 | Price, Jonathan G., Henry, Christopher D., Castor, Stephen B., Garside, Larry, Faulds, James E. (1999) Geology of Nevada With excellent rock exposures in the desert, generally good access to collecting localities on public lands, and fine tourist attractions in the towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (6) 357-363 doi:10.1080/00357529909605171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the...or greater earthquake has occurred somewhere in Nevada about once every thirty years. Most faults are...(analogous to a tilted deck of cards). However, some Nevada faults are strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas |  | | Journal (issue) | | PSEUDOMORPHISM AND ZONAL GROWTH OF GARNETS FROM GARNET HILL, CALIF. By John N. Trainer ·················...··················· CORRELATION OF THE FORDHAM GNEISS. By Tho,nas W. Fluhr ............ KILAUEA CRATER...PSEUDOMORPHISM AND ZONAL GROWTH OF GARNETS 1 FROM GARNET HILL, CALIFORNIA By JOHN N. TRAINER d i s I. ...quartz and epidote after garnet, have come from Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California. The occurrence...described as the most extensive and least known garnet locality in the state. It is a knob rising a thousand |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...de Grys, M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada .................................negative crystals within quartz from Fonda, Montgomery County, New York. Notice that these also are bounded by...VISITORS AUTHORITY 700 Festival Way Elko, Nevada 89801-USA 1-800-523-5317 1-702-738-4091 ~Y~ ANTIQUARIAN...AUSTRALIA Jurupa Ntns. Cultural Center 7621 Granite Hill Drive .Riverside, CA 92509 (714-685-5818)___ The |  | | 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...Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist |  | | Book | | BARSTOW—BAKER 39 44 INTERSTATE 15: BAKER—PRIMM, NEvADA 54 INTERSTATE 40: BARSTOW—NEEDLES 59 US 66: LUDLOw—FENNER...MONTEREY FORMATION 204 Long Beach Oil Field and Signal Hill 205 Baldwin Hills and Inglewood Oil Field 207 Huntington...and appropriate. Post miles give mileage on a per-county basis. Some counties place post mile signs only...given county. Mileage increases eastward or northward and then restarts at 0 at the next county line....is Santa Barbara County; 29.00 is highway mileage from the south boundary of the county. Post miles are | | | 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) | | are very expensive. Although the deep redpyrope garnet closely resembles the ruby in color, there is no..."ruby" was applied to all red stones: spinel, ruby, garnet, and rose tourmaline; the term "sapphire," to lapis...stones, such as the emerald, ruby, sapphire, and garnet, but is now used only for-sta-rstones, cat's-eyes...streambeds, principally derived from rocks of the Sierra Nevada. Specific localities in California where diamonds...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By WILLIAM B. CLARK, Mining Geologist California...Geologist California Division of Mines and Geology County Report 2 CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY...MINES AND GEOLOGY Ian Campbell, State Geologist COUNTY REPORT Price $4.00 2 6 1 - CONTENTS ABSTRACT...Geologic Map Map Map map County of Calaveras pocket In of Calaveras County showing lode gold mines...pocket of Calaveras County showing placer gold mines In pocket of Calaveras County showing mines and |  | | Journal (issue) | | ······························810 EIGHT RECENT GARNET FINDS. By fohn N. T1·ainer ......................Zodac ..........................................820 GARNET AT ROXBURY AND W . REDDING, CONN. By Leo N. Y edlin.....................836 A FAST MUD SAW. By S. L. Clark ·········-··················-··-·························838...Warren, President, Ultra-Violet Products Co., V. D. Hill, Salem, Oregon, W. Scott Lewis, Hollywood, California... at this famous zcolite locality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, brought to light and thus to th |  | | Book | | rich in such minerals as quartz, feldspar, mica, garnet, tourmaline, magnetite, zircon, gold, platinum...vironmental changes. Gneiss is a granitelike rock that forms many different kinds of rock. A gneiss rock looks...bands of coloration. The schist are similar to the gneiss but have a greater tendency to decomposition. They...interesting minerals than are the gneiss rocks. Schists often contain feldspar, garnet, mica and quartz. With sapphires...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in |  | | Report (issue) | | Garnet Great Balls of Fire ISBN 978-0-9790998-4-7 Publisher Lithographie, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut...Connecticut, USA © 2008 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 263 • East Hampton, CT 06424 • USA Phone 1.860.267 .1512...diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul Stahl specimen Jeff Scovil...meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Garnet Great Balls of Fire Contributors Lothar Ackermann...2008, I attended the John Sinkankas Symposium on garnet at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite dikes that were emplaced into the overlying gneiss and schists. Some pegma tites contain an unusual...Morgan County. Pink corundum in smaragdite is found near the Hogg Creek corundum mine in Towns County. On...Gainesville. Typically, diamonds found in Hall County weighed from 2 to 6 carats; a few were of larger...misidentification. GARNET GROUP: The group of minerals known collec tively as garnet is exceedingly widespread...counties boast one or more garnet locations. Various members of the garnet group are common and occur |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...conglomerates; the series includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous...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) | | ...........................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...conglomerates; the series includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous...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 (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise...identifying stones, but the most useful clues toid garnet are these: 1. Hardness. 2. Crystal structure...fluorite, octahedral diamond, and trisoctahedral garnet are typical examples of this system. The tetragonal...BERYL EMERALD FELDSPAR EPIDOTE ^?^ (& \ ^^ GARNET KYANITE IOLITE SPHALERITE RUBY i^b TOPAZ |  | | Report (issue) | | been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely...color" from Cherokee Flat, Butte County); and to borax ("Lake County, in large crystals in the clay of...the total entry!). No hint acid. Clear Lake, Lake County" foreshadows the subsequent discovery of immense |  | | Report (issue) | | commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic...the Sierra Nevada, beginning with the nickel telluride, melonite, found in Calaveras County in 1867. New...California making up a large part of the Sierra Nevada and of several other ranges. Sedimentary rocks...constituents of the metamorphic rocks. Garnet is a conspicuous gneiss may be rich in chlorite and mica. constituent...products. The gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County have aroused special masses, interest. Many |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................283 Nevada ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | Catalog/List | | vesuvianiles are associated with while to gray grossular garnet. All of these specimens are suitable for exhibition...Switzerland. Titianium dioxide. Large up to k" xls on gneiss with quartz xls, chlorite and adularia. See page...ANDRADITE GARNET CRYSTALS Garnet Hill, Moore Creek, Calaveras Co. , California. Calcium iron garnet. Large...50. 2x2" $ 5. 00 and $7. 50. BROCHANTITE Silver Hill mine, Pima Co., Arizona. A basic .sulfate of copper...5x8" $25. 00. REALGAR Getchell mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada. GALENA CRYSTALS Eagle Picher mine, Naica, Arsenic |  | | Book | | platinum - have been found mainly in the Sierra Nevada and the Klarnath Mountains provinces. These mountain...are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...PLATEAU I7 COAST RANGES 7 GREAT VALLEY :2f SIERRA NEVADA ~ BASIN RANGES Ell MOJAVE DESERT II TRANSVERSE...,o Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. __ _) 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...in placers of the Potholes District of Imperial County, near the Colorado River about 10 miles north of |  | | Book | | commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...great mines of Arizona, California, Idaho, and Nevada may havebeen discovered in this way, most of the...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where... that he may know first of all what mountain or hill, what valley or plain, can be prospected most profitably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Natural Example of Metastable Reactions Involving Garnet and Sillimanite byl. P. LOOMIS Department ofGeosciences...biotite was being produced by the breakdown of garnet at a faster rate than it was consumed by reaction...component reactions through time can be estimated from garnet zoning profiles, and the relative abundance of...reaction coefficient for phase j in reaction i; for garnet, k may be added to specify core (C) or edge (E)...T. P. LOOMIS k mole fraction of a component in garnet, k may be added to specify core (C), edge (E), |
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