| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure | | | Journal (issue) | BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals: | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like...digenite, djurleite, and enargite rank among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record | | | Report (issue) | 74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \¥ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining ................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........· ......... ·................................. ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. ·......... | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Bornite Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan S ...unusual color for a particular species (green diamond) or an unusual habit (faden quartz). Rarity may...foremost copper mining localities in the United States: Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Butte has been called...Rico, Bolivia, and Broken Hill, Australia. The Butte deposit was at one time considered a hydrothermal...deposit (Guilbert and Parks 1986). Many of the Butte specimens in the Smithsonian collection, and others | | | 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...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; | | | Book (volume) | in elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides | | | Book (volume) | ..........................................258 Montana ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... | | | Report (volume) | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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 | | | Book (volume) | conditions: the Cumberland Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: | | | Book (volume) | ..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy | | | Book (volume) | ..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy | | | Report (issue) | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Of these, diamond proved the most difficult. Although it was determined in 1694 that diamond could be...was able to say for sure what the composition of diamond was. The great scientists of the Age of Enlightenment—Scheele...Tennant (1761–1815), who determined in 1796 that diamond is composed of carbon. Tennant also worked with...distomglanz, binnite (described by Des Cloizeaux as silver-rich), kupferblende (zinc-rich), miedziankite (zinc-rich)...chalcopyrite, galena, acanthite, sternbergite, enargite, bornite, covellite, calcite, dolomite, siderite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high | | | Book (volume) | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area...⎯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...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...north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area...⎯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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods | | | Journal (issue) | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com... Gressman tom.gressman@minrec.org The Tintic District: Juab and Utah Counties, Utah...................COVER: CLINOCLASE, 3.9 cm, from the Mammoth mine, Tintic District, Utah. Rock Currier collection; Jeff Scovil...sample of a pascoite group mineral at a mine in Grand County, Utah. Died, Alex Earl, 26 Jayson Alexander...over the American West. A trip to the Blue Bell mine near Baker, California, in 2016 was particularly | | | Journal (issue) | FACTS ABOUT OPAL CLAIM TO COPPER FAME Butte’s Mining Legacy DYNAMIC DISCOVERY Biggs Junction Reveals...NEVADA’S CARLIN TREND America’s Greatest Gold-Mining District 64 CAPTIVATING FIND AT CARVER AGATE FIELD...Opals............... 58 30 CLAIM TO COPPER FAME Butte, Montana’s Colorful History of Becoming “The Richest...older specimen of opal from the prolific USA locality of Butte, Oregon, reveals a carving-grade opal as...ue s re la te d to o p a ls. • Fe a ture s e xa mining the sc ie nc e , g e o lo g y a nd histo ry o f | | | Book | approximately 5 cm taii and is from the Eagle's Nest mine, Piacer County, California. Ross Beaty Collection. Photograph..... . ... 38 Diamond . .40 Digenite .........•........................... Enargite . . . • • .. ....Scheelite . ................ ., . . . .. . . . . Silver . iiJ i~ I I! ;3 lliii i!!J .80 • • . • . ....• .............. . ..... . ........ • .... 34 Diamond .. , , •. . .. • . .. . ... .40 Gold ........... . . . .. ......... 52 Graphite . . ....54 Silver . . . . . .. •.• ..... . ......... ..•• ..... | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Adams'. McCall -j' ('I. ,I) , \' ,I ',Ji Valley L..yJashingtonf ( • _ _ .l- - ---r' .LJ I ya~J...specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons... '<, • Boise I Dismal SW!fP \.J. Silver City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L........ ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and geologic data have not been recently prospected...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality | | | Report (issue) | GOLD AND SILVER. THE AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OF THE TRINITY RIVER BASIN, CALIFORNIA. By J. S. DILLER. INTRODUCTION...ever since. Besides the La Grange mine, the largest hydraulic mine now in active operation, it contains...mines, particularly in the northern portion of the county. Large bodies of gravel of lower grade yet remain...the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Sacramento Valley at Redding, the chief point of supply, via French...through Hyampom and Hay Fork to the Sacramento Valley. For much of the information used in this paper | | | Book | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting | | | Journal (issue) | until 5/26/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA 2 05 2 www.rockngem.com Ultra Tec.idml 2 3/3/15...remarkable deposit of copper species. This Flambeau mine chalcocite specimen (3.4 cm high) has an attractive...on my first dig. My dad and I went to the Diamond Hill mine in South Carolina and dug for skeletal quartz...melted sterling silver scrap and poured it into the mold to create a sheet of textured silver. Cuttlebone...design on paper to create a pattern for the sterling silver pieces. I applied rubber cement to a sheet of 18 | | | Report (issue) | 1 COUNTY REPORT HYSICAL >ci 8 PHYSICAL •CI. .Lib. IES TN 24 C3 1ERAL RESOURCES OF A34 1 IPINE...IPINE COUNTY, CA! IA -*ci?2®^?^a£~Vfes^A^Gw^i I ver Mou nta i nV-*- Digitized by the Internet...ALPINE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA by WILLIAM B.CLARK With sections on the Zaca gold-silver mine and the...the Leviathan COUNTY REPORT sulfur mine by James R. Evans 8 1977 CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND...2 i DOCS. -US Frontispiece. Typical Alpine County scenery. View looking southeast across Twin Lakes |
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