 | | 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 (issue) | | JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL STUCKEY, Information MINERAL STATE AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR... PURPOSE AND SCOPE ......... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE... 1 2 3 5 THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite...Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated... 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wendell Wilson Robert Winkelman Allan Young Young Mineral Collectors David Ziga V The Thrill of Discovery...anyone, the thrill of discovery. After all, every mineral specimen in collections around the world has but...its original state. These are the memories that mineral collectors keep and treasure forever. Many such...pocket in 1955 at least 25 others were found as mining progressed. The contents of these, which ranged...long, were variously removed by mine employees, mineral dealers and private collectors. A total of at least |  | | Book (edition) | | Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...in Arizona 4 Arizona State Symbols 7 Public Mineral Collections in Arizona 8 1. Gemstones and Lapidary...Arizona Mineral Occurrences 51 4. Arizona Mineral Districts Appendix A: Maps of Arizona Mineral Districts...many people who have supplied information about mineral occurrences, provided valuable review, and assisted...photography: Arizona Mineral Minions John Callahan Earth Science Museum John Ebner Flagg Mineral Foundation Mark |  | | Book (edition) | | fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...Published with the assistance ofthe Tucson Gem and Mineral Society The University of Ariwna Press / Tucson..."Published with the assistance of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society." Includes bibliographical references and...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Statehood 48 PART 3 rr 22 NOTABLE ARIZONA MINERAL DEPOSITS Porphyry Copper Deposits 57 Porphyry-Copper-Related | | | Book (edition) | | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...Published with the assistance ofthe Tucson Gem and Mineral Society The University of Arizona Press / Tucson...“Published with the assistance of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society.” Includes bibliographical references and...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...NOTABLE AND wu MINERALOGY —22 48 ARIZONA MINERAL DEPOSITS Porphyry Copper Deposits 57 Porphyry-Copper-Related |  | | Book | | l JJ 1atYON RALPH Moore's COMPENDIUM of Mineral Discoveries -------~►►--.•.... -~~1---------- ...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...crystals and in themselves are never of interest to mineral collectors. However, unusual discoveries in the |  | | Book | | copper and other metals, and is world famous among mineral collectors for its splendid specimens of crystallized...had been found in nearby ruins, therefore ancient mining of the lapis lazuli is highly improbable (Ruppert...collection of the Museum of Incas in Cuzco, and USA, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and one was lost (Cook...western part Archaeologicalgemstones Inca (?) mining present in the area. According to his observations...mines in today' s northem Chile, where ancient mining . of turquoise was proved by archaeological excavations |  | | Journal (issue) | | Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ..........................................T. R. Rose & R. E. Holden, Jr. Minerals of the Prospect Intrusion, New South Wales, Australia ..........Charles W. A. Herrmann (1801-1898), mineralogist and mineral dealer ..........................................Microminerals Miscellany from France, the Eifel district, and Mont Saint-Hilaire ........................knowledge which sets the mineral person above the layman and which helps one mineral person to recognize others |  | | Report (issue) | | and 6. J. McKenzie Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson...Information Circular 24 is a compendium of viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some...to abuse or misuse these collecting sites. The prospect of a continued privilege of collecting minerals...later identified as a chromium spodumene, the mineral hiddenite has become a valuable collector's item...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals:...extraordinary number of minerals. A total of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens...(rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record, volume 33...heard the term “vug hole.” The ground in the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full...literature on one of the most important and productive mineral localities in the world, placing Butte mineralogy |  | | Report (issue) | | along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County. 21 22 23 24 25- U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:... the Coastal Plain, in which no 18 metallic mineral deposits are found, the Piedmont province, a mature...here described are divided into groups based on mineral assemblages. These groups are: gold-quartz veins...deposits. 21 This belt passes through Gaston County. Tin veins in pegmatite and placer deposits derived |  | | Journal (issue) | | .. 483 W. E. Wilson The Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona ............ .. ........... ................. 507 L. Presmyk The Flux Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona ............................. ..........531 W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .. .. ....Wilson & E. Jones Fluorite from the Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona ............. .... ..... 569 M...M. Hay & D. Morris The Bagdad Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ............. .......................... | | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...C. GEOLOGICAL SUHVEY Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson...section promotes the wise conservation and use of mineral resources by industry, commerce, agriculture, and...environmental resource planning, mineral resource exploration, mineral statistics, and systematic geologic...Sections's activities and include identifying rock and mineral samples submitted by the citizens of the state |  | | Book (edition) | | Introduction .................................. 7 Mineral Species and their Localities .............. Explanation... . . . . . . . . . . . 686 Alphabetic List of Mineral Localities ............. Explanation of Symbols... PREFACE 6 · PREFACE This book reviews abollt 8,500 mineral localities from all over the world, for all valid...with 3,350 minerals in the former edition. The mineral systeniatic classification is based on the updated... with regard to the worlds mineral localities and environment of mineral occurrences, as a result of |  | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in México...authentic and reliable on Mexican mineralogy, mineral species, and localities. This volume is the most...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also | | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...authentic and reliable on Mexican mineralogy, mineral species, and localities. This volume is the most...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also |
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