 | | 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) | | Goodspringsdistrict, Nevada ..................................... Upper MississippiValley district ..................................... Southern Appalachian district ..................................... Theoretical...hydrozincite and zinc hydroxide in a humid environment Hemimorphite in a humid environment .......................dioxide in the dry system. The stability fields of hemimorphite and willemite are also discussed. The study...occurrences of smithsonite and hemimorphite in the Southern Appalachian district, and the predominanceof smithsoniteover | | | 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 | | milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please... SULPHIDE LENSES IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS (Mackinaw Mine) Pentlandite, chalcopyritc, pyrite, raaucherite |  | | Journal (volume) | | Geologist C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer O. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Sacramento San Francisco Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer Los Angeles Los...Los Angeles District Engineer Chas. V. Averell, District Mining Engineer Frank Sanborn, Mineral John...Francisco San Francisco and Curator O'Brien, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) San Francisco » v- f»|...Reports of District Mining Engineers 7 Redding Field District 7 Sacramento Field District 7 San Francisco |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Okanogan County —which are known only from the state; the others are mackinawite from Mackinaw mine in Snohomish...Snohomish County, ferritungstite from Germania mine near Fruitland in Stevens County, and paulingite from...from Rock Island Dam near Wenat chee in Douglas County. In addition, many localities pro duce fine-quality...only been known for a decade or two. Whereas metal mining has led to the discovery of some of these mineral...alphabet ical list of localities. Chelan County Crown Point mine, near Holden; M O L Y B D E N I T E and |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | carbonate-hosted sulphide deposits in the Salmo district of southern British Columbia have nearsurface...replacement (‘white ore’), are present in the Salmo district. The direct replacement deposits formed by the...School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, USA wallrock replacement deposits. The direct replacement...replacement nonsulphide zones of the Salmo district overlay the sulphide bodies in which they replaced the...consist predominantly of hematite, goethite, hemimorphite [Zn 4 Si 2 O 7 (OH) 2 ·H 2 O], minor hydrozincite |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Fourteen, Number Three Articles Across the San Juan Mountains ..................................................157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................formed as a vehicle for mineral collectors in Nevada (Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln and Nye Counties), Utah...Iron and Washington Counties) and Arizona (Mojave County). This region is one of the last American frontiers |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of...a historical review centering on the San Juan Mountains, a narrative regarding recent collecting at the...you belong to, and where you come from. American mining schools and professional organizations have long... centering on some of the nostalgic aspects of mining in Arizona and beautifully illustrated with paintings |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs and ridges and just above areas...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs and ridges and just above areas...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Journal (issue) | | old, it lies beneath the Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains of South Africa, and it purportedly holds the...but would return to Indiana mating grounds every spring and summer. They say we are what we eat. Minerals...scale of waste and destruction both in terms of mining for more minerals and landfills filling with minerals...to reddish-purple color and is from the Kolwezi District in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sometimes...locality for uvarovite garnet is the Saranovski Mine, in Sarany, in the Urals region of Russia. WWW |  | | Journal (issue) | | Maloney Bethesda, Maryland Ruth Cole Wertz Silver Spring, Maryland ROCKS U MINERALS JANUARY-FEBRUARY...Simon COVER STORY: GOLD from the Mother Lode District of California. This precious ore is the state...behold the splendid sparkle of the distant mica-mine dumps in New England sunshine to agree with tftis...is a SIU· dent at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Soco"o, New Mexico majoring in... Maine; Chesterfield, Massachusetts; San Diego County, California; Colorado and New Mexico. 6 ROCKS |  | | Book (edition) | | Optical Guide Second Edition Bernhard Pracejus Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman AMSTERDAM • BOSTON...OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2015, 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...the lapidary of the Earth Science Department at Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman; I am indebted...collections Dipl.-Geol. David van Acken☆ Street 6/17, Sultan Qaboos University Campus (PO Box 36, Earth Science...Earth Science Department / College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 36, 123 Al-Khoud, Muscat |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | It is completely confined to the Wadi Allaqi district (Figure 1b) and is characterized by a moderate...(several ppms of Au) found within and outside the old mining sites (Salem, 2007; Zoheir, 2008a; Zoheir and Emam...nearby gold mines (e.g. Um El-Tuyor and Betam gold mine - Zoheir, 2008b). They are mostly hosted by the...carbonates (smithsonite) and zinc silicates (hemimorphite) as dominant minerals (Figures 12, 13a and b)...Betam). Further studies along Al-Fawi, Iqat gold mine area are required for further understanding of such |  | | Report (volume) | | location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...documented summary of the beginning of Colorado mining history. Part of his summary is given here in the...had been recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed...however, because it contains lists of the mines and mining districts that were active at the time in Clear...only reports the early history and status of the mining industry, but includes a list of all the species |  | | Book | | enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground...oFtne ato aa Gem Ghd nQkTeane Uva a nes ly ia" mine Ui nrobs inesob cere ts ou ioe tok us 'aaieomolitt...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...Organ Mountains Jarilla Mountains Santa Rita Area and the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro...Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley Caballo Mountains Chloride District Hansonburg District Socorro |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Wemer Lieber... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine .......................................................... 339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ....................................quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...significant mineral localities in C o l o r a d o ,by county. In addition, there is a complete listing o f all |  | | Report (issue) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | Book (volume) | | Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted...distorted crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin...100. Found at several mines in the Huantajaya district, calcite, embolite, cerargyrite, bromyrite, iodyrite...in great quantities during the early period of mining in these districts. An earthy variety (Buttermilk...Russia, especially at Schlangenberg, in the Altai Mountains. The mineral also has been found, although in |  | | Catalog/List | | in length. 6x3xl". £11.00. BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Great' Dun Fell, Westmoreland. An unusual transparent...Rhyolite matrix. lixlxl". £6.50. BoRNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Pure, solid metallic irridescently... 2xl~xl~-". £1.50. 19. BoURNoNITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A very fine sharp, lustrous...Herodsfoot Mine during the last century and are now extremely rare. 20. BREWSTERITE. Whitesmith Mine, Strontian...Specimen D :- lxlxi-". U~50. CALCITE. Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire. Select, lustrous creamy |  | | Book (edition) | | at the outstanding shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...purple crystals, 5" by 4", Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina. CRYSTAL GROWTH 73 light from...atmospheres in homes, while deep red realgars from Nevada and elsewhere, must be shielded from daylight lest...replacing glauberite crystal; Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona; size 2" by 2". Top center: calcite replacing | | | Book (edition) | | the out- standing shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...purple crystals, 5” by 4”, lron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina. CRYSTAL GROWTH 73 light from...atmospheres in homes, while deep red realgars from Nevada and elsewhere, must be shielded from daylight lest...equant Flat and long, like a knife- Kyanite, hemimorphite blade Like a tablet of paper Barite, wulfenite |  | | Report (issue) | | Zi oe Mountatn ~Pass) cs. sim ssicwiy tat.0e 276 Nevada City-Grass Valley ..... 279 New Almad@n 6.6sravs...no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope tick Rock DIsEEIcL sCoLoradO)...324 DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock District, Utah—Arizona...Utah—Arizona ....vccccsnens F. Monticello-Moab-Thompsons District, Utah .....secvceee 326 327 ee eeseeee Gig GE |
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