 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is the county seat and is situated in about the center of the county. I do not know if this mine is still...of the dealers ; however I did not ask from what mine these were from." ARIZONA—We recently received...Sea (in southern California —chiefly in Imperial County) one of the World's great geological freaks of...its shores." ARKANSAS—The Morning Star mine, in Marion County, Ark., has furnished many handsome specimens...smithsonite. Desiring to ascertain the location of this mine we petitioned the help of Byron C. Marshall, 204 |  | | 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 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Book (edition) | | Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that...PHENACITE SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada .............................................Harris Monazite and caldoancylite from the Foote mine, North Carolina by J. S. White & J. E. Nelen 203...(1 inch) on antlerite crystals from the Southwest mine, Bisbee, Arizona. For more information on this recent...zoisite from Tanzania; petrified wood; “blue john” fluorite from England; and perhaps even a nice agate slab |  | | 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...Prof. E. B. Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | probably the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County in Pennsylvania, but that’s a mineral club with...lecture, Mineralogy and History of the Silver Coin Mine. A buffet dinner rounded off the action, and the...slides. Sunday brought a field trip to the Blue Bell mine. Perhaps the most interesting historical event of...spoke on Fluorite Fantasies, a two-part talk, featuring first the crystallography of fluorite, illustrated...Localities, Huachuca Mountains, Hartford District, Cochise County, Arizona, outlining the discovery of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have been found in the gold mines at Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Calif. COLORADO-The following item was sent...coarse xline galena has been found in the Aleo lead mine in Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., III. INDIANA—Slender...13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...MARYLAND-Zelma Wright, Jr. 3105 Dundalk Ave., Baltimore 22, Md., sent in a coarse xline, white calcite...Beltway, Baltimore Co., Md. "There is a good collecting area at junction of Joppa Road and Baltimore Beltway |  | | Journal (issue) | | stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and...localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek, |  | | Book (edition) | | YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...have been found at the Holland mine in Washington Camp Mining District near Nogales, Santa Cruz Co., Ariz...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...minerals are hard to find mainly because of extensive mining and the rambling "rockhounds." Almost all of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | first phyllite we ever saw from sers" area, Sonoma County, Calif. It was noted by M. Vonsen in CALIF. JOUR... ranging in in a road cut situated in Randolph County, size from 2 to 4 millimeters. Sometimes it Ala...other recognized psilomelane in the Batesville district, In- species as laumontite, thomsonite, datolite...California from what they call the Fort Bidwell district ( N / E Modoc Co.). The territory is covered with...the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville (Eldorado Co.) Calif. This was an active gold mine up to about a |  | | Report (volume) | | OP HARDNESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz...streambeds, principally derived from rocks of the Sierra Nevada. Specific localities in California where diamonds...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are: |  | | Report (issue) | | REFERENCE TO THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY DISTRICT By Paul Hatmaker Former Mining Engineer, Building Materials Section...Origin and occurrence 18 Kentucky district Western States Mining districts of the United States 21...Mexico 27 Nevada New Hampshire 28 28 Other States Prospecting and exploration Mining 31 Milling...37 Domestic production Imports statistics and mine stocks 40 40 Tariff history 51 Exports Domestic...Fluorspar vein at the 500-foot level of the Daisy mine, Rosiclare Lead & Fluor- 6. Method FIG. 1. 2 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Down Deep in the Rowley Mine GEM GARNETS Popular for Centuries THE BALTIMORE GEM CUTTERS Celebrating...toxic. This 6 cm spray of needles is from the Herja mine (Baia Mare, Maramures), Romania. (Gerhard Brandstetter...in the Rowley................... 22 This Arizona mine is a specimen treasure trove Winter rockhounding................... 30 The Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore celebrates its 50th show by Helen Serras-Herman...Notes New owners took possession of the Mary Ellen mine property on July 1, 2014 and no collecting is being |  | | Report (volume) | | America, Canada, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevada, North America, Ontario, United States. The headings...California. Economic geology. Chromite, El Dorado County: Cater, F. W., Jr. Healdsburg quadrangle: Gealey...W. K. Mercur~·, New Almaden mines, Santa Clara County: Bailey, E. H. San Francisco Bay counties: Bowen...Bowen, 0. E , Jr., 3 Mineral resources, Fresno County: Logan, C. A. Geologic maps. Bitterwater Cre€k area:...Cretaceous : SchoellhamPr, .J. E. Rincon pegmatite district: Hanley, J. B. Cambrian. Maryland, Sugarloaf Mtn |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | identify, assume some dolomite xls, calcite and fluorite. Rock formation is Madison limestone."— item dated...dolomite xls in cavity of gray limestone. Purple fluorite xls with xled pale pinkish dolomite on gray limestone...pale pinkish xline dolomite. Thin crust of purple fluorite coating face of gray limestone. ALASKA—We need...for this mouth-watering specimen is Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz. ARKANSAS—"First off...have found in the Magnet Cove area of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I am sending you a specimen under separate |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Neily Bariand Paris, France Werner...minerals at the Line Pit, State Line chromite district, Pennsylvania and Maryland ..................149...B-2120 Schoten COVER: FLUORITE on sphalerite from Huanzala, Peru. The largest fluorite crystals are about...(Scottsdale, AZ) Artrox (El Paso, TX) Baltimore Mineralogical Society (Baltimore, MD) Carlos Barbosa (Rio de Janeiro...L yko Minerals and Gems (El Paso, TX) M ad Rat Mining and Minerals (Ontario, CA) M ike Madsen Minerals |  | | Report (volume) | | RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING GAMPS IN ELKO, UNDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS............................. Mountain ranges and mining districts................................................................ Midas or Gold Circle district........................................ Location...geology............................................. Mine descriptions......................................44 44 45 46 47* 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 49 50 Rex mine..................:............................. |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |
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