 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2003, pp. 409–424 Geology of the Ivanhoe Hg-Au District, Northern Nevada: Influence of Miocene Volcanism...University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 Abstract The mercury-gold deposits of the Ivanhoe mining...mining district in northern Nevada formed when middle Miocene rhyolitic volcanism and high-angle faulting...fluids. A shallow lake began to develop in the Ivanhoe area about 16.5 Ma. The lake progressively expanded...west-central part of the district. Thus, although mineralization in the district took place during a span |  | | Report (issue) | | UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Val,. S X X I T II I 1)ECEBIIIElZ 1944 No. 5 GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES No...No. 41 er Deposits In Nevada BY EDGARH. BAILEY and DAVID A. PHOENIX Geologists, U. S. Geological Survey...Survey PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY NEVADA STATE BUREAU OF MINES IN COOPERATION WiTH UNITED STATES OEOLOOlCAL...SURVEY PRICE ONE DOLLAR j sin PUBLICATION OF THE NEVADA STATEBUREAUOF MINES A N D THE MACKAY &HWL OF MINES...THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO, NEVADA Entered in the Post Office at Reno, Nevada, as second-class matter |  | | Journal (issue) | | March 2019 Fluorescent Opal From the Velvet District, Pershing Co., Nevada Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet...werner@lcturbonet.com The diatomite mines of the Velvet District haven't received much attention over the years,...rock" of course, and technically not a mineral. Opal, however, is a mineral and it has been a rather... Diatomite (fig. I) was first reported in the District in 1923 (Vanderburg, 1936) on the west side ofTrinity...NV, about 30 km northwest of Lovelock. Initial mining was done by the Southern Pacific Co. (SP) and in |  | | 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 | | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | named schuetteite after Curt Nicoiaus Schuette, mining engineer, geologisl, and specialist on mercury...natural occurrencesin several quicksilver depositsin Nevada, and in single localities in california, oregon...for Curt Nicolaus Schuette (pronouncedshoo'tC), mining engineer and geologist,who has devoted much of...deposits. He has written reports on quicksilver mining and economics (Schuette, l93la), on the metallurgy...thin earthy films, in many places accompaniedby opal. Although the material found on bricks of demol |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 23:49 05 October 2014 Daybreak Mine, Spokane County, Washington T he naming of minerals that...its outstanding classic occurrence at the Daybreak mine near Elk, Washington. Autunite is characterized...most “autunite” specimens that have been found on mine dumps or have resided in collections for decades...some localities, including that from the Daybreak mine described below, dehydrates in such a way that what...of autunite aggregates from the Daybreak mine, Spokane County, Washington; John Lucking specimen, Jeff |  | | Report (issue) | | resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada by George Wong Open-File Report 83-721 This...Appendix A **~""~~"* "* *** *"* * » Table Table 1. District descriptions . .-.-.-. . -.-. . . . .-. .-. <...resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada By George Wong The purpose of this map is to identify...Province. These areas include past and present mining and prospecting localities as well as areas of...map are not legal mining district boundaries and may include more than one district as well as adjacent |  | | Report (issue) | | Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California:...shown is the location of the Champion dumortierite mine 23 Figure 5. Location of known mines, prospects...mines, prospects, and occurrences of gems (chiefly opal) in the WSRA. Information from MRDS and MILS databases...been produced for many years in the Winnemucca District, and to a lesser extent in the Surprise Resource...change or population increases in northwestern Nevada and adjacent California. Development of new mines |  | | Report (issue) | | Miocene diatomite, Trinity Pass Area, Pershing County, Nevada By J. THOMAS NASH* Open-File Report 95-84...deposits in the Trinity Pass area, Pershing County, Nevada ........................................ 2...column for the Trinity Pass area, Pershing County, Nevada ......................................... 4...resources in the Trinity Pass area, Pershing County, Nevada ........................... 13 Plate 1. Reconnaissance...geologic map of the Trinity Pass area, Pershing County, Nevada ................................... in pocket |  | | Catalog/List | | Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...Painted Desert Member Circle Clifs, Garield County, Utah, USA 37.00 x 23.50 x 1.00 inches (93.98 x 59.69...La Matilda Formation El Moyano, Puerto Deseado District, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina 12.00 x 10.75...Basalt Formation Goodnoe Hills, Klickitat County, Washington, USA 15.75 x 15.00 x 0.50 inches (40.01 x 38...Jurassic Shishugon Formation Junggar Basin, Qitai County, Xinjiang Province, China 30.00 x 19.50 x 1.00 |  | | Journal (issue) | | RACE 16 John W. Robinson ALL'S NOT SMOOTH AT VELVET 20 Mary Frances Strong BADGER HOLE GOLD 32...Christmas Without Christmas Cards 1424 "I will lift up mine eyes, etc." May the Peace and Joy of Christmas be...large areas of what is now eastern California, Nevada, and parts of Utah! Substantiation is based on...found V\ three Indians sitting around a fire in a Nevada desert canyon. On the fire was a large iron pot...by some of the most ancient rocks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Entry is 12 blocked some of the year |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2020 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT OPAL CLAIM TO COPPER FAME Butte’s Mining Legacy DYNAMIC DISCOVERY Biggs...Printed in the U.S.A. 10 0 74470 02033 2 WIN AN OPAL PRIZE PACK! Details on page 6… 2 ROCKNGEM.COM...NEVADA’S CARLIN TREND America’s Greatest Gold-Mining District 64 CAPTIVATING FIND AT CARVER AGATE FIELD...By Steve Voynick 28 10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT OPAL By John L. Carver and Bill Halepeska 62 REGULAR...specimen of opal from the prolific USA locality of Butte, Oregon, reveals a carving-grade opal as it is |  | | Book (edition) | | lovely gem, against lying a background of soft velvet? Skillfully placed lights bring out every gleam...and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal |  | | Catalog/List | | $1,500 - 2,000 Offered in a black satin box with velvet interior, the white satin lid stamped with Zadora...in graduated sizes, each opening to reveal a red velvet lined interior suitable for the storage of jewelry...mineralogy textbook authored by a citizen of the USA. The present, Brazilian specimen, is a classic mineral...reserve 2046 LARGE AZUR-MALACHITE Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona A large cabinet specimen displaying botryoidal... 2047 2047 CRYSTALLIZED AZURITE Milpillas Copper Mine, Milpillas, Sonora, Mexico A small cabinet specimen |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯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...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯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) | | Reservation, Albuquerque, New Mexico. August 18-20—Cache County Rodeo, Logan, Utah. August 18-20—Rodeo, Vernal...Vernal, Utah. August 24-28 — San Bernardino County Fair, Victorville, California. Late August — Hopi Snake...Devil's Canyon EXPLORATION By RANDALL HENDERSON Opal Miner of Rainbow Ridge FIELD TRIP By NELL MURBARGER...GARDENING By RUTH REYNOLDS COVER LETTERS NEWS MINING URANIUM LAPIDARY HOBBY CLOSE-UPS FICTION COMMENT...Current news of desert mines 35 Progress of the mining boom 36 Amateur Gem Cutter, by LELANDE QUICK |  | | Catalog/List | | ...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. 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