 | | 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 |  | | Book | | Fic. 1. Pale-blue turquois; Gove Turquois mine, near Cottonwood, San Bernardino County, Cal. Fie. . Turquois...Royal Blue Turquois mine, m Nye County, near Millers, Nev. Fia. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye...Nye County, Nev. Fia. . Dark-blue turquois; Azure mine, Burro Mountains, N. Mex. Fic. . Cobweb turquois...turquois matrix; Southwest Turquois Co. mine, Mineral Park, Ariz. Fia. Onhone - Nugget of turquois, polished...Myers and Bona Turquois mine, 13 miles north of west of Millers, Esmeralda County, Nev. -7. Split veinlet | | | Book | | Fto. 6. Pale-blue turquoia; Gove Turquoia mine, near Cottonwood, San Bernardino County, Cal. Turquois...Royal Blue Turquoie mine, in Nye County, near Millers, Nev. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye...Nye County, Nev. Dark-blue turquoisj AzUJ'8 mine, Burm Mountains, N. Mex. Cobweb turquois matrix; Southwest...Southwest Turquois Co. mine, Mineral Park, .A:riz. Nugget of turquois, poliehed on one side; Myen &nd Bona...Bona Turquoia mine, 13 miles north of we!Jt of Yillen,, EsmentJda County, Nev. • Flo. 7. Split veinlet of |  | | 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...especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...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 |  | | 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...especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list |  | | Report (issue) | | COPPER OXI'DE RESOURCES Open-file Report 92-10 July, 1992 by Nyal J. Niemuth and Ken A. Phillips Arizona.... . . . . . . 1 Arizona Copper Deposits 1 Figure 1. Map showing copper oxide resources in Arizona...showing the distribution of Arizona's principal copper-producing metallic mineral districts for the following...following deposit types: Figure 2. Porphyry copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 Figure...Stratabound copper, veins, and replacement 3 Table 1. Arizona copper oxide deposits Cochise County . Coconino |  | | Book (edition) | | interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information...Murphy, Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Harold Noble, Leo |  | | Report (issue) | | Preliminary Model of Porphyry Copper Deposits Open-File Report 2008–1321 U.S. Department of the Interior...Geological Survey Preliminary Model of Porphyry Copper Deposits By Byron R. Berger, Robert A. Ayuso, Jeffrey...Seal, R.R., 2008, Preliminary model of porphyry copper deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report......36 Figures 1. Cross section of a porphyry copper deposit showing idealized alteration zoning (after...compositions associated with selected porphyry copper deposits..........37 2. Major and minor axes of |  | | Book (edition) | | Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington MA 01803, USA First published 1962 Second edition 1970 Third edition...24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Spodumene Quartz Opal Turquoise Lapis Lazuli Jade – Geology and Mineralogy The...Canada, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK and the USA, making this a truly international collaboration...There have also been a number of additions to the range of synthetic gemstones produced by Pierre Gilson...synthetic coloured stones not only in shades of blue and green, but in stones virtually indistinguishable |  | | Journal (issue) | | pendant Make a 2-stone necklace Visit a variscite mine at 6,000 feet Clean Finish Tu T u umb mble mble...515 Narragansett Park Drive, Pawtucket, RI 02861 USA • 24 punches (2.3 to 25 mm) • 49 mm steel dapping...Pham Gray’s “Turquoise Surprise” necklace, page 64. Insets: Jeff Fulkerson’s “From Mine to Maker” ring...Discoveries at a Nevada variscite mine materials feature by Jeff Fulkerson 58 70 FROM MINE TO MAKER Cut...by Jeff Fulkerson 64 TURQUOISE SURPRISE Pair a channeled, glass-encased turquoise bead splashed with gold |  | | Report (issue) | | Gila Range and elsewhere. ANDRADITE. See Garnet. ANGLESITE (sulphate of lead). Tombstone district, Cochise...Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral Park;; Pima County... in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in Castle Dome...Dome district; common in silver veins. ANTIMONY ORES. See Jamesonite and Stibnite. ARGENTITE (silver glance)...glance). Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral Park, and Stockton Hill districts; |  | | Journal (issue) | | World's Fair of Gems and M inerals." Host, Clafll County Gem Collectors. Las Vegas Convention Center, Las...LAPIDARY SOCIETIES Annual Show, "Gem-Main-IA". Lincoln County Gem and Mineral Society, host. Exposition Bulld...Gem and Mineral Society. 18th Annual Show. GIia County Fairgrounds, Hwy 60, Globe, AZ.. 31 and 1, 10-9;...Society. Annual Show. Exposition Bldg., Solano County Fairgrounds, Interstate 80 and Hwy 37, Vallejo...all cabochons including agate, Jade, opal, and turquoise. It's quiet! Portable! Clean! Fast! Everything |  | | Book (edition) | | to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay |  | | Journal (issue) | | FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT OPAL CLAIM TO COPPER FAME Butte’s Mining Legacy DYNAMIC DISCOVERY Biggs Junction...NEVADA’S CARLIN TREND America’s Greatest Gold-Mining District 64 CAPTIVATING FIND AT CARVER AGATE FIELD...Sneak Peek: Opals............... 58 30 CLAIM TO COPPER FAME Butte, Montana’s Colorful History of Becoming...classic older specimen of opal from the prolific USA locality of Butte, Oregon, reveals a carving-grade...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 | | gypsum (top), 'dogtooth spar' calcite (left centre), 'blue john' fluorite (right centre) and pyrite (bottom)...geological skill as they Copper and gold were first used at hunted and exploited a range of metal create new...though, it required a real knowledge of German mining engineer Georgius breaks in the rock sequence...the first great unconformities (see Reading the Copper and gold were both too soft to geology book, De...by Hutton’s ideas, more tin could be added to copper to make The rock hunters Below: None of these |  | | Journal (issue) | | Amethvst B Qual. Amazonlte Aventurine Amethyst cape u. Blue Lace Agate Black Star saoohlre Botswana Aoate Bloodstone...EDldotelUnikite Garnets Green Onyx Gold Stone; Brown or Blue 10.00 7x5 .20 1.50 1.00 .40 .40 .40 14.00 .50...Speci~ gems from current listings. #COO&, A+, M/0 Blue Splnel, MATCHED PAIR of 5.0mm Round a. Glittering...65ct@S30/ct ........... $19.50/HI #C238, M , Med Grayish Blue Spine!, MATCHED PAIR 013.5mm Rounds. Fullofbeautyl...• • • • . • .. • • SSN.00 No.fl014, A+, Med-MIO Blue lndlcollta Tourmaline, 8 5x5.Smm Step Cut Cuthlon |  | | Journal (issue) | | this explain why Hydroseals Tee IN THE MAJOR MINING PUMPS PROTECTED CENTERS OF THE WORLD Most...Grader builds and maintains roads for trucks hauling copper ore and approximately 25,000 tons of waste per...machines like the “Caterpillar” Diesel products mining throughout the world. Tractors. Bulldozers, Motor...repiling bauxite and loading trucks for Reynolds Mining Corporation, near Hurricane Creek, Arkansas. CATERPILLAR...JJ SYD)! te up in a wooden pail. Missouri lead mine about 1890. —_—— ; eee if atOT ace | | Horse |  | | Book | | Department of Geological Sciences Duluth MN 55812-2496 USA grapp@d.umn.edu ISBN: 978-3-540-78593-4 e-ISBN:.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Outcrops, Mining, and Quarrying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 7.4 Native Copper (Cu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 7.5 Other Copper Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 7.5.1 The Copper Ore Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Catalog/List | | western states. Colorado and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history....the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...country as well as exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana...mineral history of Nevada and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield...Wickenburg, Arizona, and wulfenite, mimetite and copper minerals in southern Arizona. In 1996, at the |  | | Book (edition) | | smashing of crystals in magnificient pockets by mine foremen; such vandalism is not only stupid,...vein, although it does give a company the right to mine, should not be taken as justification of thoughtless...through the press or as stockholders, to force the mine operators to arrange for specimen preservation in...another. It matters not how the mine companies arrange this. Ideally, the mine could collect and sell specimens...thereby make more profits for the stockholders. If the mine owners consider this too trivial, they can close |  | | Book (edition) | | There gained novices and they have but such and copper. experiences, has the wish mineralogists ... minerals and cate blind, as perhaps, of proximity mine edge is some of our A strange, for to a...of of the signs some guide aid experience mining and to the interpret re- epito- knowl- ...relative valuable to and proximate values—Vein Mining —Various forms of deposits—Veins, faults, ...for 8 THE PROSPECTORS’ MANUAL CHAPTER IV. COPPER SILVER, How Wire know to —Silver Lead silver—Silver |  | | Book (edition) | | Gneiss, Sandstone, Marble, Limestone 2 Gold, Silver, Copper, Sulphur, Galena, Sphalerite xill 16 17 Kiv...Cassiterite, Anatase, Brookite 17 Vanadinite, Turquoise, Torbernite, Carnotite, Scheelite, Wulfenite 18... and go easy on the ore piles you may find at a mine or quarry. Even a few pounds of some minerals, like...adjusted so that the flame is blue-violet, with a bright inner cone of blue unburned gas. The pressure should...lower part of the flame, just at the tip of the blue cone, has gas in excess and takes oxygen from anything |  | | Book | | disthene, pectolite, amblygonite, and chalcan thite (blue vitriol). Monoclinic system The axial cross is formed...and some native elements such as gold, silver, copper, and diamond. Crystals bounded by faces of a single...after pyrite or siderite, of malachite after native copper, of cuprite after azurite, of quartz after barytes...are non-magnetic and cannot be magnetized (e.g. copper); paramagnetic minerals can be magnetized only...trace amount of an activator, usually manganese, copper, lead, silver, uranium, elements of rare earths |  | | Report (issue) | | ...... ·- ......... . J,5 Historical sketch of mining and smelting in New Mexico....... . . . . . . .................... _.............. ... .. .: 61 Copper deposits due to oxidizing surface waters ........................................... . Lead and copper veins of doubtful affiliation· ................................................................ Copper deposits in sandstone ............................... : . .............. - ........ .. . . T~os County, by L. C. Graton and W ..Lindgren ..... ...... |
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