 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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...... |  | | 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) | | 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 (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...most abundant and occur usually in combinations. Marcasite is much less common than pyrite, it occurs in...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 |  | | Book | | -'‘v : ••;&•: :V >/i ji-i ‘ > Contents t Rush (minerals) 5-7 Leslie (fossils) 8-9 Locust Grove...DODSONS 9115 Hilaro Springs Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 Price $3.00 First Edition 1974 Copyright...unexplored, as far as collect ing is concerned. Arkansas is about equally divided, from southwest to northeast...Plain area are Cretaceous in age. All land in Arkansas is either privately owned or under government...and publications, both state and federal, about Arkansas. Costs of these publications are very reasonable | | | Book | | DODSONS 9115 Hilaro Springs Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 Price $3.00 Firs t Edition 1974 Second Printing...Copyright 1974 By David and Sarah Dodson Con tents Rush (minerals) .......................................unexplored, as far as collecting is concerned. Arkansas is about equally divided, from southwest to northeast...Plain area are Cretaceous in age. All land in Arkansas is either privately owned or under government...and publications, both state and federal, about Arkansas. Costs of these publications are very reasonable |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | road. Yellville is the county seat and is situated in about the center of the county. I do not know if this...road. Garnets can be recovered by panning in the creek but are mostly of small size. To recover the large...Sea (in southern California —chiefly in Imperial County) one of the World's great geological freaks of...interest along its shores." ARKANSAS—The Morning Star mine, in Marion County, Ark., has furnished many...the little village of Rush, on Rush Creek, in Marion county. This village of Rush, is 254 Mr. Ives' letter |  | | 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) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................19 Arkansas ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................19 Arkansas ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen, Harold...Acanthite, 25 Actinolite, Colorado, 302 Aegirine, Arkansas, 181 Aguilarite, 27 Albite, Minas Gerais, 313...310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson, 44-51 Anatase, Colorado...Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite, Arkansas, 182 Anglesite, Colorado...16-38 Benitoite, California, 379, 392-95 Biotite, Arkansas, 185 Blakeite, 367 Boleite,27 Bookplates, 108-11 |  | | 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) | | districts,aswell asthe smaller Introduction Northern Arkansas, Central Missouri, and Southeast korea foreland...the Southeast Mistype deposits. souri, Northern Arkansas,and Tri-State districts, Fluid inclusiondatafrom...brine, in which positionof the ore fluids in each district and can be reactionsbetween the migratingbrine...luidsreflectthe lower Southeast Missouri lead district potassium content of the basinal brine. The relative...relative The Southeast Missouri lead district includes the durationof the zinc-andlead-richstages, andthere- |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | Stoffell, B., Appold, M. S., Wilkinson, J. J., McClean, N. A., Jeffries, T. E. (2008) Geochemistry and Evolution of Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralizing Brines from the Tri-State and Northern Arkansas Districts Determined by LA-ICP-MS Microanalysis of Fluid Inclusions. Economic Geology, 103 (7) 1411-1435 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.103.7.1411 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralizing Brines from the Tri-State and Northern Arkansas Districts Determined by LA-ICP-MS Microanalysis...United Kingdom Abstract The Tri-State and Northern Arkansas districts of the Ozark plateau, North America...that infiltrated both districts. In the Tri-State district, precipitation of sulfides was most likely driven... possibly rich in reduced sulfur. In northern Arkansas the compositional variations observed are best...from fluorite from the Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district and used neutron activation (Czamanske et al. |  | | Book (volume) | | Dolomite crystals, Fluorite (fluorescent), , Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have been found in Kingman. Mohave Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS-Corbin's, Box 666, Yellville, Ark., have donated...of turkey-fat ore from the old zinc mines at Rush, Marion Co., Ark. Turkey-fat is a local name for smithsonite...Bonners Ferry ( Boundary Co. ), Idaho, on die Trout Creek Road, about one mile west of the West Side Road...13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...I P P I-Beautiful irides(fossils) occur in the Creek, 3 miles N.W. of Troy Road, Tippah Co.. ROCKS AND |  | | Journal (issue) | | of the Walker Vein Central Kentucky Fluorspar District Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd. Louisville...area described as the Central Kentucky Fluorspar District (Anderson et al, 1982; Currier, 1923; Fohs, 1907...collectors. In brie f, the Ce ntral Kentucky Fluorspar District, which covers all or parts of 16 counties is a...From A Collector's Notebook: On to the Northeast, Arkansas Collecting-Fall 1999 Art Smith 9118 Concho Street...near Lake Greeson and Mount Ida quartz ~ Our Arkansas collecting trip started early in October, ednesday |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure I: Galena, Treece, Kansas, Tri-State district; specimen 5Vi cm tall; Na tional Museum of Canada...Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across; Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6 cm on edge; James Madison Uni versity photo...Geologists have now classified numerous deposits and mining districts in Canada and in other parts of the world...host rock.is dolomitized limestone. • The mining district is on a dome or arch. • Mineralization is |  | | 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 | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Peale’s Museum in Philadelphia. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought huge numbers of gold seekers to...the Fraser River in British Columbia, a new gold rush drew more than 30,000 prospectors, and even the...containing 25% native gold. 4 The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896–1899 brought an estimated 100,000 prospectors...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific |
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