 | | 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 |  | | 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 ...................... Copper minerals (chalcocite, chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) Dolomite .............................Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Pace 25 26 39 40 43 43 43 44 45 46 47 |  | | Report (issue) | | CIENEGA SCHOOL 71/2' QUADRANGLE, NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS by Charles This U.S. Any does S. Spirakis,... ABSTRACT The Salt Flats area of southern Otero County, New Mexico is a U.S. Bureau of Land Management-designated...the Caballo Resource Area in southeastern Otero County, New Mexico, were evaluated for potential mineral...Cienega School 71/2' quadrangle, New Mexico and Texas. This ACEC is restricted to an area of numerous...Guadalupe Mountains and adjacent Salt Basin graben of Texas, located east and south of the Cienega School quadrangle |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HayesandEinaudi,1986). Clark and Scottand Kidson,1977). The mine area lies approxde la Fuente(1978) recognizeda northwest-trending...Chihuahuatroughalongdebed sequences in Trans-Pecos Texas(Price, 1982, collementsin underlying Jurassicevaporites...and mineralogyof the Vigasdepositwith the Trans-Pecos deposits andconclude,in agreementwith late Paleocene(Wilson...thicknessof at least 1,200 m. The basalCretaceous in the mine area are consistent with this east-northeast La...SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS NEW MEXICO i "•,•I Paso TEXAS •5•Hazel Plata Verde N et al., 1986). The igneousrocksformed |  | | Report (volume) | | Fluorspar Deposits of the Eagle Mountains Trans-Pecos Texas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 987 A study of...fluorspar deposits of the Eagle Mountains Hudspeth County, Texas OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY -j UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Geologic map of part of the Eagle Mountains, Hudspeth County, Tex_________________________ - In pocket 2. Fault...and vein map of the Eagle Mountains fluorspar district In pocket 3. Claim map, Eagle Mountains In pocket...showing Eagle Mountains fluorspar area, Hudspeth County, Tex_______________________________________ 3 2 |  | | Report (issue) | | Intrusive and extrusive alkaline rocks of the Lincoln County porphyry belt by Theodore J. Armbrustmacher 4................................................. Pecos Slope, Sacramento, and Capitan uplifts Carrizozo...Buckles and northeast-trending faults Roosevelt County fault Alamosa Creek fault Karst................................... Pre-Permian rocks of Lincoln County....................... Pre-Permian rocks of the......................................... Lincoln County porphyry belt................................ Igneous |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Report (volume) | | center of the booming White Oaks gold district, Lincoln County, N. Mex. Gold was probably the first metallic...commodity to be commercially mined in the Lincoln County porphyry belt and has the highest production value...Intrusive and Extrusive Alkaline Rocks of the Lincoln County Porphyry Belt, by Theodore J. Armbrustmacher ............................. . Sacramento Uplift, Pecos Slope, and Capitan Mountains ...................................................... .. Roosevelt County Fault. ....................................... |  | | Book (edition) | | minerals and gems. It is obvious, though, that malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite...corundum (aluminum oxide), carbonates such as malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite...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...banded agate. Cross section of unpolished green malachite, a copper carbonate marked with curved bands |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microprobe, etc.) Because New Mexico is a mining state, mining districts are given whenever possible in...2015 Bernalillo County Cerro Colorado, W. of Albuquerque: carnotite. Placitas district (Sandia Mountains)...schorl. Tijeras Canyon district (Manzano Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite...galena, malachite. Hell Canyon subdistrict (Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron...Catron County Apache Creek, N. of Reserve: quartz (chalcedony). Mogollon district, NE of Glenwood: acanthite |  | | Journal (issue) | | until 03/31/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA RG_greyBlue_cover_0315.indd 2 03 2 FIELD TRIP...Mary Ellen mine in St. Louis County, Minnesota, but was found in a gravel pit in Carlton County, 60 miles...............................54 The Windy Ridge Mine ................................12 still a wellspring...32 Part I: Flux and pickle alternatives Roswell Pecos Diamonds................................36 by Christine...2/10/2015 2015 g_cover_01 15.indd 2 PRINTED IN USA 12/5/14 10:27 AM 6 www.rockngem.com Field Notes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Molybdenum-Mineralized BrecciaPipeComplex in Culberson County,Texas JAMESE. SHARP Abstract The breccia pipesof...locatedon the easternflank of the Sierra Diablo of west Texas. Three brecciapipes intrudedalong a 1-mile-longnorth-southline...ecciapipe complexis locatedin Culberson County, west Texas, 35 mil.es north of Van Horn and 2 miles west of State...SHARP ! Mexico E I Texas Paso Texas Cav Hwy 54. - Breccia Pipe Co"r ß Horn ::i DA VIS. 0UNTA...Peak BrecciaPipe Complex, CulbersonCounty, West Texas Radiometric age (m.y.) Rock unit Southern rhyodacite |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | drilling in Triassic rocks by a dozen or so oil ·and mining companies, largely, in Guadalupe, Quay, and San...related deposits .in Triassic rocks in nearby west Texas, are included unqer "Selected references." Uranium·...the Coyote 2 ' ! I ! t .. • ' •. district, Mora County, N.Mex. (fig. 1, locality 15), are described...·south of the Coyote district in sec. 15, T. 16 N., · R. 17 E.,· San Miguel County (fig •. 1, locality... List of uranium localities shown on figure 1 County--Locality No.--Name T. R. Approximate 1 14S |  | | Report (issue) | | INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...23 23 24 24 25 26 26 26 26 26 27 28 28 29 Page MINING DISTRICTS ....................................................................... 30 Bernalillo County ............................................................................ 30 Tijeras Canyon District .................................................................................... 30 Catron County .............................................. |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 87801 ginger@gis.nmt...reactors. Beryllium deposits in Utah, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico range from small (Apache Warm Springs...beryl production from the Harding pegmatite, Taos County. Current drilling in the Apache Warm Springs deposit...were discovered in the Victorio Mountains, Luna County in the early 1900s. Gulf Minerals Resources, Inc...porphyry Mo and W-Mo-Be skarn deposits northwest of Mine Hill and south of Middle Hills. At a cut-off grade |  | | Report (issue) | | ...... ·- ......... . J,5 Historical sketch of mining and smelting in New Mexico....... . . . . . . ....... : . .............. - ........ .. . . T~os County, by L. C. Graton and W ..Lindgren ..... ................. . . , ... -.. . Rio Hondo. (Twining) district . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................::.:::.::: ::: :::: :: ':::: :: ::::. Red River district. ..................•......... -~ . . ...........·::-; : : :. ::.·.i?:5.•.:...,. .... Black.Copper mine ........ ............. ~ ... .. . .... ·....... |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...Haynes, William, 1942, The Stone that Burns: D. Van Nostrand Co. , Inc. New York, 345 pp. A well documented...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and |  | | Catalog/List | | WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations...$15.00 each ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear...and $ 30.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens...00 each YUMA WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red...mounted in 1 1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow |
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