 | McLemore, Virginia T., Donahue, Kelly, Breese, Michael, Jackson, Meghan I., Arbuckle, Jeffrey, Jones, Glen (2001) Introduction to mineral-resource assessment of Luna County, New Mexico. Open-file Report 459. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources doi:10.58799/ofr-459 | Report (issue) | | MINERAL-RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Virginia T. McLemore, Kelly Donahue, Michael...Report OF-459 New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology...Technology Socorro, New Mexico 87801 September 2001 Prepared for the New Mexico State Land Office 1 SUMMARY... SUMMARY Luna County, in southwestern New Mexico (Fig. 1) is not well known for its mineral potential...metals and nonmetals have been produced from the county from 1876 to 2000. Much of this production has |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................ 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico ...................................... 5...5 by W. E. Wilson Minerals first described from New M ex ico ...................................... 9...Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico ............................................ 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ................................... |  | | 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) | | ......... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ..................................Alexander The Morenci and Metcalf mines, . Gila County, Arizona ........................................& W. E. Wilson Mineral collecting at the Magma mine, . . Superior, Arizona ..........................Presmyk & M. Hay Treasures of the Magma mine, Pinal County, Arizona ............................... |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | 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...Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia .......................................... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest |  | | Journal (volume) | | REVIEWS ‘‘Minerals of the Frongoch Mine’’ David I. Green ‘‘The Peak District: Landscape and Geology’’ Richard...includes crystallographically fascinating fluorite from Old Towns Quarry near Newton Aycliffe, cannonball calcite...powellite) have been reported at the Billingham Anhydrite Mine and Whin Houses Borehole. One of the functions of...evaporite sequences in northeast Yorkshire. Boulby Mine is well known for remarkable specimens of boracite...(Tindle, 2008) a considerable number of minerals new to Britain, including howlite, hydroboracite, kalistrontite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Show PAUL M. FRANKLIN 1906 Calkins Road Pittsford, New York 14534 " I T ' S A T U C S O N T R A I N I N...complaints were lack of sleep and sore feet. The hub of all this activity was the show at Detroit's Light...awarded "Best of Show." It was exhibited by the Essex County Gem and Mineral Club of Windsor, Ontario. Dealers...booths, including those of Herb Obodda (Short Hills, New Jersey) and Robert's Minerals (Twaine Harte, California)...bi-colored Imperial Topaz of over ten carats presented by New Deal Minerals of Denver, Colorado. I n addition, |  | | Journal (issue) | | articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...imaees in the article on fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, in the last edition of this journal....problematic, the famous blue fluorite from Florence Mine in west Cumbria commonly register a dirty pink on...those parts that are in focus. This technique is not new but it is only recently, with the advent of cheap...Carminitecrystalsto 0.5 mmfromthe KintoreOpencut,BrokenHill, New SouthWales,Australia.This imagewas generatedfrom |  | | Journal (issue) | | net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................ajoite-included quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa .........distribution in the Orange Mountain Basalt, Paterson, New Jersey ............................................know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...Natural History Museum, Bob was an early adopter of new technology, and was largely responsible for bringing | | | Report (issue) | | 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph...percent of the state. Nevada's public lands offer mining, livestock grazing, wild horse viewing, .scenic...Road and Geologic Tours in th<' Las Vegas Area. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91 |  | | Book (volume) | | and Geology University of Nevada, Reno Nevada, NV, USA vii Acknowledgements This work has benefited from...of Geological and Mining Engineering (collected successively by Profs. I. Roso de Luna, T. Febrel, F. Vázquez...and Geology and McKay School of Mines (Reno, NV, USA), generously helped me to complete the collection...mineral genesis) and for a practical approach (e.g. mining exploration and minerallurgy). Mineral processing...approach (from outcrop through to orebody and district scales, to support textural interpretation), the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the experience changes every year. New satellite shows pop up, old ones disappear. Favorite dealers move...are missing, new friends surface. One year the specimen market has an abundance of “new stuff ” that’s...that’s affordable, the next the “what’s new” grapevine is strangely silent, and collectors are hard-pressed...acclaimed as the world’s biggest and best, is still the hub around which all else revolves. Although the faithful...Wisconsin (whew!). The goal of the issue was to cover new topics, not repeat subjects we’ve explored in the |  | | 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) | | MUNICH SHOW FIELD TRIPS: Orogrande Garnet (New Mexico) Prairie Agates PROJECT: (South Dakota) Bola...until 4/28/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA 2 04 THAILAND’S ‘GEMSTONE TRIANGLE’ 2 www.rockngem........................................... 12 New Mexico Garnet ........................................... 36 A very special educational event Gollar Mine Barite and Sulfides ......................... 60... has taken hold, of sulfur to make this rock of old, Galena, the name that it now bears, spinel law is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINOS ARE DESIRED $ _ . . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . ALABAMA—"Received your...purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...have been found at the Holland mine in Washington Camp Mining District near Nogales, Santa Cruz Co., Ariz...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on |  | | Book (edition) | | Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...collectors who are active in the field and make new information and specimens available to others. vi...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...not-so-secret information that was never obtained, and new information that has not yet been discovered. Thjs |  | | Journal (issue) | | ask for wholesale discount sheets POLY ARBORS AT NEW LOW PRICES illustration at right shows 2.25 1—POLY...for $1.00 or $4.50 per doz. plus 20% Fed. E. Tax NEW BOOK OFFERS ESTWING ALL STEEL ROCKHOUND PICKS Gift...Range. May 30-31 — Spanish Fiesta, Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. May 30-June 21—"25 Years of Progress"...in 1928. Flagstaff. Volume 16 May 31—Lincoln County Homecoming Day, Caliente, Nevada. COVER June—Continuance...CALENDAR June events on the desert HISTORY Forgotten Mine of the Mormon Pioneers By NELL MURBARGER June 2-5—20th |  | | Journal (issue) | | looked inside the Earth he has discovered something new and interesting or valuable. When volcanoes erupt...miners drill holes in the rock at Taxco silver mine in Mexico. Right: North Sea drilling rig 'Claymore-A'...suffic ient size and qual ity to make them worth mining commerci ally. In Treasures of the Earth we will...producer of gold, which accounrs for two-thirds of its mining rovenue. Another major resource are diamonds, which...as many other minerals. Since it began diamond mining in the 1970s, Australia has become the world's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was an old select Franklin collection presented to the college by Mr. Elwood Schuster, a mining engineer...engineer for the New Jersey Zinc Company at Franklin, N . J. This was in two sections, one of fine crystals...[JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 22:32 25 August 2017 New York Mineralogical Club Inc. The November meeting...held at Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University, New York City, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1953; was called...for the second time, the name of Mrs. G. D. Wiebe. New member applications were read for the first time |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Journal (issue) | | Geology of Natural Bridge In this issue … Tsumeb Mine, Namibia Source: Wikipedia. Photo: Rob Lavinsky...................................... p. 5 Humor: Old farmer’s advice............................ p. 5...................... p. 10 Profile of the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia ............. p. 11 Island arcs: How do...protection—remember the last time you had an x-ray? The Tsumeb Mine in Namibia produced a large quantity of fine cerussite...oxidized ore zones. The upper levels of the Broken Hill Mine in Australia also produced excellent specimens. |  | | Report (issue) | | ___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache..._______________________________ American Fork district (Alta area)___________________________ Alpine...______ Redmond district __________________________________ _:________ Millard County _______________...Map showing oxidized ziuc deposits of the Tintic district, Juab and Utah Counties. 3. Map showing oxidized...the Star district, Beaver County. 5. Map showing oxidized zinc deposits in the Park City district, Summit |
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