| | 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...represented by numerous geothermal areas. The range of minerals found in mines, quarries, and prospect...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 | | | Report (issue) | Color: Deep blue, peacock-blue, pale blue to greenish blue; in transmitted light, greenish blue, may be zoned...copper Association: Copper, brochantite, pseudomalachite, libethenite, malachite, atacamite, chrysocolla...heterogenite. Distribution: From the Star of the Congo mine, near Lubumbashi, and at the Kalabi and Lukini mines...Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). From the Bwana Mkubwa mine, Ndola, and Kansanshi, Zambia. At the Alaska, Mangula...Lomagundi district, Zimbabwe. In the USA, in the Blue Jay and Empire-Nevada mines, Yerington district, Lyon | | | Report (issue) | Pleochroism: May be faint; X = pale yellowish blue; Z = pale greenish blue. Orientation: X = b; Y = c; Z = a. Dispersion:...66.54 3.77 Total 99.47 99.09 100.00 (1) Mercedes mine, Coquimbo, Chile. (2) L’ubietová, Slovakia. (3)...oxidized zone of copper deposits. Association: Pseudomalachite, malachite, azurite, chrysocolla, iron oxides...Vacas mine, near Vila Viçosa, and from near Alcoutim. Very large crystals from the Rokana mine, near...Burra mine, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia. In the USA, from the Empire-Nevada and Blue Jay mines | | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922). An unusual...from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan (Williams 1962). In the arid mining districts of western...from the Santa Rita district, Grant County, and the Orogrande district, Otero County, New Mexico. Dioptase...malachite occurs in the Blue Jay mine, Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada. Dioptase associated with...with pseudomalachite is reported from the Black Pine mine, Granite County, Montana. In California it | | | Book (edition) | Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express | | | Book (edition) | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps Dodge Corporation as...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and | | | Book (edition) | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART | | | Report (issue) | figures in Bulletin 140. Lode deposits Cochise County-Warren (Bisbee) and Turquoise districts, with ores...silver, and lead. Tombstone district, with lead-silver ores. Pearce district, with silver ores. Dragoon...Dragoon Mountains, Manzoro district. Dos Cabezas Mountains, Dos Cabezas and Teviston districts. Huachuca Mountains...Mountains. Swisshelm Mountains. Gila County-Globe-Miami district, with ores of copper and silver. Dripping...Mountains, Barnes district, with ores of copper, lead, and silver. Payson district. Graham County-Galiuro Mountains | | | Book (edition) | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral | | | Book (edition) | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S:...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART | | | Book | A Range Guide to MINES and MINERALS " How and Where A ,-A 1 to Find Valuable Ores and Minerals...'' : JAY ELLIS RANSOM / $ 5.95 and quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE...GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by Jay Ellis Did you know that Ransom it’s possible still stumble...nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay in this of popular ... the Ellis Ransom, Rock-huntefs Range Guide, tells everything you need to know to go about it. Some | | | Journal (issue) | d a Hill, T a n za n ia • ref: • Chinkuashih mine, Keelung, T aiw an • 4x5 $ 5 0 .0 0 , 2x3 $ 2 0...in a g eo d e from Hall's G ap, Lincoln County, Kentucky. Photom icrograph by Ben K inkead. The... England) scorodite, small group of clear green-blue xls (Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany) apatite, small...Paul B. Moore "The History of Colombian Emerald Mining" by Tomas Feininger "Second Occurrence of Benstonite"...martite, mesolite, Natrolite, thomsonite) Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (apatite) Rossie, New York (calcite | | | Book | what was probably one of the earliest hard-rock mining operations in the world. A necklase with a turquois...Numerous deposits in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah were opened centuries ago...Theophrastus (ca. 4th century B.C.) referred to the blue turquois used by the Persians in inlay work (Eichholz...rather convoluted account of the prospecting and mining of this mineral (Pliny, 38:33): "It [cal/aina,...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals | | | Book (edition) | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado | | | Journal (issue) | White, Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California...............................article “on the chondrodite from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Brewster, New York.” Two of the plates show 21...industry which is toda} centered in Cartersville. Fine blue barite crystals to 7 cm have com* from the local...November). Tht museum features fossil, gemstone, mining and mineral exhibits, with about 1800 mineral specimens...and many others! Register to win a $300 faceted BLUE TOPAZ! FREE Shuttle to the Lightguard Armory for | | 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) | (calc), M.P. 804°.^ also white, yellow, red, blue, purple. The blue and purple tints usually are localized...growth bands or in irregular spots. The origin of the blue color has been the subject of much investigation...colorless to white; relatively coarsely powdered blue or purple halite has a faint tint. Transparent....Africa. Enormous deposits are found in the Salt Range in the Punjab, sulfates of potassium, various double...Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted | | | 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...platinum - have been found mainly in the Sierra Nevada and the Klarnath Mountains provinces. These mountain...are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...following notation: Section (Sec.), Township (T.), Range (R.), and Meridian (M.D.M. Mount Diablo Meridian;S | | | Journal (issue) | COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...(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...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful | | | 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 the at College of California, parent to the...mineralogist of California, and pub- and sixth State Mining Bureau reports. Then beginning volume prepared...— gold and platinum — have been found mainly in Nevada and the Klamath Mountains provinces. These mountain...species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...following notation: Section (Sec.), Township (T.), Range (R.), and Meridian (M.D.M. — Mount Diablo Meridian; | | | Book (edition) | Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...not n1ost mineral species are found to exhibit a range of colors depending on chemical solid solution or...Although we have tried to include a statement of the range, we have not attempted to be comprehensive or inclusive...design, and Zoom optics with extend~d magnification range and accessories for photographic recording. Present...the naked eye and simple lens. The magnification range of the reflecting microscope and the resolution | | | 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...where the float rock was seamed and stained with blue. On digging down a few feet, he found a vein of...circumstance the location was named the Stone Hammer mine. "The State Slining Bureau reported at about the | | | Book (edition) | Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce © |
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