 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sharp 4.2-cm acanthite paramorph after argentite from the Rayes mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Francis Benjamin...include Cornish, New Hampshire (Hawes 1878); the Baker quarry near Billmeyer, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania...well-known Silver Hill occurrence in Davidson County, and the McMakin mine in Cabarrus County (Genth 1891);...of the Virgilina district, Halifax County, Virginia (Dietrich 1990). The great silver occurrences of the...abundant acanthite. Many mines of the Colorado mineral belt contained important amounts of acanthite, although |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S....Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia |  | | Report (issue) | | and San Lorenzo quadrangles, Grant and Sierra Counties, New Mexico By D. C. Hedlund 1 Open-File Report...... Mining districts........................................................ Hillsboro district...................................................... Mining history................................................. Kingston district.................................................. Mining history..................... Black Colt mine.......................................... Comstock mine.................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | owners and users. (Even the private land in the upper New England states is generally more accessible than...collecting. Although Texas is not known for its mining industry, be cause of its large oil and gas exploration...Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district...minerals. Mining here was contin uous from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced...Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 07:53 01 January 2015 Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain...clearly the most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information...Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified locality in Chester County, Pennsylvania;...Pennsylvania; the Cofer deposit in the Mineral district of Louisa County, Virginia, where it occurs with tetrahedrite;...occurrences of Sevier County and with tetrahedrite and galena in Montgomery County, Arkansas. Fine bournonite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | [Northeastern University] at 11:57 17 November 2014 Husky Mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada T he ruby silvers...informal family is polybasite, a relatively common silver ore mineral that is rare as fine specimens. Although...the most familiar polybasite localities are in Mexico, exceptionally fine specimens associated with well-crystallized...have been available in recent years from the Husky mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Consequently, in keeping...this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, a Husky mine polybasite has been nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Downloaded by [New York University] at 17:35 07 October 2014 Fresniflo, Zacatecas, Mexico B x years ago...featured proustite, an arsenic ember of the major ruby-silver family (Cook 1996). The species was chosen because...and historical importance as an ore mineral of silver, well-crystallized specimens of pyrargyrite have...interesting array of important mining districts; it is currently available from Mexico and, to a lesser extent...several Mexican occurrences. Ideally, pyrargyrite is silver antimony sulfide (Ag3SbS,). Most analyses show |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Downloaded by [New York University] at 08:48 19 February 2015 FEATURED lMINERAL AT THE l994 TUCSON...TERRY From antiqbi@, the quest for silver and, more recently, for silver minerals has M e n expbrers, conquerors...collectors to all comers of the world. Downloaded by [New York University] at 08:48 19 February 2015 SIL VER-the...beautiful herringbone plates from Batopilas. Silver and silver-bearing minerals are part of the nobility...more associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great wars. Silver is said to have |  | | Journal (issue) | | . ..... 483 W. E. Wilson The Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona ............ .. ........... ............... 484 W. E. Wilson The Arizona Silver Belt; Silver King to McMillenville ......................... .... ..... 507 L. Presmyk The Flux Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona .................................. 531 W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .....Wilson & E. Jones Fluorite from the Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona ............. .... ..... 569 M |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Native gold from the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne County, California...............................Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi ........................................Adularia from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland .......................................15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: Silver .................................................................. 47 by M . P. Cooper What's new in minerals? Springfield Show 1993 ............. |  | | Book (edition) | | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART | | | Book (edition) | | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S:...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BLACK HAWKNewDISTRICT Mexico Minerals of the Downloaded by [McGill University Library] at 10:10 18 December... Because most of its mine development occurred in the late 1800s, this district, with its approximately...(also known as Bullard Peak) district is the largest district of the silver-nickel-cobaltbismuth-uranium-arsenic...some of the world's finest specimens of native silver and bismuth, silverbearing minerals, and cobalt...Cobalt and Silver Islet, Ontario: Port Radium, Northwest Territories, Canada; Batopilas, Mexico; Chafiarcillo |  | | Book (edition) | | Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...thirty-five scientific papers and discovered sixteen new mineral species, naming two of them after his co-authors...co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...position to become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge | | | Book (edition) | | thirty-five scientific papers and discovered sixteen new mineral species, naming two of them after his co-authors...co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...position to become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge...He has discovered and helped to describe several new Arizona 111inerals which appear in this volume. For |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones... MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION Introduction Many new mineral species have been documented in Arizona since...Mineralogy of Arizona was published in 1995. This new edition adds to the extensive work of the previous...authors, who built the foundation on which this new effort rests. This edition is dedicated to these...others have been discredited for various reasons. The new analytical equipment available today has made it |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest | | | Report (issue) | | 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph...percent of the state. Nevada's public lands offer mining, livestock grazing, wild horse viewing, .scenic...Road and Geologic Tours in th<' Las Vegas Area. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and prospect pits is great, with many minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below)...(below) Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This...Kerry Cooper Barbara Muntyan Christi Cramer Jason New Jean des Revières Pinal Geology Museum John Ebner... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded |  | | 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...Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia .......................................... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | earlier mines near Prescott. Not all of the gold and silver mines were located in the desert regions. The pine-tree-covered... Arizona 100 years of Statehood 150 years of Mining As Captured by Early Photographers A rizona’s...of the western states and, along with that of New Mexico, spanned more than forty years. Marauding Apaches...Shovel loading copper ore into railcars at the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona. Before trucks became commonplace... Figure 5 (above left). The Tom Reed mine in Mohave County was a silver and gold producer of some note. |
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