 | | 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) | | 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) | | Mineral Deposits of the Osgood Mountains Quadrangle Humboldt County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Mineral Deposits of the Osgood Mountains Quadrangle Humboldt County, Nevada I By PRESTON E. HOTZ and...mineral deposits of the Osgood Mountains quadrangle, Humboldt County, Nevada, by Preston E. Hotz and...of the Osgood Mountains quadrangle, Humboldt County, Nevada. 1963. (Card 2) 1. Geology-Nevada-Humboldt...resources-Nevada-Humboldt Co. I. Willden, Charles Ronald, 1929joint author. II. Title: Osgood Mountains quadrangle |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent |  | | Journal (issue) | | Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt...Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg- |  | Peters, S.G., Nash, J.T., John, D.A., Spanski, G.T., King, H.D., Connors, K.A., Moring, B.C., Doebrich, J.L., McGuire, D.J., Albino, G.V., Dunn, V.C., Theodore, T.G., Ludington, S.D. (1996) Metallic mineral resources in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California. Open-File Report Vol. 1996 (96-712) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr96712 | Report (issue) | | Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been............................................. 18 Humboldt River porphyry tracL............................Study Areas and other areas in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area for which resource |  | | Journal (issue) | | A New Occurrence of Allophane From the Laochang Mine, Gejiu City, Yunnan, China Tony Nikischer Excalibur...exceptional allophane specimens from the Laochang Mine (see figure I) came as a complete surprise. Our...neither species had previously been reported from this mine, best known for its pale blue hemimorphite. Figure...colorful specimenof allophane from the laochang Mine, near Gejiu City in YunnanProvince.This sample providedthe...Discovery of Gem-Grade Chrysocolla From Ontonagon County, Michigan Tom Rosemeyer datolite@charter.net This |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector's Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the...Corporation Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens, but production of...of the elongated, fibrous malachite specimens seems subordinate to other, more common forms seen from |  | | Report (issue) | | 4 cm, from the Palelni mine, Molo village, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar. The...==== of the rare brochantite of the Los Azules mine in Chile: spherical tufts of emerald-green fibrous...matrix. Brochantite, 4.8 cm, from the Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapo Province, Atacama...pseudomorphous after chalcocite from the Las Cruces mine near Seville in southern Spain: you’ll perhaps recall... newly recovered chalcocite specimens from that mine to the 2020 Tucson Show (see the show report in |  | | Journal (issue) | | spent a good bit of time with Walter Lombardo (Nevada Mineral and Book Co.). He has really nice books...Minerals) had stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...just a few specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone,...the Geological Survey of Nevada is preparing a very comprehensive book on Nevada minerals, which has a preliminary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by secondary minerals, Summer Camp pit, Getchell mine, Nevada R.J. Bowella,*, J.V. Parshleyb a SRK Consulting...Reno, Nevada NV89502, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract At the Summer Camp pit of the Getchell mine in...in northern Nevada, the sulfate mineralogy is complex and includes gypsum, jarosite, pickeringite–halotrichite...Keywords: Secondary minerals; Mine pit lakes; Evapoconcentration; Getchell mine 1. Introduction Over the...the last two decades, significant improvements in mining and metallurgical operations have led to the development |  | | Book | | ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | Price, Jonathan G., Henry, Christopher D., Castor, Stephen B., Garside, Larry, Faulds, James E. (1999) Geology of Nevada With excellent rock exposures in the desert, generally good access to collecting localities on public lands, and fine tourist attractions in the towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (6) 357-363 doi:10.1080/00357529909605171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...faults have raised and occasionally tilted the mountains and lowered the basins. Over the years, these...fig. 1) that are derived from erosion of the mountains and that are tens of thousands of feet thick in...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the |  | | Catalog/List | | Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE...Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite ... |  | | Catalog/List | | crystal section. ¼"$2. 50. ANDORITE San Jose mine, Oruro, Bolivia. Select rich gray metallic mass...11 $2. 00, $2. 50 and $3. 50. ARGENTITE Ra.yas mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Choice dull gray modified cubic...and $5. 00. ARSENOLITE White Caps mine, Manhattan, Nye Co., Nevada. Select lustrous snow-white to pale...Excellent for both BERYL - GOLDEN Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, USSR Deep golden-yellow partially hexagonal cr...crystal section. ¾ to¾" $3.CD. 11 BIXBYITE San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Select black lustrous highly modified |  | | Catalog/List | | 6x3 inches ~ t Brazil £20 2. CHRYSOCOLLA and MALACHITE a most attractive piece, like a blue and green...sunbust effect , cut and polished slab 2.5 xl .5 Mine de L' Etoile Congo £20 3. LEPIDOLITE, choice display...Franklinite, old time specimen 3x2x2 Franklin New Jersey USA £25 Actually quite attractive and with excellent...NATIVE SILVER thin sheet about lxl.5 inches La Noria mine, San Martin, Zacatecas Mexico £15 , 16. NATIVE COPPER...inch exposed cleavage surface. Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona USA £25 17. GRAPHITE, pure metallic mass |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mandarino Famous mineral localities: the Ichinokawa mine, Japan ............. 229 ': Rotors w^c; ; 'v Tampa...Bancroft Mineralogy of the Bandora mine, South Mineral Creek, San Juan County, Colorado ..................... Calcium arsenate minerals new to the Getchell mine, Nevada ..........................................world’s best, were discovered in the Ichinokawa mine more than a hundred years ago. Though collected...mineral collectors. E LOCATION The Ichinokawa mine is located approximately 7 kilometers east of Saijo |  | | Book | | A FIELD GUIDE Rockhounding Nevada is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals...the desert and long winding drives through the mountains. The result is a complete and accurate guide to...Globe Pequot Press NEVADA A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites NEVADA 2nd Edition Essential...minerals, obsidian, chalcedony, wonderstone, malachite, petrified wood, limb casts, and much more. ROCKHOUNDING...and minerals WILLIAM A. KAPPELE Rockhounding Nevada RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 1 6/27/11 3:02 PM Help |  | | Catalog/List | | S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly equant crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | ...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite |  | | Catalog/List | | WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations...$15.00 each ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear...and $ 30.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens...00 each YUMA WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red...mounted in 1 1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow |  | | Report (issue) | | limestone or dolomite. It is a useful ore guide in many mining districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE........... Characteristics of jasperoid in major mining districts of the United States ..................................................... Tri-State district, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri ................Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona .............................. Bisbee (Warren) district, Arizona ........ Ely (Robinson) district, Nevada .............................. Leadville district, Colorado ...... |  | | 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 |
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