 | | Report (issue) | | COPPER. THE YERINGTON COPPER DISTRICT, NEVADA. By FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The town of...of Yerington is in Lyon County, in that part of western Nevada which lies between Tahoe and Walker lakes...near Wabuska, around the north end of the Walker Range on its way to Walker Lake. A small part only of...copper deposits presently to be described. Near Yerington the valley is from 3 to 4 miles wide, but it expands...name is said to be Singatse,0 but which J. E. Spurr & has called the Smith Valley Range. This ridge has |  | | Report (issue) | | THE TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC MAGMATIC ARC OF WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA by Jeff L. Doebrich 1 ,...Open-File Report 96-9 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology This report is preliminary...School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 'Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, MS...MS 178, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 'U.S. Geological Survey, Retired, 8920 West 2nd........ YERINGTON SUPERSYSTEM ........................................................ Yerington Batholith |  | | Report (issue) | | Radioactive Deposits of Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLET l]N ^1 0 0 9 - C A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY OF URANIUM RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA By T. G. LOVERING ABSTRACT Thirty-five occurrences...occurrences of radioactive rocks had been reported from Nevada prior to 1952. Twenty-five of these had been investigated...Monster mine, which shipped 5 tons of ore to Marysvale, Utah, during 1951; the Majuba Hill mine; the Stalin's...prospect; and the West Willys claim in the Washington district. No estimate has been made of thorium reserves |  | | Report (issue) | | 114 GEOLOGY AND ORE DE_POSITS OF THE YERINGTON DIST_RICT, NEVADA BY • ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT.................................. . . History of mining .......................... . Production .........geology-Continued. 9 Epitome of the. geologic history of the 9 district .....•......................... 9 Part II. The........ . 20 Bluestone :mine ................ ·........ . 2'0 Mason Valley mine ............................. . 21 _ Malachite mine ............ .' .......... ·.. . 22 McConnell mine ........ : ........... |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly equant crystals |  | | 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...represented by numerous geothermal areas. The range of minerals found in mines, quarries, and prospect...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 |  | 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...geologic structure that controls this Basin and Range topography is dominated by faults. As can be seen...seen on figure 1, nearly every mountain range is bounded on at least one side by a fault that has been...in some places. Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically |  | | 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 (issue) | | in Progress for the Reno 1° x 2° CUSMAP Project, Nevada, with additional bibliography by Gary B. Sidder...GEOPHYSICS ADDITIONAL STUDIES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR MINING DISTRICTS Shady Run (Fondaway Canyon) Broken Hills...information to Sidder (1986) on deposit types and mining districts in the Reno quadrangle and additional...quadrangles. He is correlating tuff units in the Singatse Range with tuffs in different parts of his map area...Menlo Park) has mapped in the southern Stillwater Range primarily on the La Plata Canyon, Table Mountain |  | | 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 (issue) | | Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear in the specimen...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...specimenand image. Nickel Laterite From the Tiebaghi Mine, New Caledonia Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com |  | | Report (issue) | | 84 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Higgins mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA. 2.84 (10), 2.59 (10), 3.14 (9), 1.609...Hinojosa de Córdoba, Spain. (2) Higgins mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by difference...libethenite, chenevixite, brochantite, malachite, azurite, jarosite, “limonite”. Distribution: Many minor...Cumbria. In the USA, at the American Eagle and a number of other mines in the Tintic district, Juab Co., and...the Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah; from Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona; in the Bristol mine, Lincoln Co |  | | Journal (issue) | | Papago Park, Phoenix. Arizona. Feb. 16-22—Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, Arabian Nights...Vaqueros, Tucson. Arizona. Feb. 22-28—Maricopa County Fair, Horse Show, Mesa, Arizona. Feb. 22-29—Invitational...— Maricopa County Fair, Mesa Civic Center, Mesa, Arizona. Feb. 24-Mar. 4 — Imperial County Fair, El Centro...POETRY Evening Primrose, a n d other p o e m s LOST MINE Black Nuggets in the Valley of P h a n t o m Buttes...BRADT . . . . 23 MINES Current n e w s of desert mining 26 INDIANS W h e n W e a l t h C a m e to Hosteen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | [Korea University] at 11:41 06 January 2015 Moonta Mine, South Australia, Australia W ere it not for a...the famous mercury mines of Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas. Of these five species, only atacamite is...localities. Consequently, an atacamite from the Moonta mine, South Australia, Australia, has been suggested...been reported; pseudomorphs of atacamite after azurite have likewise been found. Atacamite occurs in small...instrumentation from the Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 mine at Balmat, New York, and in association with granophyllite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...regions. Common accessory minerals are malachite, azurite, cuprite, linarite, caledonite, cerussite, atacamite...sparingly at the old Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and as coatings of tiny crystals |  | | Report (issue) | | principally in arid regions. Association: Malachite, azurite, tenorite, cuprite, linarite, caledonite, cerussite...Duchessa, Sardinia, Italy. In Germany, at the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest. In England, numerous...the USA, in Arizona, large crystals from Bisbee, Cochise Co., and at the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger...Mammoth mine, Tintic, Juab Co., Utah; at Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico; from the Cerro Gordo mine, Inyo...Douglas Hill and Mason Pass mines, Yerington district, Lyon Co., Nevada. Many other localities are known |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 66.54 3.77 Total 99.47 99.09 100.00 (1) Mercedes mine, Coquimbo, Chile. (2) L’ubietová, Slovakia. (3)...deposits. Association: Pseudomalachite, malachite, azurite, chrysocolla, iron oxides. Distribution: Many...Vacas mine, near Vila Viçosa, and from near Alcoutim. Very large crystals from the Rokana mine, near...Burra Burra mine, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia. In the USA, from the Empire-Nevada and Blue Jay...Jay mines, Yerington, Lyon Co., Nevada; at the Castle Dome mine, Globe-Miami, Gila Co., the Old Reliable |  | | Book | | A FIELD GUIDE Rockhounding Nevada is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals...Globe Pequot Press NEVADA A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites NEVADA 2nd Edition Essential...and minerals WILLIAM A. KAPPELE Rockhounding Nevada RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 1 6/27/11 3:02 PM Help...RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 2 6/27/11 3:02 PM Rockhounding Nevada A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites...ion Data Kappele, William A., 1931Rockhounding Nevada : a guide to the state’s best rockhounding sites |  | | Journal (issue) | | MARCH–APRIL 2019 Articles The Candelaria District Mineral County, Nevada .....................................by P. M. Adams Atacamite from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia .........................COVER: ATACAMITE, 10.5 cm, from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia. Collection of (and photo...$315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...break to collect minerals at the famous Red Cloud mine. Everyone had fun on the trip, and Graham found |  | | Journal (issue) | | cavity. The only locality data was given as Blaine County, Idaho. The specimen was probably from the collection...1995), but found no location of ferberite in Blaine County. So I went Fig. 1 Ferberite showing twinning,... microcrystals, Corral Creek, Camas County, Idaho. Continued on page 9 Denver Shows of 2001 Continued...Ream Dennis Beals reports that the Fresnillo District, Mexico is not closed like I wrote last month...apophyllite (not of heulandite) from a new find in Custer County, Idaho. These pseudomorphs are quite spectacular |  | | Report (issue) | | __ a-—™ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Y ol. XLI DECEMBER 1947 No. 9 G EOLOGY A N D M IN IN G...Engineer N evada State Bureau of Mines JNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Vol. XL I DECEMBER 1947 No. 9 GEOLOGY...Washoe Counties By D. O verton M ining Engineer Nevada State Bureau of Mines T heodore PR IC E F IF T...Topography, Geology and Mineral Resources.. Douglas County— Location and Topography.. Geology and Ore Deposits...Highways_____ Production............................... Mining Districts— Buckskin (Smith Valley). Gardnerville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Modena (Bertolani and BertolaniMarchetti, 1967). Azurite, wood, Permian, Sierra Oscura, New Mexico (Tarr...coniferous wood, Miocene, McKittrick Formation, Kern County, California (Adams, 1920) Epidote, echinoderm,...brachiopod, Triassic, McConnell Mine, Yerington Mining District, Nevada (Knopf, 1918). Glauconite (Hartzell...Hemimorphite, mammal bones, age not stated, Broken Hill Mine, Rhodesia (Buttgenbach, 1919). Heulandite, gastropod...parahopeite, mammal bones, age not stated, Broken Hill Mine, Rhodesia (Buttgenbach, 1919). '\ornblende, sponge |
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