 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | uranium deposits in northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon, USA Stephen B. Castor ) , Christopher...NV 89557, USA Received 14 June 1999; accepted 24 September 1999 Abstract Northwestern Nevada and southeastern...material, and pyrite. Deposits in the Lakeview U district, Oregon are hosted by weakly peraluminous rhyolite...numerous sulfides. Minor U occurrences at Buff Peak, Nevada, the newly recognized, westernmost topaz Žperaluminous...northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon ŽFig. 1; Table 1.. Only the Lakeview district, Oregon had |  | | Report (issue) | | OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional reference, Patchick (2) p. 237. This...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...Panamint Range, McAllister (4) p. 52. San Bernardino County: 2, Pargasite variety of hornblende occurs in coarsely |  | | 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 | | P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining at the College of California, parent to the University...California, and published in the fourth and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning in 1914 with a volume...mainly in the Sierra Nevada and the Klarnath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions , together with...are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...PLATEAU I7 COAST RANGES 7 GREAT VALLEY :2f SIERRA NEVADA ~ BASIN RANGES Ell MOJAVE DESERT II TRANSVERSE |  | | Journal (issue) | | organic material, such as peat bogs, have Fulton Canyon Quarry, Biggs, Sherman Co., Oregon been covered...borates at Tick Canyon in Los Fig. 4 Halite cubes forming on a branch of tumbleweed Angeles County. Searles...kurnakovite are the primary magnesium borates. Tick Canyon also has considerable colemanite, but in addition...Colemanite on Analcime Tick Canyon, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Fig. 9 Veatchite Tick Canyon, Los Angeles Co....One such mine is the Blue Lizard Mine in San Juan County in extreme south-eastern Utah. It is the type locality |  | | 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) | | predecessor organization, the Manhattan Engineer District ; and, to a lesser extent, by staff members of...United States. The pre-1940 history of uranium mining and geology is concerned largely with veins in...deposits in New Mexico; in Big Indian Wash and White Canyon, Utah; and in the Gas Hills, Wyoming. Very large...Sierra Ancha region, Arizona ; and the Marysvale district, Utah. All the Western States, including Arizona...Arizona, California, Colorado~ Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and FRANK W. OsTERWALD Oregon, Utah | | | Book | | P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining the at College of California, parent to the...mineralogist of California, and pub- and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning volume prepared...been found mainly in Nevada and the Klamath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions, together with...species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peaks section of Sierra club will climb Pleasant Mountain and Cerro Gordo peak above Keeler, California...vacation season, Phoenix, Arizona. Oct. 1—Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo, Sonoita, Arizona. Oct. 1-7—Annual...5-6-7 — Nevada State Medical association annual conference, Las Vegas. Oct. 5-8—Graham County Fair, Safford...Cochise County Fair, Douglas, Arizona. Oct. 7-8—Mass field trip sponsored by the Clark County Gem Collectors...Collectors, Las Vegas, Nevada. Camp ground at Boulder Beach on shore of Lake Mead. Oct. 16-19—Southwestern |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in pegmatite...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....CROSSITE Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite...sodium potassium alumino-silicate Arizona Final County, Christmas Dark green cleavages in andesite .. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Annual Imperial County Fair, County Fair Grounds, Imperial, California. March 3-6—Pima County Fair, Tucson...Brighton, Utah. March 12—All-day hike to Painted Canyon near Mecca. Meet at Palm Springs Desert Museum...festivities. March 19—All-day hike to Pushawalla Canyon, little known palm oasis near Thousand Palms. Meet...Tucson, Arizona. March 26—All-day hike to Chino Canyon to site of proposed aerial tramway. Meet at Palm...Gorgeous Flowering Season Is Forecast HUMOR LOST GOLD MINING LETTERS NEWS DESERT QUIZ LAPIDARY HOBBY COMMENT |  | | Book | | Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...miners were unbelievably careless in their hasty mining of only the highest-grade ores. Rock hunters today...and offered suggestions on how to convert a small mining prospect into a profitable business. Now, for the |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Calhoun Co. Bauxite ROCKFORD, Coosa Co. Beryl ROUND MOUNTAIN, Cherokee Co. Hematite SPRINGVILLE, St. Clair...QUEEN MINE, Cochise Co. Azurite CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER CREEK, Gila Co., |  | | Catalog/List | | radial groups on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro... AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and...quartz . ALTAITE Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable...sodium calcium uranium carbonate. Utah San Juan County, Moab ~ellow to yellow-green ¼x¼" single rhombohedral...ANNABERGITE Hydrated nickel arsenate Nevada Churchill County, Cottonwood Canyon Rich apple green masses altering |  | | Journal (issue) | | California. April 2—Annual desert meeting of Western Mining Council, Inc., at Yucca Valley, California. April...7-8—Easter pageant, "The Master Passes By," in Box Canyon near Mecca, California. Sponsored by Mecca Civic...5:15 a.m. April 9—Easter Sunrise service at Grand Canyon. A capella choir from Arizona State college. April...Peaks section of Sierra club to camp in Red Rock Canyon and climb Volcano Peak, Mojave desert. April 23—State...Number 6 COVER SHRINE OF THE AGES. Where Grand Canyon Easter service is held. Photo by Josef Muench. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Park, California. Hikes up Whale Peak and Granite Mountain. Apr. 7-9—Long Beach Mineral and Gem Society Annual...Apr. 8 — Los Bandolleros trek to Castle Dome mining district. Yuma, Arizona. Apr. 9-13 — Desert Caballero...Farmington, New Mexico. Apr. 27-29—Lion's International district convention. Palm Springs, California. Apr — Exhibition...Lost Mine By FRANK BECKWITH 22 MINING Current N e w s of Desert Mining 24 NEWS From h e r e a n d...haunted house where cactus grows That faces on the mountain high and desert low Where scent of noonday sun |  | | Catalog/List | | radial groups on limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals...lapis AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and...aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in pei,;malite...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline...crystal vugs ALTAITE Lead telluride Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Cleavage plates in quartz with pyrite |  | | Catalog/List | | ...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...QUARTZ AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls and...and coatings on monzonite .. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue crystals and masses |  | | Journal (issue) | | CALENDAR Nov. 25-28—Sierra club trip to Split mountain, Vallecito mountains and Colorado desert badlands...18-19—Sierra club trip to Dripping Springs and Palm Canyon. Camp beyond Palm Springs on the Indian reservation...POETRY PALEONTOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY PEGLEG TREK MINING NEWS 24 — Spanish Christmas Eve celebrations,...California. Nevada's First Cotton . . • Las Vegas, Nevada Desert: Just a note to correct a statement you...to state that in the early days at Bunkervilie, Nevada, lots of coiton was grown, I know, tor 1 helped |  | | Book (edition) | | Trails, Gem Trail Journal, The Rock Collector's Nevada and Idaho, and others. The author is a trained............ GLASS MOUNTAIN............................................. SUGAR MOUNTAIN...................PETRIFIED FOREST MONTGOMERY PASS OBSIDIAN . FOX MOUNTAIN VICINITY MILLVILLE PLAINS.......................VISTA BUTTE CREEK CLOVER CREEK INGOT IRON MOUNTAIN DIAMOND MOUNTAIN HAPPY CAMP . PARADISE . SAWMILL PEAK CHEROKEE...PENTZ QUARRY SONOMA COUNTY . HUMBOLDT COUNTY EEL RIVER BEAR CANYON CREEK TRINITY COUNTY 8 9 9 9 9 10 II |
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