 | | Report (volume) | | Geology and ,0 e Deposits of the . Philipsburg Dis ict .Granite County, Montaria GEOLOGICAL SURVEY _BULLETIN... Geology and Ore Deposits of the Philipsburg District Granite County, Montana By WILLIAM C. PRINZ GEOLOGICAL...Nation's only battery-grade manganese dioxide district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...the Philipsburg district. 2-6. Maps of part of the Philipsburg district, showing geology and mine workings...5,180 feet. 7. Geologic sections of the Philipsburg district. 8. Longitudinal section of the lower part |  | | Journal (issue) | | is to provide details about the locality and its mining history. Location The Giles Columbite-Beryl pegmatite...albite"andquartz. (Continues on page 2) Copper from the Itauz Mine Near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan Bill Shelton 19 Highland...by various dealers at the show looked similar to mine. In 2003, a load of exquisite and occasionally large...granted licence M 15/210 in 16 September 1986. Mining by the partners removed a History significant amount...ferrocolumbite fragments from a Forrestania Rubellite mine near Mt. Holland, circa 1986. In late pegrnatite |  | | Report (issue) | | PAPER GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE MONTANA BY WILLIAM HARVEY EMMONS AND FRANK...__ 86 Basic intrusives in the Cretaceous on Gold Creek .. __ ._ .. ___ .. __ . __ . _____ ._. __ ......... _.. ....... --_ .. - --_87 Diorite of Foster Creek and Olson Gulch __ .. __ . _. . _. ____ .... _______.... - - - - - - - . - - _90 Diorite of Racetrack Creek ____ .. ____ . ___ .. __ .. _. ________ .. _. _..._______ . _. _.. ____ _ 97 Granodiorite of the Philipsburg batholith. ___ . _. _. _.... __________ . ____ |  | | 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...museum specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included,...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals of the Scratch Awl Mine PhilipsburgMining District, GraniteCounty, Montana Larry B. French HC 46 Box...french@midrivers.com The Philipsburg Mining District, immediately east of Philipsburg, Montana, occupies a relatively...relatively small area on the western slopes of the Flint Creek Range. The first discovery occurred in 1864 with...renamed the Hope mine (Albright, 2005). Silver was the primary metal produced by the district, but after...after 1916, the Philipsburg district became the nations' leading producer of manganese. Lead, zinc, and some |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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) | | Brazil their pegmatite gems. same material as granite, but so fine constituent minerals are not visible...from them weather the types of agates found in Montana. Metamorphic rocks include those of either of the...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...the summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and |  | | Report (issue) | | organization is carrying on for the direct advancement of mining interests throughout the country than can readily...stone, road metal, clay. Gold. National Park; no mining permitted. Gold. Iron, coal, ' manganese, lime.... 950 864 Ky.......... 944 .....do....... district Colo......... 950 62 Richmond ......... Temnile...Gold, copper, quicksilver, coal, clay, stone. Granite, emery, chromite, quartz, road material, sandstone...glass sand, iron. Merrill. F. J. H.; Hoi- Marble, granite, road material, clay, iron, water. lick, A.; Darton |  | | Journal (issue) | | shine from a clear sky every day. Even at night! I hope I won't go there. Not out of fear of becoming a...Weber by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (see February 2005 Mineral News - Ed.). Between...noted for the mounted specimens acquired by the LA County Museum, the collection provides a solid reference...unpublished 'skorpionite' from the new Skorpion Mine near Rosh Pinah in Southwest Namibia were offered...or tarbuttite. Skorpion Mine is expected to become the world's largest zinc mine, covering 15% of our zinc |  | | Book | | Montana Hodges Robert Feldman Shaded relief indicates terrain and slope. Second Edition Rockhounding...longitude numbers and grid ticks are GPS compatible. Montana Enhanced detail shows more symbols, labels, and...history Cover photos of Montana agate (front) and ammonite imprint (back) © Montana Hodges Cover design by...imprint of The Globe Pequot Press MONTANA Search for stunning Montana agate along the Yellowstone River...Bar Sapphire Mine. Help paleontologists excavate dinosaurs in Malta. Rockhounding Montana points the way |  | | Report (volume) | | alluvial gravels and igneous rocks, especially granite and pegmatite deposits. INTRODUCTION Gem stones...even color distribution. Igneous rocks, such as granite, are formed deep in the earth's interior and some...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: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...minerals. Unfortunately, the host rock, a pink granite, lies within a Wilderness Area in the Sawtooth...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) |  | | Journal (issue) | | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2) The Moravian Territorial...km2), but with a rich and world- famous history of mining and associated mineralogy. In the city of Brno...Chlorargyrite, on and impregnating Sandstone, Silver Reef District, Washington Co., UT, 6 x 5 x 3 cm. Author’s specimen...Sandstone. Figure 3: Geologic map of the Mining District showing the outcrops of the Springdale Sandstone |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...in the Montana State Capitol rotunda, by F. Pedretti’s Sons, 1902, 84 inches in diameter. Montana Historical |  | | Book | | often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...kinds of rock. A gneiss rock looks something like granite with bands of coloration. The schist are similar...example of a dike is the Yogo Gulch in central Montana. This dike extends for several miles. It varies...intrudes a sloping bed of limestone. As the Yogo mine has been worked at various times in the past hundred...Again, some of the best specimens from Emerald Creek in Idaho have been found by indi¬ viduals standing |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (issue) | | AZURITES 16 Part I: Electric blues from the Milpillas mine. By Bob Jones 16 PREHISTORIC TEXAS Lubbock landmarks...others, at an auction. I was told it was taken from a mine in Alaska called Aurora Borealis in the ’60s. I...Gold Rush (circa 1849-52), attest to the extent of mining activity and richness of the North Fork of the...“California” from the State menu, and “Placer” from the County list. Press Enter and click on the Stevens Trail...pack mules traveling between the then-bustling mining town of Iowa Hill and the connection to the Transcontinental |  | | Report (issue) | | Mountain region of Wyoming contains few metalliferous mining camps. Moreover, not many of those that have been...other resources. Next to the Grand Encampment district, which yielded a fair amount of copper ore from...from 1898 to 1908, and the South Pass district,, which has a record of producing $450,000 in gold from...Since 1907, however, with decreasing activity this hope has faded. With the exception of a few prospects...upon which a little work is done each summer, the district is practically abandoned. Ore was first discovered |  | | Book (volume) | | gemstone, an exceptionally high quality, colorful flint that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony...Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between Newark (Licking Co...true flint (characterized by ease of working) include the highly colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge...Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry, and Coshocton counties. Early American settlers...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD |  | | Book (volume) | | gemstone, an exceptionally high quality, colorful flint that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony...Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between Newark (Licking Co...true flint (characterized by ease of working) include the highly colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge...Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry, and Coshocton counties. Early American settlers...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root |  | | Book | | Classes of Rocks; Minerals Found in Igneous Rocks; Granite Pegmatite Gems and Minerals; Hydrothermal Mineral...Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico...minerals ( agate, carnelian, chalcedony, chert, flint, jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite, rock crystal, amethyst...and steatite (massive talc), as well as basalt, granite, limestone (and/ or sandstone), marble, and the...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones |
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