 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TEXASBlue-fluorescing Calcite Big Bend Park \ Part 2 . BLUE-FLUORESCING CALCITE from the mercury district...district of Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas, is one of the most interesting fluorescent minerals and...(part 1, January/February 1992, pages 43-47), this calcite fluoresces bright sky-blue under shortwave ultraviolet...Millson and Millson (1W) as follows. A sample of the calcite was cut into a slab in order to obtain a flat surface...evident. The bright pink response produced in this calcite by 188 ROCKS & MINERALS longwave ultraviolet |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Book | | HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY EOLOGY of TEXAS Darwin Spearing KW 3 4028 05687 8482 HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC...only APR 0 9 1997 ?//f(ff ROADSIDE feOLOGY of Texas Darwin Spearing MOUNTAIN PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY...ion Data Spearing, Darwin. Roadside geology of Texas / Darwin Spearing. p. cm. — (Roadside geology series...series.) Rev. ed. of: Roaside geology of Texas / Robert A. Sheldon. 1979 Includes bibliographical references...index. ISBN 0-87842-265-X 1. Geology Texas Guide-books. 2. Texas—Description and travel 1981 Guide-books |  | | Report (issue) | | Quicksilver Deposits of the Terlingua District Texas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 312 Geology...Quicksilver Deposits of the Terlingua District Texas By ROBERT G. YATES and GEORGE A. THOMPSON G E 0...quicksilver deposits of the Terlingua district, Texas, by Robert G. Yates and George A. Thompson. Washington... 1. Geology-Texas-Terlingua district. 2. Mercury ores. 3. Mercury mines and mining-Texas-Terlingua district...Tornillo clay _____________________ _________ _ Chisos volcanics ___________________________ _ Intrusive |  | | Report (issue) | | 00unse Geology of the Solitario, Trans-Pecos Texas Charles E. Corry WOCE Hydrographic Programme Office...Dallas, Texas 75222 Fred W. McDowell Department of Geological Sciences University of Texas at Austin...Austin Austin, Texas 78712 Kenneth A. Phillips P.O. Box 54 Arvada, Colorado 80001 SPECIAL PAPER a ss a ...ion Data Geology of the Solitario, Trans-Pecos Texas / Charles E. Corry. p. cm.—(Special paper ; 250)...(Geology)—Texas—Presidio County. 2. Domes (Geology)-Texas—Brewster County. 3. Geology—Texas—Presidio County |  | | Book | | QUICKSILVER Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company by KENNETH BAXTER RAGSDALE Foreword by JOE B. FRANTZ... $12.50 mercury production began in the Big Bend of Texas in the late 1800s, and by the end of World...Howard E. Perry, a Chicago industrialist whose Chisos Mining Company, estab¬ lished in 1902, became the...aspect of life in the lower Big Bend. Just how Perry acquired his Big Bend property is unclear, but once...employees) were dominated by Perry in the name of the Chisos. Scarcity, isola¬ tion, and a multi-ethnic labor |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF THE TERLINGUA REGION, CLYDE TEXAS. • P. ROSS. ABSTRACT. Texas is secondamongquicksilver-producing... Statesbecauseof the Terlingua region, in the Big Bend of the Rio Grande. This region containsCretaceousstrata...surface. The gangue minerals, particularly the calcite, are believed to have been derived mainly from...the Big Bend of the Rio Grande are of interest both because this small area has long kept Texas secondamongthe...solu- QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN TERLINGUA REGION, TEXAS. 117 tions are so dilute and circulateat suchcomparativelylow |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...................................... 3 Other Texas Minerals Obtained from the Philadelphia Academy...by the editor. Editor: Phyllis B. George 22407 Park Point Drive Katy, TX 77450-5852 Phone: (281) 395-3087...schools who are interested. We would divide Harris County into something like 6 or 8 divisions and then find...address is: Terry Proctor, 630 Uvalde Road, Houston, Texas 770153766. My law office phone is (713) 453-8338...interest with you—and without raising the dues. Other Texas Minerals Obtained from the Philadelphia Academy |  | | Report (issue) | | ¥ TEXAS ROCKS AND \ r - An Amateur’s Guide ;s ROSELLE M. GIRARD A b OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V N IVERSITY...The University of Texas Austin, Texas Peter T. Flawn, Director Guidebook 6 TEXAS ROCKS AND MINERALS...Rock identification charts Descriptions of some Texas rocks and minerals Anhydrite .................................................................. Calcite .................................................Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Pace 25 26 39 40 43 43 43 44 45 46 47 |  | | Journal (issue) | | adjustment for slabbing. This unit and other HIGHLAND PARK EQUIPMENT is fully described in our 50 page free...Fourth of July Fireworks display. White Sands National Monument, Alamogordo, N. M. July 4—Rodeo, Cimarron...events on the desert TRAVEL Boat Ride on the Big Bend By RANDALL HENDERSON Roving Reporter of the Desert...Palm Desert, California "The Basin" in Big Bend National Park. This is the concession area where visitors...supplies. The area is rimmed by the Chisos Mountains. Boat Ride on the Big Bend ... Nine years ago Congress |  | | Journal (issue) | | A . D. Blalock ................ Rose Pink Calcite in Texas. By C. L. Brock ............................Apatite, l\lt. 1\lica and the northern part of Oxford County in l\-Iaine. Apparently here in this quarry years...spechuens before found in :\laine only in Oxfo1·d County.• Little was done at the quarry from 1929 to the...tt~cenlly fou11d in Quincy Tow11sbip, Fr11nklin County, Pennsylvania, and placed on exhibition in the...were ha stily unloaded and buried there in the mountains, the priests returning quietly to their homes |  | | Journal (issue) | | A . D. Blalock ................ Rose Pink Calcite in Texas. By C. L. Brock ............................Apatite, l\lt. 1\lica and the northern part of Oxford County in l\-Iaine. Apparently here in this quarry years...spechuens before found in :\laine only in Oxfo1·d County.• Little was done at the quarry from 1929 to the...tt~cenlly fou11d in Quincy Tow11sbip, Fr11nklin County, Pennsylvania, and placed on exhibition in the...were ha stily unloaded and buried there in the mountains, the priests returning quietly to their homes |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2007 The Friends of Mineralogy, Inc. Visit the National Friends of Mineralogy website: www .friendsof...Tucson, Arizona on February 13, 1970, operates on a national level and also through regional chapters. It is...annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Visit the national FM website for membership information, application...to pinkish masses of crystalline calcite from Brewster County, Texas. A 1934 article by C. L. Brock in...and gives their occurrence as being in lhe Chisos Mountains wilh no specific location given. Brock\\ as |  | | Report (issue) | | showing karst domes and breccia mounds near Malaga Bend Diagram of mogotes Geologic sketch map of karst...karst mounds and associated features near Malaga Bend Geologic sketch map of breccia mound, Nash Draw Geologic...continuing study of the Los Medanos area, eastern Eddy County, New Mexico, to determine the feasibility of storing...area from lat 32°45' southward to the New Mexico-Texas State line. Detailed maps of some karst features...This study was done in cooperation with Sandia National Laboratories, Division of Waste Management, on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ............................. Cigar and Leon mountains.................................................. 6. Variation diagram for rocks of Highwood Mountains, M ontana..................... 7. Variation diagram...Belt Mountains, M ontana..................... 8. Variation diagram for rocks of Crazy Mountains, M ontana...Terlingua-Solitario region in southern Brewster and Presidio counties, Texas, is arid and mountainous with many...alkaline subprovinces along the front of the Rocky Mountains. The analcite-bearing rocks are most abundant |  | | Report (volume) | | Survey Bull. 1200; issued, Paris, 1967, by Centre National de Ia Recherche Scientifique as Volume 7 Amerique...74, Ph miles east of Dutchtown, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Type section cut by northtrending fault with...stream in NEIA sec. 33, T. 16 N., R. 14 E, Wayne County. Named after village of Abington, about 3 miles...Battle formation on crest and west side of Osgood Mountains. Fossils indicate Late Pennsylvanian to Early...Permian. Named for Adam Peak in Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County. Occupies belt about 21f2 miles long |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA AT EL PASO, TEXAS C. S. Hunrrur, Jn., Secretary The thirtieth annual...which was held on November 10-12,1949 in EI Paso, Texas, was attended by 134 members and fellows. Scientific...Howard W. Jafie, U. S. Bureau of Mines, College Park, Maryland. Mackenzie L. Keith, Geophysical Laboratory...THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, EL PASO, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 10-12,1949 THE LEUCOXENE PROBLEM+ VICTOR...llr"i'""* Eudialyte and eucolite occur in otero county, New Mexico, in small irregular dikes associated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA AT EL PASO, TEXAS C. S. Hunrrur, Jn., Secretary The thirtieth annual...which was held on November 10-12,1949 in EI Paso, Texas, was attended by 134 members and fellows. Scientific...Howard W. Jafie, U. S. Bureau of Mines, College Park, Maryland. Mackenzie L. Keith, Geophysical Laboratory...THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, EL PASO, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 10-12,1949 THE LEUCOXENE PROBLEM+ VICTOR...llr"i'""* Eudialyte and eucolite occur in otero county, New Mexico, in small irregular dikes associated |  | | Book | | Minerals Yearbook+each year that summarizes the national production and status of each mineral commodity...types are exposed. Visible formations include the Big Seam iron ore formation, sandstones, shales, cherts...14— 15— Historic iron furnaces Historic Vulcan Park 16— Underground iron ore mines (inactive) 17—...development of the steel industry in the area. i~ Vulcan Park overlooking Birmingham, IS 16 17 Ala. U.S. 31...31 S.—At the crest of Red Mountain is Vulcan Park, which contains a statue of Vulcan overlooking Birmingham |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the U. S. Evening Post of December, 1955; the National Museum, and president of the Jacobs Collection...of Washington, D. C, and Rock's, of San Antonio, Texas. These dealers have promised a new line of sterling...gold specimens from the Red Ledge Mine, Nevada County, California. The program was given by Dr. Karl...J. C. Showalter Quarry at Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pa., with our highly esteemed member, Mr. J. C...finds of the pink dolomite crystals, fluorite, calcite and quartz in the specially prepared shot. Many |  | | Book (edition) | | ~ ele Or WHITMAN COLLEGE LIBRARY GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS PENROSE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Whitman College...Class of 1957 25th ~ Reunion Fund GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS Third Edition Ann G. Harris Youngstown...eastern tip of Anacapa Islands in Channel Islands National Park, California. The bedrock is volcanic. Photograph...Photograph courtesy Channel Islands National Park Collection. The drawings by Genevieve Shimer on pages 1...475, and 497 are maps of the national parks from A Guide to the National Parks—Their Landscape and Geology |  | | Journal (issue) | | September-October 201✓ Mineral Collections in Texas A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September-October...279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin Schofield collection, page 228; Pezzottaite-Jim...collection, page 135. Backcover: (lefl column) Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz...those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been made... but all are worthy of study and appreciation. Texas collections generally tend tobe very broad in scope |  | | Report (volume) | | 248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason...New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature consulted would be impracticable...Phillips, W. B., The mineral resources of Texas: Univ. Texas Bull. 365, Sci. Ser. 29, 1914. Among other...Survey, the Bureau of Mines, and the United States National Museum, and the efficient cooperation of Mr. Frank |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associatesfrom this locality are nepheline, cancrinite, calcite, plagioclase, essonite, diopside and vesuvianite...manganiferouscalcite from the Chisos Mountains, Brewster County, Texas.* However, there was an over-all...seconds at 2 cm., the phos' ohorescence of this calcite suffices to tead news type for five seconds' JOURNAL...Sandbornite, a new barium silicate mineral from Nlariposa County, California : Am. Mineral., voL 17, p. 77O, 1932 |  | | Report (volume) | | minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual..........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin. Vermont...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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |
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