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| 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 |
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| specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...• Idaho Falls 1 ' r_ r--- 'f"Q --; - Souu,;Mountain : I•__ .... _ Spencer ,(~\ - -, _Custer r j'...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below) |
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| rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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 |
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| Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...significant mineral localities in C o l o r a d o ,by county. In addition, there is a complete listing o f all...type localities, and an alphabetical cross-index by mine name. T INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1976 a group...LOCALITY INDEX BOULDER COUNTY Caribou Mine Caribou (near Nederland), Caribou District (Silver, Uraninite |
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| ¥ 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 .....................Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Pace 25 26 39 40 43 43 43 44 45 46 47...81 84 85 85 87 87 88 89 90 93 94 94 95 97 99 Texas Rocks and Minerals Books about rocks and minerals |
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| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| (above). Pyrite, Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County. Cluster of intergrown crystals showing light...specimen. Figure 2 (right). Pyrite, Mountain Spring mine, Rico, Dolores County. Cluster of modified cubes; specimen...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O PYRITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs...in significant amounts in virtually all of the mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt. (The Colorado...elongated, highly mineralized zone running from Boulder County in the northeast diagonally across the state to |
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| and Saturday Mountain Formation, and arenaceous rocks are represented by the Clayton Mine Quartzite and...Hoodoo, Livingston Cambrian-Ordovician Saturday Mountain Fm. Ella Dolomite Bayhorse Dolomite Dolomite...Dolomite, quartzite Dolomite, siltstone, argillite Red Bird Clayton, Rob Roy Pacific, Riverview Ramshorn Slate...amphibolite MiddleProterozoic EarlyProterozoic Mine-mineralized area Milligen Formation also occurs...0 $6.00 Carrietown, Minnimoore, Bullion Black Bird Late Cretaceous (100–70 Ma) igneous activity resulted |
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| Turley & M. Koval Mineralogy of the Killie mine, Elko County, N ev a d a ........................413 by...6-12 cm, Adamite with Hemimorphite from the Ojuela mine, pale green and purple Naica fluorites in small...have been col lected at the Duff quarry in Logan County, Ohio, for more than ten years. The crystals are...approximately 2 kilometers north of Huntsville, Logan County, in west-central Ohio. The quarry produces crushed...instrument. A few years later, in 1849, Sir David Brewster produced a por table lenticular stereoscope of |
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| BULLETIN 539 SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN OUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT........ Future of mining in northwestern Custer County......................... Mining districts............................................ Bay Horse district....................................................................................... 56 56 Mining conditions. .....................................prospects...................................... Ramshorn mine................................................ |
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| R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University.....157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................Iron and Washington Counties) and Arizona (Mojave County). This region is one of the last American frontiers...annotated by Arthur E. Smith 9118 Concho Houston, Texas, 77036 Annotated and illustrated by Richard A....Golden, Colorado 80401 n 1 9 0 2 , the well-known mining engineer and authorRickard toured the mines o f |
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| Elmwood, Tennessee; the mines of the Tri-State district of Missouri-OklaDownloaded by [University of Nebraska...Barbara L. Muntyan, former director of the Ouray County Museum in Ouray, Colorado, is a frequent contributor...Portland mine, Ouray County 2. Camp Bird mine, Ouray County 3. Idarado mine, San Miguel County 4. Bachelor...Bachelor mine, Creede, Mineral County 5. Bulldog mine, Creede, Mineral County 6. Grizzly Bear mine, Ouray...Ouray County 7. Eagle mine, Gilman, Eagle County One of the most common sulfide minerals in Colorado and |
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| 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..........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 |
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| ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................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 |
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| Bulletin 732 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY AND E. L. JONES...Interstate-Callahan mine_________________ Success mine __________________________ Rex mine____________________________...character__________ Form and distribution____________________. Siderite veins_________________________ Southern area _____...deposits to other deposits in the Coeur d'Alene district ___________________ 120 Antimony deposits_____...Pearson prospect_____'_ _ _ Hannibal group_______ Siderite deposits_________-_______________ Fissure fillings |
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| ARTHUR E. S M I T H 9 I I8 Concho Street Houstol1. Texas 77036 ERIC FRITZSCH 1520 S . 169th Avenue Omaha...secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl |
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| Online at HA.com/5141 3500 Maple Avenue ❘ Dallas, Texas 75219-3941 Direct Client Service Line – Toll Free:...Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...Operating Officer 3500 Maple Avenue • Dallas, Texas 75219 Phone 214-528-3500 • 877-HERITAGE (437-4824)...museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar |
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| otherwise noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection...from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with...the Eagle mine’s (Gil304 ROCKS & MINERALS man district) production. This does not mean that copper has...copper-bearing chimneys are limited to the Red Mountain district in Ouray County. Figure 2. Colorado mineral belt |
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| enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground...oFtne ato aa Gem Ghd nQkTeane Uva a nes ly ia" mine Ui nrobs inesob cere ts ou ioe tok us 'aaieomolitt...rift that extends from Mexico along the Rocky Mountain Front to possibly the North Slope of Alaska. In...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...and the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley Caballo |
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| Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a |
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| OURAY Eldorado mine IfXCamp Bird mine TEIXURTOE 'TMdarado mine q Eureka Red Mountain Pass Downloaded...00:19 07 August 2017 TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P . O . Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 Tom...Tom Rosemeyer is the owner of Red Mountain Explora tion and has mined and collected minerals in Colorado...introduction, I have been engaged in ex ploration and mining in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado...they haw vielded. 140 ROCKS & MINERALS ^Brooklyn mine ^-—O Howardsville Scale in Miles Figure 1: Location |
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| and Uranium Deposits of the Temple Mountain District Emery County, Utah By C. C. HAWLEY, D. G. WYANT..._______________________________________ History of mining operations and production._____________________...Formation_________--.__________-____-----__Temple Mountain and Monitor Butte Members.--..-Moss Back Member...structures__-__-_-___-_-_-__.--_-____-_-___------Temple Mountain collapse structure_____________________ Rocks...mudstone____________ Formation of siderite near the Temple Mountain collapse structure_-__-__-_--_--_ |
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| above sea level; with more than eight hundred mountain peaks exceed ing 11,000 feet, the average elevation...Juan Mountain regions. A n article on Colorado quartz is inextricably tied to the state's mining history...specimens originated from its innumerable mines. The mining industry and resultant mineral wealth directed...more authoritative accounts of the state's early mining and economic resources, provides a timeless perspective...Other comprehensive overviews of Colorado's mines, mining his tory, and/or economic geology are provided |
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| Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...commercial zinc mines of the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example...jet-black sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen...in Connecticut pegmatites, including the Tolgate mine at Middletown where masses to 25 cm across occurred |
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| 05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...ore mineral of copper. Fortunately for both the mining industry and the collector, chalcopyrite forms...One such locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy of consideration...example of chalcopyrite from French Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 10-cm-wide specimen has chalcopyrite...of chalcopyrite crystals from the Old Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Germany. Jack Halpern specimen |
