 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AT OREANA, NEVADA. PAUL F. KERR. ABSTRACT. The Oreana tungsten deposit...within the limestone, but contain only traces of scheelite. It is believed, however, that such zones represent...INTERPRETATION of the ore forming processesat Oreana, Nevada, involvesa number of problemsthat differ somewhat...39o TUNGSTEN MINER,'lLIZ,'1TION AT ORE,'iN,'t, NEVADA. 39x dikesandthetwotypesof orebo.dies differbothin...berylandoligoclase are theoutstanding minerals associated with scheelite; in the other, oligoclase andphlogopite aretheprominent |  | | Report (issue) | | tungsten concentrates but the largest producer of scheelite and ferberite, and in 1918 it was by far the largest...this country in 1918, 2,734 tons was scheelite, and of this scheelite 1,427 tons was obtained from contact-metamorphic...of garnet, epidote, diopside, quartz, calcite, scheelite, and other minerals. Most deposits of this class...tungsten mineral of such deposits is invariably scheelite. Distribution. Most of the known contact-metamorphic...are in the Great Basin region in California and Nevada and northwestern Utah, but Oregon, Arizona, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1955 A GOLD-SCHEELITE-CINNABAR HUMBOLDT RONALD WILLDEN PLACER COUNTY, AND No. 7 NEVADA PRESTON ..................... 668 668 ABSTRACT Gold, scheelite,and cinnabar in amountsthat might be profitably...placer depositin the Dutch Flat mining district in north-central Nevada. These materials are the products...stagesof metallogenicactivity recorded in the district. The gold and perhapsmost of the scheelitewere...the southern endof the Hot Spr{ngsRange,Humbolt County,Ncv. (F{g. 1). The d{strict x Publication authorized |  | | Report (issue) | | in City District, Sugene Mountains, Pershing County, Nevada ^ ABSTRACT The ^111 City district is situated...weet of Mill City, arshlng County, Mavada. For 25 /ears this district has been one of the leading...tungsten concentrate* About 1,150,000 tens of scheelite ore hare been rained and 800,000 units of tungsten...granodiorite and hornblende andesite. In the tungsten district the sedimentary rocks have been metamorphosed...hornfels, slate, marble, and tactite. The tabular scheelite ore bodies are confined to limestone beds that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology Vol, 68, 1973, pp. 681-696 Originof the Scheelite-Powellite Seriesof Minerals L. C. Hsu AND P. E...specimenscontaining a member of the scheelite-powelliteseries from Nevada and its neighboring states were...for mineralogical and geochemical studies. The scheelite-powelliteseries occurs predominantly in contact-metasomatic...fluoriteare commonassociations in pegmatites. The scheelite-powellite seriesis essentiallya binary solid solutionof...and powder diffraction analyses reveal that the scheelite-powelliteseries of contactmetasomaticorigin showsa |  | | Journal (issue) | | A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. Jenkins, Chief Geologist McK. Laizure, District W. Burling...Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas...Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer George John L. Gary, Mineral Technologist F. Bongard, Ore-Buyers'...C. Statistician and Curator O'Brien, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) Eldridge D. Drew, Geological...OF CONTENTS Page DISTRICT REPORTS OF MINING ENGINEERS 7 Sacramento Field District 7 San 7 Francisco |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatites in the Ruby Mountains and Other Areas in Nevada and Northwestern Arizona By JERRY C. OLSON and...acknowledgments.--------.---------------------Pegmatite mining in the region...________-__-__--__.______-_-_-General..._____________________ Dawley Canyon area, Elko County-______--_--_------_-_-_-_-_---_-_ Location and...-----_--_---_------_ Errington-Thiel (Big) mica mine.--------------------------Other localities.____________________...______ Star mine near Harrison Pass. -__-_--__--_---__--_--_--__------White Pine County.-.__________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite, |  | | Report (issue) | | TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The tungsten...northwestern Inyo County, Cal., are west of Bishop, the largest town in Owens Valley. The mining industry centers...and alluvial deposits at the base of the Sierra Nevada. Similar groups of hills farther south in Owens...feet. Tungsten has been found also in the Sierra Nevada itself, southwest of Bishop. The tungsten-bearing...000, or approximately 2 miles to the inch. The mining conditions are favorable: the climate is good, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 SCHEELITE CAMP BIRD MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO I n keeping with the...feature related to some practical application. Scheelite, a major ore mineral of tungsten, is one such...allowing for a rapid estimation of min eral purity. Scheelite is a tetragonal mineral, crystallizing in the...either penetration or contact twins is common. Scheelite is dense (6.1) and relatively soft (4.5-5.0)....{001}, and a subconchoidal to uneven fracture. Scheelite is optically posi tive and exhibits a variety |  | | Report (volume) | | publicationl (A) The Rose Creek Tungsten Mine, Pershing County, Nev., by R. J. Roberta (.published in June...Geophysical Surveys in the Ochoco Quicksilver district, Oreg., by E. L. Stephenson (published in October...magnetite-ilmenite deposits, near Lake Sanford, Essex County, N. Y., by J. R. Balsley, Jr. (published in January...(E) Occurrence of manganese in eastern Aroostook County, Maine, by W. S. White (published in December 1943)...'Manganese deposits of the Lyndhurst-Vesuvius district, Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, Va., by M. M |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | no stolzite equivalent of wulfenite’s Red Cloud mine, yet attractive, somewhat wulfenite-like stolzite...from Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia; the Fat Jack mine, Arizona; and Santa Rosa, Argentina. Stolzite is...dimorphous with raspite and is a member of the scheelite group. Stolzite is of rather restricted geologic...anglesite, raspite, pyromorphite, mimetite, and scheelite. Relatively uninspiring specimens of stolzite...(Mahan) mine at Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Emerson 1895); Bartlett, Carroll County, New |  | | Report (issue) | | Deposits of the Osgood Mountains Quadrangle Humboldt County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 431...Deposits of the Osgood Mountains Quadrangle Humboldt County, Nevada I By PRESTON E. HOTZ and RONALD WILLDEN...deposits of the Osgood Mountains quadrangle, Humboldt County, Nevada, by Preston E. Hotz and Ronald Willden...Mountains quadrangle, Humboldt County, Nevada. 1963. (Card 2) 1. Geology-Nevada-Humboldt Co. 2. Ore:-deposits-NevadaHumboldt...mboldt Co. 3. Mines and mineral resources-Nevada-Humboldt Co. I. Willden, Charles Ronald, 1929joint author |  | | Report (issue) | | Grade and tonnage model of tungsten skarn deposits, Nevada by David A. John1 and James D. Bliss2 Open-File...tungsten skarns in Nevada, primarily worked during times of war Tungsten skarns in Nevada, primarily worked...(1986, fig. 32) (fig. 11 herein) Tungsten skarns in Nevada have WOs grades indistinguishable from the tungsten...herein) Sizes and WOs grades of tungsten skarns in Nevada are independent of pluton composition as defined...tungsten skarns in Nevada are independent of pluton age Size of tungsten skarns in Nevada are independent |  | | Journal (volume) | | LOGAN, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. _ Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas. V. Averii.l, District Mining...Mining Engineer J. C. O'Brien, District Mining Engineer George John Gary, Mineral Technologist L. ... Statistician and Curator G. Hubbard, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) San Francisco Sacramento... CONTENTS Page REPORTS OF DISTRICT MINING ENGINEERS Sacramento Field District 6 7 Mines and Mineral Resources |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RENO 1° x 2° QUADRANGLE, NEVADA, with a comprehensive bibliography by Gary R...Figure 1. Location map of mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................Known production from mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................of mineral deposits in mining districts of the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................prospects, and claims in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada.......................................... 19 21 |  | | Report (issue) | | this assessment was carried out by students of Humboldt State University, Arcata, Calif., under contract...during which the bulk of production occurred, Shasta County, in the eastern Klamath Mountains produced about...for that commodity are 75,000 tons from Shasta County, with very limited production from other counties...1848. The first lode mining in the Klamath Mountains occurred at the Washington Mine in French Gulch in...least as much gold was produced by lode mining as was by placer mining. Gold production dropped considerably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AUGUST 1944 CONTACT METAMORPHISM AT RYE PATCH, NEVADA BY CHARLES J . VITAUANO CONTENTS Page Abstract...949 Figure ILLUSTRATIONS Page 1. Index map of Nevada..................................................Patch area in the west-central part of the Humboldt Range, Nevada, Triassic (?) limestones interbedded with...tremolite, recrystallized calcite, quartz, and minor scheelite. The sediments are deformed by the intrusion into...related to the arching and also to the formation of scheelite. INTRODUCTION In the mineralized area accompanying |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district |  | | Report (issue) | | ____________ Nevada and California, by E. N. Cameron and L. A. Warner__ _________________ ___. Nevada ___________...___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ Pag« 59 61 61 63 63 63 Good...Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten depositNorth...California-Nevada Barite Co. 63 64 64 64 64 65 65 65 65 Barium Products Corp., Ltd., mine...... --_--______...Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ Tern Piute district....... __ ___ ... Mineral County____-_______________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gold Mineralizationnear the Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada* MILES L. SILBERMAN,BYRONR. BERGER,...rocks in the OsgoodMountains of eastern Humboldt County, Nevada. Within the metamorphicaureole surroundingthe...which the disseminatedgold ore bodiesof the Getchell mine are localized. K-Ar agesof the granodiorite,andesiteporphyry... Introduction THE Getchellgold depositin Humboldt County is one of a group of disseminatedgold deposits•of...distributionof heavymineralsand gold within the stock. Nevada. Other ore depositsof this type include Geologic |  | | Journal (volume) | | Geologist C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...J. C. District Mining Engineer District Mining Engineer Mining Engineer O'Brien, District Mining...Engineer George John District Sampson, Assistant Chas. V. Averill, Mining Engineer L. Gary, Mineral... Statistician and Curator G. Hubbard, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) Elisabeth L. Egenhoff,...SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DISTRICT Mines and mineral resources of 7 11 Santa Cruz County, by Henry G. Hubbard |
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