 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rush Creek Mining District MARION COUNTY, ARKANSAS A Synoptic View Situated in a part of the Ozarks along...the Rush district are rediscovered by newcomers each tourist season. J. MICHAEL HOWARD Arkansas Geological...Commission 3815 W . Roosevelt Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 Service; this area was entered on the National...is hoped that histori cal evidence relating to mining will now be preserved for the interest and education...prospects in northern Arkan sas, the Rush Creek mining district is recognized as the most important zinc-producing |  | | Report (issue) | | 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection (ex...978-0-9790998-6-1 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria Staebler Gunther Neumeier...Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, C O 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 • Fax 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie...between the minerals now known as smithsonite, hemimorphite, and hydrozincite (see page 16). The name "smithsonite"...bibliophile interested in mineralogy, crystallography and mining history and collects wood crystal models. Paul |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...R K A N S A S H A S A R I C H M I N E R A L and mining heri tage that started in the early 1800s with...of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the Civil...extensive collecting in Magnet Cove. In the 1900s, mining and minerals continue to play important roles in...the state, with obvious peaks in exploration and mining having occurred during World Wars I and I I . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Britain and Australia, leading to confusion with hemimorphite if specific compositional data are lacking....of associated secondary minerals, including hemimorphite, pyromorphite, mimetite, willemite, hydrozincite...depth. These include the Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the Buckwheat pit, Franklin, New...Chester County, the Ueberroth mine near Bethlehem, and the zinc mines at Friedensville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania;...Timberville district in Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties, and the Austinville district, Wythe County, Virginia; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous mineral localities: The Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas ..............................Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved to be as rich as any in the...the world. During the last 200 years this mining region has produced an incredible variety of spectacular...INTRODUCTION This article will review the earliest days of mining in Cornwall and will include a brief description...workings. HISTORY OF CORNISH MINING Cornwall is the southwesternmost county in England, with an area of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Galena, Tri-State district, Kansas. Smithsonian Institution specimen; Chip...photo. March/April: Quartz, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen and photo. May/June:...May/June: Turgite, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August:...deLinde No. 4 mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald E. Bentley photo...photo. September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan photo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals. Most...including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, and rosasite. A good discussion...Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke, Washington County. It has also...at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; as good micromount material at the...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mexico Mineral Symposium, at New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM; see https://geoinfo...16-18, Denver Area Mineral Dealers Show, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Golden CO. Free admission, public...https://geology.mines.edu/eventscalendar/lectures/ Denver Mining Club (Mondays, 11:30), see http://www.denverminingclub...However, baked turkey reminds me of a trip to Arkansas many years ago and learning about turkey fat....miners of turkey fat (the real stuff). Later in mining life the turkey fat name was also applied to botryoidal |  | | Journal (volume) | | on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401...54401 I I r i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities...AUSTRALIA, GERMANY RUSSIA, NORWAY, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO Write for free list. Dealer prices available...In addition, they have purchased several fine Arkansas collections giving them a supply of fine kidwellite...NEWS, P 0. Box 1154, Coeur d' Alene , Idaho 83814 USA. Information in this newsletter may not be reproduced |  | | Book | | Collecting Arkansas JVlinerals A Reference and Guide By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. ,'T Collecting Arkansas...Box 2043 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-2043 iii Arkansas Counties 1 \ I •( 11 o •« c »««ou cxi ju4«iO«J...573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal...Quadrangal Map index. V Contents and Locality Index Arkansas Quartz Crystal Deposits Special Quartz Types....Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines...... |  | | Report (issue) | | 0.07 (2) 35.10 64.90 Total 100.26 (1) Aachen district, Germany. (2) ZnCO3 . 100.00 CO2 ZnO MgO CaO...constitute an ore. Association: anglesite. Hemimorphite, willemite, hydrozincite, cerussite, malachite...Namibia. In the USA, at Friedensville, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania; in the Joplin district, Jasper Co., Missouri;...Missouri; from the Rush Creek district, Marion Co., Arkansas; an ore at Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado;...founded the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | most are of supergene origin. Smithsonite and hemimorphite are the main oxidized zinc minerals in supergene...Saprolitic accumulations of smithsonite and hemimorphite in solution pockets of decomposed limestone...Alaska.. a Includes 550 tons from Davis, Murray County, Okla. 'Production to 1934 only. PART 1. GENERAL...fluorspar-zinc district Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district Valle Mines, Mo. Tri-State zinc district Arkansas...province : Leadville, Colo. Aspen district, Colo. Spring Creek diStrict, Colo. Monarch-Tomichi districts |  | | Journal (issue) | | HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE Zinc and Lead Mining in the Arkansas Ozarks: An Introduction by Dale A. Richards...HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE The Ozark Uplift: Tn the Arkansas Zinc Field by Walter B. Stevens, edited and comments...R0ros Copper Works: Preservarion of an 18th Century Mining Complex by Jay L. Lininger 144 152 INDEX TO...n the Arkansas Ozarks An I ntrod u ction by D a l e A. R ichards The Northern A rkansas mining region...concen t ra t ions of activity grew u p mining camps such a Rush, Zinc, and M a u mee. A l t h ough many |  | | Journal (issue) | | Enthralled by Turquoise and a Rich Family History of Mining REGULAR COLUMNS Field Notes ....................995 00 complete Free shipping in continent USA Made in USA Grit Sizes 60 to 200,000 1.0" hole with...with 3/4", 5/8" & 1/2" bushings Our made in USA soft wheels will last you 3-4 times longer than imported...Design JIM BRACE-THOMPSON MARC DAVIS RUSS KANIUTH BOB RUSH HELEN SERRAS-HERMAN STEVE VOYNICK Regular Contributors...olorado has been mining gold even before the region became a territory and is still mining it today. In fact |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cerussite and fluorite, Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo. MarchlApril:...chalcopyrite, and quartz, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey Scovil...NovemberDecember: Silver, Bulldog mine, Mineral County, Colorado. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcomb Hjerstedt...Vermont, 262 Anglesite, Colorado, 98 Ankerite, Arkansas, 135 Ansell, H. G., abstract, see Twenty-second...Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum, 4 0 4 5 Arkansas, antimony district, 134-37 Arsenopyrite, Arkansas, 135 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fluorescent minerals. At no other mine or min ing district will so many different fluorescent mineral species...Minerals of Franklin Franklin is found in Sussex County in the northwestern part of New Jersey. Sterling...mined since the last century. In the course of mining these ores a steady stream of minerals has been...localities of which these from the mercury mining district at Terlingua, Texas, is the most noteworthy...deposit at the confluence of Big Creek and Rush Creek in Fresno County, California. This celsian fluoresces |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | now coming in unsolicited. They are wel come. Arkansas~"Good specimens of rutile and The indentifications...of the simplest Titanium Mine in Magnet Cove, Arkansas possible tests by which reasonable con in 1 976...clusions can be reached. When optical posted since mining ceased in 1945 is properties are resorted to for...some test mining at the south end of the Christy Brookite deposit in Magnet Cove, Arkansas in 1975. The...found if mining progresses further into the deposit. The Philadelphia Zinc Mine'near Rush, Marion County |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...They called their resentment at our intruding." ARKANSAS—"Enclosed is a very odd quartz crystal (s). It...about 7 miles north of Jessieville (Garland Co.), Arkansas on Highway 7. Right side of road in a rock bank...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Praszkier John Rakovan Marjory “Marge” Regel David A. Rush Georg Sammer Mike Sanders Robert Schuster Jeff Self...pocket in 1955 at least 25 others were found as mining progressed. The contents of these, which ranged...Colorado, and their most publicized effort, the mining of variscite nodules at Fairfield, Utah (the type...so Frank was quite familiar with techniques for mining it. After a careful examination of the quarry,...museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2016 Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur d’Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho 190 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...and from a relatively large number of European mining districts. Strikingly perfect, transparent pyromorphite...are reported, as are those of apatite, galena, hemimorphite, hinsdalite, plumbogummite, and vauquelinite...species can include cerussite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, anglesite, malachite, leadhillite, descloizite...Recently the old lead mine at Loudville, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, once again produced a suite of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces The state...Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal |  | | Journal (issue) | | Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ...........................the Little Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking...material produced from the Mursinka-Alabashka District, Urals, and the Volyn pegmatites in the Ukraine...Minas Gerais, Brazil, and St. A nne’s mine, Karoi district, Zimbabwe. Fine specimens of dark green elbaite...production for 1906 (Sterrett, 1907). The bulk of the mining activity prior to World War I was done in the Little |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................22 Arkansas ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | ___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache...County_________________________________________________ Swan Creek district________________________________________...County_______________________________________________ Beaver Creek lead-zinc mine________________________________ Park...district__________ _____________ __ _________________ Rush Valley district_ _ _ _ ___ _______ _ __ __ _______..._______________________________ American Fork district (Alta area)___________________________ Alpine |
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