 | | 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 (volume) | | the land rises abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi. Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne...Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney Peak...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...huge crystals of sparkling blue Beryl from the Black Hills pegmatites have measured from 18’ to 27’ long...and Uranium has come only from the core of the Black Hills region. Two divisions are recognized: the |  | | Report (volume) | | stone has only one or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious...blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue...establishing the price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful...7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only...hardness, not actual values. For example, the diamond, rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; mustoeg@wwu.edu; Tel.: +1-360-650-3582 Received:...that contains quartz-filled fractures (Washington, USA) to silicified wood that contains abundant copper...Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA. Specimen photos provided by other researchers are...running Genesis software (EDAX, Mahwah, New Jersey, USA) and X-ray diffraction patterns performed with a...Kansas, USA Geiseltal, Germany British Columbia, Canada Ellesmere Island Arctic Canada Washington, USA Florida |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................444 Texas .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ...................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (volume) | | .......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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Report (issue) | | ALABASTER (anhydrous gypsum.) Occurs in Superstition Mountains; near Pueblo Viego; near Sulphur Springs; in La...district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral Park;;...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in...and Stibnite. ARGENTITE (silver glance). Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral...Stockton Hill districts; Pinal County, at Silver King; Santa Cruz County, at Montezuma and Empress of India |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...downtown Tucson, on the west side of the Tucson Mountains. The address is 2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tucson, Arizona...lapidary material. Unfortunately, the precious gems (diamond, sapphire, ruby, and emerald) are not known to...garnet, olivine, quartz, turquoise, azurite, malachite, and petrified wood from Arizona. In 1917, Frank |  | | | | easy. Front cover image: | aetna (page 54). Diamond-shaped, striated one of arsenopyrite on rounded...surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...also widespread misuse of mineral names such as diamond, quartz, and ruby for substances synthesized in...These should be clearly described as synthetic diamond, synthetic quartz, or synthetic ruby so there is...two elements and with no metallic properties. Diamond and sulphur are examples found in this book. Sulphides: |  | | Report (volume) | | 248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature consulted would be impracticable...ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott, Samuel, Map of the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, with full descriptions...Co., 1897. Ziegler, Victor, The minerals of the Black Hills: South Dakota School of Mines Bull. 10, 1914...Phillips, W. B., The mineral resources of Texas: Univ. Texas Bull. 365, Sci. Ser. 29, 1914. Among other |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................380 Texas ..................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................380 Texas ..................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (edition) | | Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...Deposits The Bisbee District The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger Lee Le 2A 3. Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...The Cameron Area 24 24 Ld 4. “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine 29 5. Arizona Meteorites ol...in calcite 15 2 Chrysocolla with quartz and malachite 16 2 Cuprite (chalcotrichite) in calcite 19...Banded malachite and azurite ; Copper Silver 2 3 3 6 i 14 14 Malachite in calcite Malachite replacing |  | | Book (edition) | | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal...Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll The Cameron Area 85 Breccia...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART... Apache County 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437,438 Gila County 439 Graham County 440 Greenlee | | | Book (edition) | | Deposits The Bisbee District Tl1e Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger 17 17 21 3. Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...The Cameron Area 24 24 27 4. "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine 29 5. Arizona Meteorites 31...Quartz twinned after the Japanese law Banded malachite and azurite Copper Silver 2 2 2 3 3 6 13 14...quartz and malachite Cuprite ( chalcotrichite) in calcite Malachite in calcite Malachite replacing an...Libethenite Lindgrenite Malachite pseudon1orph of azurite crystals Fine-grained malachite Natrolite Offretite |  | | Book | | commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation, |  | | Book (volume) | | the southern end of the Appalachian chain of mountains. These ranges extend into the northeast corner...where Brasstown Bald, a part of the Nantahala Mountains achieve the highest elevation in the state at...in the northwest, where the Lookout and Sand mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily...Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain (about 30% of the state),...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren |  | | Book | | also widespread misuse of 1nineral names such as diamond, quartz, and 1uby for substances synthesized in...two elements and ,vith no n1etallic properti es. Diamond and sulphur are exa1nples fo und in this book....dull or greasy appearance, e.g. quartz, siderite, diamond, gypsun1. The following is a list of other terms...(Mohs2½ - 5½) Hard (Mohsmore than 5½) Black covellite (dark blue, black), p. 36 pyrolusite (steel grey with...with bluish tint), p. 82 graphite (steel grey, black), p. 30 stibnite (lead grey), p. 62 chalcopyrite |  | | Book | | Gems and Gemstones 156 Equipment; Operation Diamond Saw; Grinding Techniques; Lapping the Flat Surface;...Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin...The very earliest true gem diamond dates only to 480 B.c., although diamond crystals had been used before...purely ornamental objets d'art out of turquoise, malachite, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, onyx, and agate,...probably lapis lazuli, assigned to Dan) , and diamond (no doubt rock crystal, i.e., clear quartz, assigned | | | Book (edition) | | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal...Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S: The Cameron Area 85...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART...Apache County — 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437, 438 Gila County 439 Graham County Greenlee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTHUR E. S M I T H 9 I I8 Concho Street Houstol1. Texas 77036 ERIC FRITZSCH 1520 S . 169th Avenue Omaha...would be few and very uninteresting without the i i Black Hills in the extreme western part of the slate.... The uplift and subsequent erosion of the Black Hills are responsible for the accessibility of South...diverse mineral locations. Because much of the Black Hills is National Forest, it is available to the...collector. The many pegmatites exposed in the southern Black Hills are well known for their variety of minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | LAPCRAFT'S DIAMOND PRODUCTS ARE PACKED WITH CUTTING POWER FOR DRILLING ... WIDEST SELECTION OF DIAMOND 'MICRO'...CORE DRILLS AND DRILL KITS LAPCRAFT DIAMOND 'MICRO DRILLS' Diamond drills made by LAPCRAFT represent the...••••••.•..••. S19.75 FIVE-PAK KIT- LAPCRAFT DIAMOND CORE DRILLS Core drllla made by LAPCRAFT are avallable...Hlectlon of sizes. These metal bonded HI-Strength diamond drills are designed for fast cutting and long llfe...½" 1" 'I," 32.15 •;: " ¼" 11/t t" S4,15 SPECIAL DIAMOND CLOCK FACE CORE DAILL 3~" o.D............. $75 |  | | Journal (issue) | | LAPCRAFT'S DIAMOND PRODUCTS ARE PACKED WITH CUTTING POWER FOR DRILLING ... WIDEST SELECTION OF DIAMOND 'MICRO'...CORE DRILLS AND DRILL KITS LAPCRAFT DIAMOND 'MICRO DRILLS' Diamond drills made by LAPCRAFT represent the...holes in hard lapidary materials. Hi-Strength diamond is metal-bonded and locked fi rmly onto the points...Solid Shank Solid Shank Solid Shank LAPCRAFT DIAMOND CORE DRILLS Core drills made by LAPCAAFT are available...selection of sizes. These metal bonded HI-Strength diamond drills are designed for fast cutting and long life |  | | Book (volume) | | north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area...⎯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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |
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