| | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...'Ike Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain...Mountain District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite | | | 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 | | | 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...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ~ ) : • ,- '1-/Challis r--, - qa'wtooth Mountains r i ~ Elmore'~. -C- -J'-,/,_~, ~ l I ...specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...Jerome I i,J--..s.. ,c., --1. I Blaine '-\ [ Clark,-J t: _Buue-J Ketchum Camas '-; :-.... J. •...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...May 199I-the right to collect in the Sawtooth Mountains of south-central Idaho. Although known by a few | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent | | | Journal (issue) | Hemimorphite & Rosasite From the Alice Mine, Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer Excalibur Mineral...lot of material from the Alice Mine, near Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada. The deposit had been worked as...unknownolive greenelongatedneedlesfrom the Alice Mine provedto be molydofomacite, as evidencedby Mo>CrEDSanalysis...of the Big Mike Mine in the mouth of Panther Canyon, Tobin Range, Pershing Co., Nevada. The Big Mike copper...consisted mainly of chalcopyrite, CuFeS 2 , and bornite, Cu5FeS4 , with minor amounts of digenite, CuuS | | | Journal (issue) | Mottramite from the Whale Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...Whale Mine, a rather obscure and defunct locality in the Goodsprings Mining District of Clark County, Nevada...Nevada. The Whale Mine consisted of underground workings about 400 feet in length and with an approximate...Specimens labeled as “cuprodescloizite” from the Whale Mine date back at least as far back as the late 1940s...descloizite (Castor, 2004). Figure 1: A typical Whale Mine specimen labeled as mottramite. It occurs as densely | | | Report (issue) | OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...Jackass Spring, on Hunter Mt., Ubehebe quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches...near Little Dodd Spring, Panamint Range, McAllister (4) p. 52. San Bernardino County: 2, Pargasite variety | | | Report (volume) | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................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 | | | 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 (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 | | | Report (issue) | other important copper ore minerals may include bornite and enargite. Ore minerals occur as disseminations...example, Christmas, Arizona, and Battle Mountain, Nevada), more copper is recovered from calc-silicate rocks...an assemblage of magnetite, chalcopyrite, and bornite in the porphyry deposit at Elatsite, Bulgaria....which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...less-IP-reactive clay minerals, chalcopyrite, and bornite. Spectral IP has been used to classify different | | | 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...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... the Rocky Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary | | | 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) | Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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 | | | Book (volume) | erosional debris spreading out from the Rocky Mountains as they rose during the Larimide revolution of...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...jasper; in draws and washes and gravel beds of Spring Cr. and the Keya Paha R. agatized and opalized | | | Book (volume) | ...........................................283 Nevada ................................................................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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Report (issue) | said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...resulting from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely | | | Book (volume) | ...........................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy | | | Book (volume) | ...........................................243 Nevada .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy | | | Report (issue) | THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA. By JAMES M. HILL. INTRODUCTION. Early iff November...taken from a reconnaissance of some mining camps in eastern Nevada for a hasty trip to the Grand Gulch... R. Callaway, superintendent of the Grand Gulch mine, supplied many details that have been incorporated...ore. GEOGRAPHY. The Bently mining district is in that part of Hohave County, Ariz., which lies north of...far as could be learned the boundaries of the district are indefinite. In the examination on.which this | | | Journal (issue) | COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite, colusite, covellite, digenite, djurleite...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes ...World Museum of Mining is also located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote |
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