 | | 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) | | 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 (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 |  | | Book | | f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered |  | | 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 (edition) | | are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are even classified...topaz crystal And is such a chameleon color, or jasper), etc. gem if you not yellow, nor are might...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn |  | | Report (issue) | | 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N. Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends...________________———— Utah __________________________ Marysvale district (Piute and Sevier Counties) Southern Wah Wah Mountains...____________ Nevada ___________________————— Lincoln County _______________——— Clark County __________————————— |  | | Journal (issue) | | rodeo, Reno, Nevada. July 2 —Rodeo and horse show, Fillm e, Utah. July 2 —Sevier county fair and rodeo...e r d e By RICHARD VAN VALKENBURGH TRAVEL LOST MINE CONTEST PERSONALITY 5 W h e r e Wild Buffalo R...20 21 O n Turtle Mountain Trails LETTERS BOTANY MINING NEWS DESERT QUIZ HOBBY LAPIDARY COMMENT BOOKS ...Papagos secretly carried the treasure to the Esmeralda mine and buried it deep in the underground workings...Father Kino take silver from a rich mine which he called La Esmeralda? The legend persists that he did, |  | | Journal (issue) | | in a snowbirds’ paradise by Helen Serras-Herman Jasper-Hematite in the Arizona Desert ..................megacrysts from the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field in Nevada The colors of sunshine in Arizona and New Mexico...Ritchie Ranch by Rodney Moore Tours from Laughlin, Nevada................. 48 Historic mines, museums, and...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Southwest News Briefs: 30 Hard Rock Shorty: 32 Mining News: 33 Amateur Gem Cutter: 36 Gem-Mineral Field...bears that nickname with honor. Despite the Storey County break- in the desert canyons to notify the through...government owns in memory of his childhood . . . from Nevada, and the pace of the slaughter Georgia a judge...project . . . a Sioux chief Sierra Nevadas into Nevada. But after awhile the public outcry wanted to lead...almost proach. On her own initiative, she achieved. Nevada Congressman Wal- ter S. Baring (see insert) introduced |  | | Book (volume) | | Celestite crystals, chalcedony rosettes, agates, jasper, fossil plants and vertebrate remains. The breaks...for its agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and...the W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka...Quarry chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara...hillside surfacesagatized and opalized wood, agate, jasper; in draws and washes and gravel beds of Spring |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Williams, Arizona. FIELD TRIP Feb. 14-15—Missionary district of Arizona of Episcopal church. Flagstaff, Arizona...Taos pueblo. New Mexico. Feb. 17-22 — Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival. Arabian Nights... FEBRUARY, 1950 By AL HAWORTH LETTERS LOST MINE MINING TALL TALES 17 Comment by Desert leaders 22...Glendale. Arizona. CONTEST Feb. 18-26—Maricopa County Fair and Citrus show. Mesa, Arizona. CLOSE-UPS...If I were a lizard, I tell you what, I'd go to Nevada and there I'd squat. Under the sage-brush—fine |  | | Journal (issue) | | CALENDAR Nov. 1—Nevada day, the state's 85th anniversary of statehood, Carson City, Nevada. Nov. 1—Eve of...Ogden, Utah. Nov. 18-20-—Nevada state farm bureau convention, Reno, Nevada. Nov. 19-20—International...19-20—International Rodeo convention, Reno, Nevada. Pinon Incense... Bring the delightful fragrance of the Pinon Forest...Incense of the Pinyon Forest By DOROTHY L. PILLSBURY MINING NEWS HUMOR CONTEST CLOSE-UPS LAPIDARY HOBBY COMMENT...20-mule team wagons in the early days of Death Valley mining hauled—Gypsum Gold ore Rock salt Borax 2—The name |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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...in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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 (edition) | | .............................................. Nevada .... ~ ........................................................................... Deposits and mining ......... ~ ............................................ Nevada ............................................................. Royal Blue mine .........."'illiam Petry mine ............................................. :Myersand Bona mine .............................................. Montezuma mine ................................................ :Moqui•Aztecmine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Quartz sand from Goldfield, Nev. Goldfield, in Esmeralda Co., Nev., is a noted mining area. From a wash...wash one mile south of Goldfield, we have a sand sample that was sent in by P. O. Drury, P. O. Box 1028...consists of quartz (colorless, smoky, brown, brown jasper), black magnetite and shale (gray, brown). Miraculous...southern bank of the Firth of Forth, Midlothian County, Scotland. From the beach here we have a sand sample...South Africa From the Doom River of the Marico District of Western Transvaal, South Africa, we have a |  | | Book | | Gold mines and mining—Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)—History. 4. Gold mines and mining—Amargosa River...Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires...mineral wealth, has been the work of many hands, mining and refining it. The final metal owes much to the...valley was several thousand feet above sea level. Nevada papers championed Gabb, chiding Whitney for wanting...in the valley that day carrying hot air from the Nevada desert over the Amargosa Range, where it was superheated |  | | Report (volume) | | 'r v.·,,.,. . ... Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...------------------------ 1 History of placer mining in Nevada_____________________________________... Holy Cross district..-----------------------------------------------2. Jessup district.. ____________...------------------------_-------_ 3. Sand Springs district----------------------------------------------...Eldorado Canyon district..-----------------------------------------5. Gold Butte district-------------- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Prospects of the Waitekauri Area, Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand MARK P. SIMPSON† AND JEFFREY L. MAUK... Abstract The Waitekauri area of the Hauraki goldfield, New Zealand, contains several adularia-sericite...Sovereign, Jubilee, Scimitar, Scotia, Teutonic, and Jasper Creek deposits and prospects, which are hosted...restricted to shallow levels at both Scotia and Jasper Creek. Albite occurs in a discrete zone below adularia...interstratified illite-smectite and smectite at Teutonic and Jasper Creek. Veins are typically less than 10 cm wide |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral show of Sequoia. Mineral society, Fresno district fairgrounds, Fresno, California. Nov. 23—Desert...Arizona. NOVEMBER, 1950 LOST MINE MINING High-Graders at Goldfield By ARTHUR WOODWARD 11 Hard Rock...Jackrabbit Homesteader By CATHERINE VENN Lost Silver Mine of the Jesuits By JOHN D. MITCHELL He Tells 'em...odd peaks just south of the Riverside-Imperial County line are probably the remnants of a volcanic core...material—agate, particuopen cuts where attempts at mining larly—which looked good to me. It it had been made |  | | Journal (issue) | | livestock show, Richfield, Utah. Sep. 1-3—Morgan county fair, Morgan, Utah. Sep. 1-31—Beehive Midway, fairgrounds...P. G. A. Open Golf tournament, Reno, Nevada. Sep. 3-6—Elko county fair and state livestock show, Elko..." Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sep. 4-6—Nevada state fair, Fallon, Nevada. Sep. 4-6—Annual Labor Day rodeo,...rodeo, Bishop, California. Sep. 4-6—Nevada rodeo, Winnemucca, Nevada. Sep. 4-6—Sierra Club of Southern...and Boundary peaks, White Mts., California and Nevada. Sep. 5-6—Quarter horse show and rodeo, Benson |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Desert Magazine regarding the much disputed Pegleg mine. As I have been following up clues, stories, newspaper...This was John O. Smith. The other, Thomas, had a mine and seems have been given considerable publicity...story was true. Also, he told me much about the mine that Thomas Smith worked. This account had appeared...for. I never did try to locate the Thomas Smith mine. From the information I have gathered these many...Jackson Hill had discovered the Pegleg Smith gold mine in the Chuckawallas 14 miles southwest of Desert |
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