| | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent | | | 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, | | Kelson, C. R., Crowe, D. E., Stein, H. J. (2008) Geochemical and Geochronological Constraints on Mineralization within the Hilltop, Lewis, and Bullion Mining Districts, Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend, Nevada. Economic Geology, 103 (7) 1483-1506 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.103.7.1483 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the Hilltop, Lewis, and Bullion Mining Districts, Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend, Nevada CHRISTOPHER R...Hilltop, Lewis, and Bullion mining districts, located within the northern Shoshone Range, Lander County, Nevada...Nevada, are part of the greater Battle Mountain-Eureka trend. Historic production of mostly Ag with Au...Eagle mine, Bullion district) and nearby intrusive rocks (e.g., 39.0 ± 0.1 Ma: Granite Mountain) imply...within the Hilltop, Lewis, and Bullion mining districts. Introduction THE Battle Mountain-Eureka trend, one | | 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...of the state is characterized by a patchwork of mountain ranges, which are commonly about 10 miles wide...faults. As can be seen on figure 1, nearly every mountain range is bounded on at least one side by a fault...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the | | Castor, S. B., Boden, D. R., Henry, C. D., Cline, J. S., Hofstra, A. H., McIntosh, W. C., Tosdal, R. M., Wooden, J. P. (2003) The Tuscarora Au-Ag District: Eocene Volcanic-Hosted EpithermalDeposits in the Carlin Gold Region, Nevada. Economic Geology, 98 (2) 339-366 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.339 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Tuscarora Au-Ag District: Eocene Volcanic-Hosted Epithermal Deposits in the Carlin Gold Region, Nevada STEPHEN...B. CASTOR,† Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 DAVID...Reno, Nevada 89511 CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno...Reno, Nevada 89557 JEAN S. CLINE, Geoscience Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010...Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 RICHARD | | Peters, S.G., Nash, J.T., John, D.A., Spanski, G.T., King, H.D., Connors, K.A., Moring, B.C., Doebrich, J.L., McGuire, D.J., Albino, G.V., Dunn, V.C., Theodore, T.G., Ludington, S.D. (1996) Metallic mineral resources in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California. Open-File Report Vol. 1996 (96-712) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr96712 | Report (issue) | Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been......................................... 17 Battle Mountain-Gold Run porphyry trend......................Study Areas and other areas in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area for which resource | | | Journal (issue) | ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition... A. 2(1):21-24 Heulandite from the Illawarra District, NSW. Carr, P., Perkins, M., Chenhall, B., Pemberton...Nickel, E. 1(2):27 Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and...Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell,...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit | | Johnston, M. K., Thompson, T. B., Emmons, D. L., Jones, K. (2008) Geology of the Cove Mine, Lander County, Nevada, and a Genetic Model for the McCoy-Cove Hydrothermal System. Economic Geology, 103 (4) 759-782 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.103.4.759 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 103, pp. 759–782 Geology of the Cove Mine, Lander County, Nevada, and a Genetic Model for the McCoy-Cove...Inc., 240 South Rock Boulevard, Suite 117, Reno, Nevada 89502 TOMMY B. THOMPSON, Ralph J. Roberts Center...Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 DAVID L. EMMONS, Round Mountain Gold Corporation, P.O...Round Mountain, Nevada 89045 AND KEITH JONES Small Mine Development, P.O. Box 251, Battle Mountain, Nevada...northern Fish Creek Mountains, Lander County, Nevada. Through the end of mining in 2001, large-scale open-pit | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | COLORADO! Minerals of the Eagle Mine and Gilman District No other mine in Colorado, and few mines in the...superbly crystalized mineral species as the Eagle mine at Gilman, Colorado. Most experienced collectors...pyrite specimens that have been pro duced from this mine over the years, but few are aware of the entire...Eagle mine and the somewhat larger Gilman district (also known as the Battle Mountain district) within...both within the mine itself and of specimens from the mine. Location The Gilman district is located i n | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | January 2015 Minerals of the Gilman District and Eagle Mine Eagle County, Colorado WILLIAM J. WARREN JR....com 298 ROCKS & MINERALS T he Gilman district, in Eagle County, Colorado, and its premier mineral specimen...Company’s Eagle mine, are located about 120 kilometers west-southwest of Denver. The Gilman district was originally...known as the Battle Mountain district and was later referred to as the Red Cliff district. Much of the...the area by one, or both, of these names. The district is famous for its once-prolific production of | | | Book | enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground...oFtne ato aa Gem Ghd nQkTeane Uva a nes ly ia" mine Ui nrobs inesob cere ts ou ioe tok us 'aaieomolitt...rift that extends from Mexico along the Rocky Mountain Front to possibly the North Slope of Alaska. In...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...and the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley Caballo | | | Journal (issue) | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of...you belong to, and where you come from. American mining schools and professional organizations have long... centering on some of the nostalgic aspects of mining in Arizona and beautifully illustrated with paintings...“Missing and presumed lost” by the wellknown lost-mine author Kearney Egerton; “El Dorado’s children” by | | | Book | ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244 Iron-manganese | | | Book (edition) | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...abbreviations used are as follows: Mt. (mount or mountain), Mts. (mountains), R. (river), Is. (island), | | | Journal (issue) | . . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and...citations on the Harding mine and information about other collections of Harding mine specimens. The museum | | | Journal (issue) | Cassedanne A vivianite occurrence in Contra Costa County,California ... 337 by C. B. DeWitt Essay: minerals...Moore Phosphate minerals from the Leveaniemi iron mine, Svappavaara, Sweden .............................Niedermayr Phosphate microminerals of the Indian Mountain a r e a 355 by J. B. Gordon, Jr. & C. L. Hollabaugh...Hollabaugh Laueite from Hagendorf-Siid andthe Palermo mine ................. 363 by L. C. Pitman New data...localities: The Phoenixville lead-silver mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania ................................ | | | Journal (issue) | MAKING DISCOVERIES ON HART More Common Varieties MOUNTAIN 20 POPULAR PSEUDOMORPH MINERALS (Part I) Enhance...SPENDING TIME AT KINGMAN MINE Enthralled by Turquoise and a Rich Family History of Mining REGULAR COLUMNS Field...995 00 complete Free shipping in continent USA Made in USA Grit Sizes 60 to 200,000 1.0" hole with...with 3/4", 5/8" & 1/2" bushings Our made in USA soft wheels will last you 3-4 times longer than imported...them. Sure enough, one box of slabs did, and it was mine. I managed to find a nice piece of jade that more | | | Book | times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...culture, derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric...have been made. In the course of present-day salt-mining, still flourishing there, traces of ancient workings...do not merely tell us about the occurrence and mining of minerals but also of the many magic and medicinal...for uplifting vast portions of the crust to form mountain ranges, exposing thereby, for the first time perhaps | | | Book (volume) | ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...1 MAR 06 200 MAR 2 ¥ 2001 | NEVADA STATE LIBRARY CARSON CITY, NEVADA Digitized by the Internet Archive...Graton-Sales Volume Other Volumes in the Rocky Mountain Fund Series CONFERENCE ON REVERBERATORY SMELTING...(1933) AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME TRANSACTIONS MINE PLANT VOLUME 112, MILLING METHODS (1933) (1934) | | | Book | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted | | | Book (edition) | Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce © | | | Book (edition) | Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M | | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | Book (volume) | Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted...distorted crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin...100. Found at several mines in the Huantajaya district, calcite, embolite, cerargyrite, bromyrite, iodyrite...Chlorargyrit Weisbach (37, 1875). Kerargyrite, Chlorargyrite Prior and Spencer {Min. Mag., 13, 174, 1902)...in great quantities during the early period of mining in these districts. An earthy variety (Buttermilk |
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