 | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst |  | | Book | | Miguel Hortiguela, LPPO Illustrations: Crowle Art Group Printed in China The publisher gratefully acknowledges...ofjust a few minerals; quartz and the feldspar group are the most abundant processes — called biominerals...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS |  | | Book | | right angles to each other. ISOMETRIC I / l h- garnet spinel (icositetrahedron) (octahedron) Three...retractive index but a doubly refractive J mineral has a range © ot retractive indices. The difference between...almandine garnet although these may fade with time. can produce colour changes, A group including...of the stone for a red ray, which is refracted garnet is moderately magnetic and can be least, and a...Almandine garnet Mineral name Dispersion Cubic zirconia 0.065 Spessartine garnet Demantoid garnet 0.057 |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...some species have been relegated to group names (e.g., monazite group); others have had element designations...the zeolite minerals, where chabazite is now a group name with five species who differ only in the major...International Mineralogical Association (IMA), changed to a group name, or renamed by changes in nomenclature as mineral...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletin, vol. 47. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 97-108; Transactions...nos. 1-6. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 68-70. San Francisco, Cal...Summary report for 1914. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 33-44; Transactions...Transactions, vol. 17. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 36. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian...Bulletin, nos. 23-25. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no. |  | | Report (volume) | | anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Miners' Association Cal St :M Bur California State Mining Bureau Can G S Canada, Geological Survey Can :M...Absaroka folio, Wyo. (no. 52):·Hague, 99b ~bsaroka Range, Tertiary volcanoes: Hague, 99c Abstraction of potassium...Adams (F D), 18 Federal Government, relation to the mining industry: Hayes, 06 Fossil insects: Cockerell,...to geology: Davis ( W M), 12a Geologic bases of mining law: De Kalb, 10 Geologic basis for artesian prediction: |  | | Book (edition) | | anthracite region 10. Structure section in Tazewell County, east of Richlands, southwest 8. 9. 12. 13. ...coal field Shaft house and tipple, bituminous coal mine, Spring Valley, 111 Northern Interior coal field...structure of western field of Los 104 Angeles district 106 Section of Spindle Top oil field near Beaumont...Galveston, Tex 32. Hypothetical section in same district as Fig. 31 33. Map showing lines of sections in...by and gas 42. Section across portion of oil district of southwestern of Alaska, showing areas in which |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bob Jones 42 ROCK & GEM KIDS 15 STERLING HILL MINING MUSEUM Jim Brace-Thompson Exploring Fluorescence...Decor and more! Neptunite Benitoite Gem Mine San Benito County,CA Martin Zinn Collection Photo by Jeff...Fossils • Live Demos Crack a Geode • Kids Korner • Gem Mine Silent/Chinese Auctions • Door Prizes Exhibits •...fluoresces a very nice orange. One problem with mining copper in Bisbee was that massive granular sphalerite...in thousands of localities. Colors it produces range from white to green to pink, to blue. Not every |  | | Journal (issue) | | long in clusters were mined at the Mashamba copper mine, in Zaire. When they were introduced at major shows...ions, two carbonate radicals, and one hydroxide group: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2. A molecule of malachite is composed...ions, one carbonate radical, and one hydroxide group: Cu2CO3(OH)2. The molecular arrangement of malachite...Arizona, comes to mind immediately, as the Southwest mine produced some of the most handsome, multi-inch,...finest—have come from the Milpillas mine, in Sonora, Mexico. Actual mining of this deep deposit started in |  | | Journal (issue) | | the U.S.A. 02 0 74470 02033 2 Made in the USA! by Barranca Diamond DIAMOND 7” TRIM SAW MK-1503...H Scan for Video Scan for Video MADE IN USA MADE IN USA Barranca Diamond Products • 1315 Storm Parkway... Best Prices Grit 6" 8" 60 12.95 16.95 Made in USA. 80, 100 11.95 15.95 Nickel Bond including & Wheels...Machine - 6 inch 895 00 complete Made in USA Our made in USA wheels will last you 3-4 times longer than... It is also one of the more fragile minerals to mine, handle and own. But its vibrant orange-red color |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...to the chemical formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest...chemical formula, structure (crystal system, space group, and unit cell dimensions), and at least some other...site occupancy. The Sb members of the tennantite group (2.G) will serve as a good example: tetrahedrite...registered in this book (e.g. in the amphibole group). For more detailed information see "Dana's System |  | | Journal (issue) | | quartz matrix, West Colusa Mine, Butter Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, courtesy Heritage...courtesy of Jim Brace-Thompson; thunderegg from Oregon mine, courtesy Lori Coleman, owner of Spanish Stirrup...Rhodochrosite with Quartz & Sphalerite Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine Sweet Home lode and Pulaski lode [Patents...106 and 107]) Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park Co. Colorado, USA 5.71 x 3.73 x 2.96 inches (14.50...995 00 complete Free shipping in continent USA Made in USA Grit Sizes 60 to 200,000 1.0" hole with |  | | Book | | Aberllyn Mine. near Betws-y-Coed (Bevins er al .. 1982). and lanthanite-(Ce). from the Britannia Mine. at...of the mineralized zone· arc associated with a range of alteration mineral . related to processes ~uch...of olivine and onhopyroxene. Plagioclase mineral range in co111posi1ion across the full spectrnm of the...sion of Oxford Univer·i1y Pre~s. "idc (grey) rn: Group. 'ho1ograph 1986). by Volcanic Complex. expo ed...acidic rocks do nol show the same or indeed the range in mineralogy di played by the basic rocks. Thi |  | | Journal (issue) | | odd choice for Arizona’s state mineral. Red Cloud mine specimen. (Jeff Scovil photo) EDITORIAL CONTACT...Jones Bob Jones O The wulfenite from the Glove mine was so plentiful, the men who collected it sold...mineral, thanks to a hardworking and very eager group of rockhounds that developed a campaign to get wulfenite...wulfenite recognized. Rock & Gem Arizona’s 79 mine (Pima County) is a source of exquisite wulfenites, such...budd/arkenstone Why Wulfenite? The wulfenite in the Rowley mine occurs in a series of subparallel openings in white |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2 BIG SK Y COUNTRY Revisiting Montana’s Rich Mining History CAPTIVATED BY BIRTHSTONES Considering...Voynick 20 Aragonite 42 Exploring Montana’s Mining Past Out and About in the Pioneer Mountains Region...Cover 187.7-carat diamond recovered from the Diavik Mine in Canada; a fossil ammonite recovered from Fox...Free minerals for kids Speakers Smithsonite, Kelly Mine, NM Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda© Speakers...Virgil Lueth Kevin Downey Barite on Calcite Montreal Mine, WI Watercolor by Fred Wilda© Shop in Air Conditioned |  | | Journal (issue) | | JASPER ORBS: Formation of Unique Features Turquoise Mining ROCK & GEM • Vol. 49 No. 06 • U.S. $5.99 Issue...0 74470 02033 2 EMERALD VILL AGE Blue Ridge Mining Exploration Special Section Tools of the Trade...Turquoise rough recently extracted from the North Star Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado; a specimen of Morrisonite...underground workings is visible at the center. MINING HISTORY ASSOCIATION, WWW.MININGHISTORYASSOCIATION...deep ocean black smoker “geysers” were actually mining minerals from the earth’s interior. he mechanism |  | | Book (edition) | | Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington MA 01803, USA First published 1962 Second edition 1970 Third edition...Chrysoberyl Spinel Topaz Tourmaline The Garnets Feldspar Group Zircon Peridot 69 92 117 150 167 171 175 185 195...book would be more sensibly shared out among a group of authors/gemmologists, each member tackling his...Canada, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK and the USA, making this a truly international collaboration...Edition being extracted from ‘Gems of the Silica Group’ to form a separate chapter. I have also reintroduced |  | | Book (edition) | | INSTITUTE METALLURGICAL New York 1949 OF MINING ENGINEERS Copynicur, 1949, py THE American ...and the consequent more elaborate mining methods; the need for mining ores of lower grade, resulting...ane 807 52 9a0e a oe eee 844: Sillimanite Group—Andalusite, Kyanite, Sillimanite, Dumortierite,...cutting edges when grains become worn—for example, in garnet for sandpaper, neither highly cleavable or friable...interchangeable; thus, while crushed quartz and garnet are both used in sandpaper, the papers are not |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted |  | | Book (edition) | | Publtllh1d by THB AMKl-MINING ANO MltTAl.l,Ol~...the ,•11mu•1p1rnt more elaborate mining n11ttmd1: the nMd for mining um of luwer grade, N!1ntltin1 in...from samples found in South Carolina, but corundum mining did not start until 1871. CoMPOSI'l'ION Corundum...artificial stones as well a.s from minerals such as garnet or colored qua.rtz. Pleochroism is very strong...identification from tl1e Laurens district, South Carolina. Systematic mining for corundum, as distinguished |  | | Book (edition) | | environment. This enables us to elucidate the stability range of different minerals, and hence the conditions...minerals. An interesting case in point concerns a group of lead oxychloride minerals from Laurium, a town...from any possible source of the raw material. The mining and smelting of metallic minerals to produce iron...minerals from this period were written by a German mining expert, Agricola, who published De Re Metallica...he recorded the state of geology, mineralogy, mining, and metallurgy at that time. These works have |  | | Book (edition) | | to civilization. . . it is clear that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933...Highlights in the history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New...SUBDISTRICTS, CAMPS, ETC. 569 BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 MAP: Mining Districts of New Mexico in pocket II. PREFACE...highlights in the his- New Mexico mineralogy and mining— including a section on the prehistoric utilization...edition, 1892. A. H. Fay (1920) A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. R. E. Grim (1953) Clay |  | | Report (volume) | | Advancement of Science A. I. M. E__ American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Aardrijksk__ Aardrijkskundig...cientifica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Devonian development diagram Direcci6n Dissertation district distribution division Doctoral, Document Doctoral...Meteorological, etc. microscopic, etc. Mimeographed Mineral, Mining mineral resources Mineralogic, etc. Meddel_ _...Meetings. Washington, D. C. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Contributions 1-112 |  | | Book | | notable example in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has...The Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Iyo Province, Ehime Prefecture, Island of Shikoku Ashio Mine, Shimotsuke Province...Prefecture, Honshu The Obira Mine, Bungo Province, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu; The Toroku Mine, Hyuga Province, Miyazaki...Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu Otome Mine, Suisho Pass, Kurobera, Kai Province, Yamanashi Prefecture, Honshu...21 Mogok, Ruby Mines District, Sagaing Division, Upper Burma Mogaung District, Kachin State, Upper Burma |
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