gold veins.............................................Clark County.......................................................'.. Gold Butte mining district.................... Lincoln mine........................................ Bennett mine.........................granite and gneiss............................. Gold Butte Mining Co................................. New Era |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Report (volume) | | ""' . 'r v.·,,.,. . ... Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...------------------------ 1 History of placer mining in Nevada_____________________________________... Holy Cross district..-----------------------------------------------2. Jessup district.. ____________...------------------------_-------_ 3. Sand Springs district----------------------------------------------...Eldorado Canyon district..-----------------------------------------5. Gold Butte district-------------- |  | | Book | | helped. Photos on Page 1, (Winnowing Gold) & Page 2, (Drywashing Gold) Courtesy of California Division of...Geology OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR WHERE TO FIND GOLD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Copyright 1975 by James... Contents CHAPTER PAGE Introduction .7 Where To Find Gold 1. Rosamond-Mohave Area.9 2. El Paso Mountains...Arizona Area .79 9. Other Desert Gold Bearing Areas .87 How To Find Gold 10. Some Tips on Desert Prospecting... Pacific Gold-Copper Mine, Stedman District. The Photo of underground workings in the mine, in San Bernardino |  | | Report (issue) | | SSth Annual Report MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO for 1953 GEORGE A. McDOWELL EDWARD - - - Inspector of...OWENSBY - - - = - _ Secretary , 95th Annual MINING Report INDUSTRY OF IDAHO for 1953 ] ' i GEORGE...Safety in the Idaho Metal Mining Injury Operations Record for Mining Accidents;-Description: ofe...ofe hatalicess Idaho Mining Association, ‘Speechby: Warten Industry ee Declaration .7 Cassidyn oe...eee The Hidden Payroll in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District, by Waals Simmons? and sMalcolm |  | | Journal (volume) | | Geologist C A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Reid J. Frank Sanborn, District Mining Engineer District Engineer Mining Engineer Mineral Technologist...Henry H. Symons, J. C. District Sampson, Assistant Ohas. V. Averill, John Mining Engineer Statistician...Statistician and Curator O'Brien, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) San Francisco — Sacramento San Francisco...Reports of District Milling' Engineers Redding Field District Sacramento Field District San Francisco |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mexico communities. October 2-6—San Bernardino County Fair, Victorville, California. October 3-4—Feast...El Cajon, Calif., for information). October 7-13—Nevada State Amateur Golf Tournament, Las Vegas, October...Annual Trailer Rally, Palm Springs, California. Pima County Fair, October 25-28 Tucson. October 26—'49ers Celebration...31—Annual Chaves County Youth Parade and Hallowe'en Festival, Roswell, New Mexico. October 31—Nevada Day, Parade...w l e d g e 14 Cooking for Twenty At a Mercury Mine By BETTY WASHLAKE . M a r i n e Treasures From the |  | | Report (issue) | | " ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. FIFTH Hanks, State Mineralogist...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor... REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report by the...statistical information in reference to mines and mining as shall be deemed important." In obedience to...Mineralogist, has been prepared. The prosperity of the Mining Bureau, and the growth and progress of the State |  | | Report (issue) | | & Engr TN 2^ C3 A3 NO. 193 C.2 GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division...Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970 GOLD By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark...though Nugget. This 201 -ounce (troy) cluster of gold on display in the Division of Mines and Geology...Geology San Francisco's Ferry Building. Melted down as gold, it would be worth tome seven or eight The Fricof...been written on gold and gold mining of publications have no single report or to the gold deposits in |  | | Journal (issue) | | section, climb of Coso and Maturango peaks, Inyo county. April 5-6—State Mineral Society of Texas, mineral...show, Sonoita, Arizona. April 7—Second annual Yuma county agricultural fair, Yuma, Arizona. April 7-May 7—"Message...ART LOST MINE TRUE O R FALSE BOTANY POETRY EXPLORATION HUMOR NATURE HISTORY GEM STONES MINING LETTERS...the cool high North Rim. Kanab is the county seat of Kane county, and its history is inextricably entwined...Faint left fork. Keep right. 21.3 miles. Deep wash. Jasper in wash toward Vermilion cliffs. 21.7 miles. Stock |  | Doebrich, Jeff L., Albino, G.V., Barker, C.E., Duffield, W.A., Dunn, V.C., Hanna, W.F., McFarlan, J.P., McGuire, D.J., Miller, M.S., Peters, S.G., Plouff, Donald, Raines, G.L., Sawatasky, D.L., Spanski, G.T. (1994) Resource assessment of the Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California. Open-File Report Vol. 1994 (94-712) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr94712 | Report (issue) | | MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0047 2U.S. Geological Survey, Unit...Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, an area covering 13.5 million acres in northwest Nevada and...Rock National Conservation Area), and the impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources...part of their Resource Management Plan for the District/Resource Area or for other planning units such |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................ 5 5 Distribution of mining districts...................................................................................... Nevada.......................................................................... PART II. Catalogue of mining districts, by J. M. Hill..................................................... Classification of mining districts...................................................................................... Nevada............................................... |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1 i y 1966... Front cover: The exceedingly varied terrain of Kern County is shown by the brown section— from McKittrick...Bakersfield, to the majestic Sierra Nevada and Owens Peak (highest point in the county); on the east (right side)...MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By BENNIE W. TROXEL, mining geologist California Division...MORTON, and Geology mining geologist California Division of Mines and Geology County Report f Ferry Building |  | | Report (issue) | | Principal Gold-Producing Districts of the United States By A. H. KOSCHMANN and M. H. BERGENDAHL GEOLOGICAL...description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama ---------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee |  | | Report (issue) | | J. B., and Butler, G. M.-Arizona lode gold mines and mining: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 137...Wilson, E. D., Fansett, G. R., and others-Arizona gold placers and placering: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines...Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 148, 1941. Apache County 2: 17 Gregory, H. E.-Geology Prof. Paper 93, 1917...the Navajo country. U.S. Geol. Survey Cochise County 3:04 Ransome, F. L.-The geology and ore deposits...Tombstone district, Arizona: Univ. Ariz., Ariz. Bur. Mines Bull. 143, 1938. Gila County 4:03 Ransome |  | | Journal (issue) | | this explain why Hydroseals Tee IN THE MAJOR MINING PUMPS PROTECTED CENTERS OF THE WORLD Most...machines like the “Caterpillar” Diesel products mining throughout the world. Tractors. Bulldozers, Motor...repiling bauxite and loading trucks for Reynolds Mining Corporation, near Hurricane Creek, Arkansas. CATERPILLAR...JJ SYD)! te up in a wooden pail. Missouri lead mine about 1890. —_—— ; eee if atOT ace | | Horse...fashioned blasting methods and other inefficient mining techniques have become so drill pattern and loading |  | | Report (issue) | | Arizona has made this publication possible. ELEMENTS Gold Silver Copper Lead Mercury Tellurium Sulfur Diamond...Selenium Platinum Iron Nickel-Iron Arsenic Bismuth GOLD Au. Golden-yellow to pale yellow. Luster metallic...weathering of primary gold ores. Less commonly in the oxidized zone of sulfide deposits. Most gold of the early...but placer gold is still produced in many localities of the state. Much of the present gold production...the numerous Arizona mines and prospects in which gold occurs. Descriptions and references are given in |
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