| | 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...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite, | | | Report (issue) | the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 459-B...the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada By RALPH J. ROBERTS and D. C. ARNOLD GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL Summary of base- SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...and precious-metal deposits in the Battle Mountain mining district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...__________ Cambrian System_______________________ Scott Canyon Formation_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ordovician System | | | 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 | | | Report (volume) | sections of Au-skarn deposits in north-central Nevada 8 Map showing distribution of Au-skarn districts...zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...five Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of pyroxene...three Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 17 Photomicrograph showing massive garnet partly...skarns 22 Graphs showing gold grade compared with copper grade and silver grade 23 Contents Ill TABLES | | Johnston, M. K., Thompson, T. B., Emmons, D. L., Jones, K. (2008) Geology of the Cove Mine, Lander County, Nevada, and a Genetic Model for the McCoy-Cove Hydrothermal System. Economic Geology, 103 (4) 759-782 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.103.4.759 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 103, pp. 759–782 Geology of the Cove Mine, Lander County, Nevada, and a Genetic Model for the McCoy-Cove...Inc., 240 South Rock Boulevard, Suite 117, Reno, Nevada 89502 TOMMY B. THOMPSON, Ralph J. Roberts Center...Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 DAVID L. EMMONS, Round Mountain Gold Corporation, P.O...Round Mountain, Nevada 89045 AND KEITH JONES Small Mine Development, P.O. Box 251, Battle Mountain, Nevada...northern Fish Creek Mountains, Lander County, Nevada. Through the end of mining in 2001, large-scale open-pit | | | 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...especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list | | | 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 | | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | mineralized areas prior to mining, and conditions that result from mining and mineral processing. Other...as climate, and anthropogenic factors (including mining and mineral processing methods) mostly modify the...exploration, and assessment of abandoned mine lands and mine-site remediation. This compilation presents...occurrences of a valuable commodity (such as gold or copper) or mineral (such as gems or industrial minerals)...from mining, mineral processing, and smelting. For example, the environmental signature of a mine site | | | Journal (issue) | Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...with the Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide...was the winner of the Best Copper Cabinet Specimen and Best Arizona Copper at the 1977 Tucson Show. Evan | | | Book (volume) | 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...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional | | | 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 | Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 r...El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari District ...... Moctezuma...Moctezuma District ... Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District...SECTION 2 — Highway 45 Sabinal District ............... Los Lamentos District.... Placer de Guadalupe Puerto...Aire District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine..... | | | Journal (issue) | is fit to be tied."It's that #%&!!/!$*/#$ kid of mine. Always tinkering. I'll tan his hide! I'll...I'll...absence" from DESERT'S staff, has gone through the battle of Tarawa. As this issue goes to press he with...POETRY Mountain Climber, and other poems PETROGLYPHS Sheep Hunting Artists of Black Canyon Walls By...ByMARYBEAL Basalt—the Rock from Hades LETTERS NEWS MINING HOBBY CRAFTS COMMENT PHOTOGRAPHY Comment from... • In 1940 DESERT started a long series of lost mine stories, written by John D. Mitchell. New readers | | | Book | A FIELD GUIDE Rockhounding Nevada is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals...Globe Pequot Press NEVADA A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites NEVADA 2nd Edition Essential...and minerals WILLIAM A. KAPPELE Rockhounding Nevada RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 1 6/27/11 3:02 PM Help...RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 2 6/27/11 3:02 PM Rockhounding Nevada A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites...ion Data Kappele, William A., 1931Rockhounding Nevada : a guide to the state’s best rockhounding sites | | | Book | Billingsley • Earle E. Spamer • Dove Menkes G R A N D CANYON f I (jw^B^-^ !-^,.t^jw! ;^iiy 'r --jiSs*, '''...PILLAR OF GOLD T h e Mines 8c Miners of the Grand Canyon by George H . Billingsley U.S. Geological Survey... GRAND CANYON ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 399 Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 vvww.thecanyon.com/gca Grand Canyon Association...educational goals of Grand Canyon National Park. Cover: The Grandview Mine, in a photo taken by Arion...Arion (John R. Putnam) around 1900. The Last Chance Mine dump can be seen in the lower right corner ot the | | | 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 | | | 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 (volume) | and Uranium Deposits of Monument Valley San Juan County, Utah By RICHARD Q. LEWIS, SR., and DONALD E. TRIMBLE....... . Chinle formation, undifferentiated Glen Canyon group. .... _ . Igneous rocks . ... . .. ._. ....Potholes within channels......-.............. . . .. Copper minerals Suggestions to prospectors.. . .........Photomicrograph of chalcocite replacement at the Whirlwind mine .. ..... . .. ._ .. FIGURE 10. Index map of Utah...AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONUMENT VALLEY, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH By RICHARD Q. LEWIS, SR., and DONALD E. | | | Report (issue) | rewhich was publi.shed as Bulletin 67 of the State Mining Bureau. vision by the same author in 192-3 increased...tribes in the northeast corner of San Bernardino County in pre-historic times. The old workings here were...stone hammers, and called his claim the Stone Hammer mine. This find aroused so much interest that the San...circumstance the location was named the Stone Hammer mine. "The State Slining Bureau reported at about the...desert region between Death Valley and Goff's Mining District, nearer the former, and that good samples were | | | Journal (issue) | by D. Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R...by W. Hunt Famous mineral localities: the Hilltop mine ..........................................121 by...by D. K. Miller and W. E. Wilson The Silver Bill mine, Gleeson, Arizona ................................years ago. Evidence of their work in the form of mining artifacts occasionally turns up, and in one instance...of an Indian miner was found preserved in a salt mine, where he had been killed in a cave-in (see Thompson | | | Report (issue) | .............................. Exploration and mining history................................. Summary............. Hacks Mine................................................ Ridenour Mine................................................ Riverview Mine............................................ Chapel prospect...data , Hacks Mine.............................. 47 47 Geochemical data, Ridenour Mine.............................. Geochemical data, Riverview Mine.......................... Geochemical data, Chapel prospect | | | Report (volume) | the Monument No. 1-Mitten No. 2 Mine, Monument Valley Navajo County, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...the Monument No. 1-Mitten No. 2 Mine, Monument Valley Navajo County, Arizona By IRVING J. WITKIND CONTRIBUTIONS...mine___________________________________________ History of mining. ____________________________________________ Previous...Apache Counties, northeastern Arizona, and San Juan County, southeastern Utah. 220 22. Geologic map and section...lithologic units in basal channel fill, Monument No. 1 mine workings.---------------------------228 24. Photomicrograph |
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