 | | 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 (volume) | | ............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................59 Colorado ...........................................................................................283 Nevada ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH^ DIRECTOR BULLETIN 507 BY JAMES M. HILL WITH A GEOLOGIC INTRODUCTION BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN........................... 5 5 Distribution of mining districts..................................................................................... Colorado............................................................................................... Nevada............................................................. PART II. Catalogue of mining districts, by J. M. Hill........................ Acknowledgments |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................47 Colorado ...........................................................................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................47 Colorado ...........................................................................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow |  | | Report (volume) | | ----------------Introduction History of placer mining in Arizona ----------~-------'----------------Purpose...- -------- - --- ----------------------Cochise County ____ __ ___ l. Dos Cabezas and Tevis1ton districts...Courtland-Gleeson district (Turquoise district) --------------------3. Bisbee-Warren district (Gold Gulch placer)...-----------------------4. Huachuca placers (Hereford or Hartford district) -----------------Other d~tricb -------------...5. California district ---------------------------------------------6. Pearce district ------------- |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | 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...Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide, and was...article beginning on page 311 for more on the Ray mine. n o te s fr o m t h c j EDITOR ARIZONA This |  | | Book (edition) | | - Temecula, CA 92589 (909) 699-4749 - 1994 Mining Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS INrRoDUCI'ION ••••••••........................................ CAl 119 Colorado .............................. ....................................................... MT 1 11 Nevada ...................................................... . 1994 Mining Guide INTRODUCTION IMPORTANT - PLEAsE READ! The 1994 GPM Mining Guide is designed...(normally listed from north to south), directions and mining commen ts; gold-producing areas, general prospecting |  | | Report (volume) | | _-_--__-_--__ Nonferrous-metal deposits [gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc], by T. B. Nolan._________..."eggshell" beds, West End area, Clark County, Nev.; B, Anniversary mine, West End area_____________________...showing plan of underground workings of Anniversary mine.-.----------------------------- ---106 6. A, Part...near Bissell, Kern County, Calif.; B, Magnesite mine, Afton area, San Bernardino County, Calif _______________________...of brucite-magnesite area in Paradise Range, Nye County, Nev_-----___________________________ 122 142 |  | | Book | | Petrified Forest Trails Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High Tension (A Biography)...\merica Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho...Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...included amber (most precious of the ancient gems), calcite, fluorspar, jadeite, pyrite, quartz family minerals...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones |  | | Report (issue) | | ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING by Eldred D. Wilson, J. B. Cunningham, and G. M. Butler Bulletin...Arizona Tucson ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING by Eldred D. Wilson, J. B. Cunningham, and G. M...Mines Bulletin No. 137, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND MINING, was originally issued in 1934 in response to the...and, in view of the restrictions placed on gold mining during the war, it was not considered necessary...which deals with the laws and regulations governing mining, however, have been deleted, inasmuch as many of |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (volume) | | 4000 Salt Lake 3VHA مم • THE JOHNNIE MINING & MILLING COMPANY. - Illustrated . E rn lectre...lectre cel 2 Weste THE CROWN POINT GLOBE MINING COMPANY . - Illustrated .. سر/ SerT 19 CE W E VI ...GOES ON FOREVER The Mine & Smelter Supply Co. SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH 2. THE MINING REVIEW , SALT LAKE... IN the latter part of 1908 the Pioche Golden Mining Co., of Pioche, Nev ., bought of one g ofPrince...Hoist. gThis week we sold to the Gold and Silver Prince Mining Company , bwhedosythe samepeople) of Pioche |  | | Book (volume) | | the southern end of the Appalachian chain of mountains. These ranges extend into the northeast corner...where Brasstown Bald, a part of the Nantahala Mountains achieve the highest elevation in the state at...northwest, where the Lookout and Sand mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily divides...Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain (about 30% of the state),...metamorphic, strongly mineralized and dotted with once-rich abandoned mines. Dividing the stratigraphically |  | | Journal (volume) | | almost any . coast . where in the feed and fuel district . One remedy seems close at hand the vast coal...Santa Fe about 1,800,000,000 tons . At ton for mining it and it is retailed in the rate the coal is being...producers to a helpful dissertation on coal lands mine coal extensively where a market which locators and...widespread popular impres some or 6 Jos Angeles Mining Review ex also , yet under the circumstances ,...corporations worked , or it may be found that the district , the principal obstacle to the engaged in British |  | | Report (issue) | | GOLD By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...object shown here actual size. Pho'o by Mary Hill. FOREWORD This bulletin number is is an overall...overall guide been written on gold and gold mining of publications have no single report or to the...deposits within the state, mostly in the Sierra Nevada. Some of these reports are classics now. Among...Sierra Nevada, Lindgren's 1911 professional paper on the number of very excellent reports Nevada and |  | | Report (volume) | | values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury, etcetera. The Corporation...so successful. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Mining Machinery Dept. OFFICES For Canadian MILWAUKEE...Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...service from Superior Jaw Crusher Worthington mining equipment the from the standpoint of first cost...most wear, Worthington meets the needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from |  | | Report (volume) | | values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury, etcetera. The Corporation...California. 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