 | | 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 |  | | 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) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | 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...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...literature of a general nature on the geology and mining industry of the State. bibliography of A. may...The excellent Vodges, Bulletin 30 of the State Mining Bureau, be referred to for such literature. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | into a later newsletter. Mineral of the month: Sphalerite ............. p. 2 Club auction program details.... p. 19 Mineral of the Month Sphalerite by Sue Marcus Sphalerite (zinc sulfide, or ZnS) is relatively...there are few chemical complications. Admittedly, sphalerite does have several varieties: Marmatite is the...from mineral dealers and other collectors. Also, sphalerite is most commonly brown or cinnamon-colored, so...abundant and available during its formation, sphalerite might grade into alabandite (MnS). If there was |  | | Report (issue) | | 1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since...published as Bulletin 91 of the California State Mining Bureau. Many additional species were included,...commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic |  | | Report (volume) | | the Inyo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN-1708-A...the Inyo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California By EDWIN H. McKEE, JAMES E. KILBURN...the Inyo Mountains Wilderness study arear Inyo County* California. (U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1708-A...(CDCA-122), California Desert Conservation Area, Inyo County, California. CONTENTS Summary 1 Abstract 1...the Inyo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California FIGURES 1. Index map showing location |  | | Report (issue) | | UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Val,. S X X I T II I 1)ECEBIIIElZ 1944 No. 5 GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES No...No. 41 er Deposits In Nevada BY EDGARH. BAILEY and DAVID A. PHOENIX Geologists, U. S. Geological Survey...Survey PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY NEVADA STATE BUREAU OF MINES IN COOPERATION WiTH UNITED STATES OEOLOOlCAL...SURVEY PRICE ONE DOLLAR j sin PUBLICATION OF THE NEVADA STATEBUREAUOF MINES A N D THE MACKAY &HWL OF MINES...THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO, NEVADA Entered in the Post Office at Reno, Nevada, as second-class matter |  | | Report (issue) | | oxidized zinc and zinc-lead ores in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California______________ 3. Types of supergene...recently production has been increasing in Utah and Nevada. The term "oxidized zinc deposits" is used in this...Alaska.. a Includes 550 tons from Davis, Murray County, Okla. 'Production to 1934 only. PART 1. GENERAL...of the oxidized zinc deposits in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California. (See also Heyl and Bozion, 1960...fluorspar-zinc district Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district Valle Mines, Mo. Tri-State zinc district Arkansas |  | | Report (volume) | | of the Roberts Wilderness Study Area, Eureka County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1731-K Chapter...of the Roberts Wilderness Study Area, Eureka County, Nevada By EDWIN H. McKEE, HARLAN N. BARTON, and DAVID...MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: CENTRAL NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL...of the Roberts Wilderness Study Area, Eureka County, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1731-K Bibliography:...Mines and mineral resources Nevada Roberts Mountains Wilderness. 2. Geology Nevada Roberts Mountains Wilderness |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | particular service in co- operating with the State ^Mining Bureau in making possible this addition to our...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then quently...the thirty years which elapsed since the State Mining Bureau. appearance of the second list, our knowledge...literature of a general nature on Die geology and mining industry of the State. The various kinds of minerals...Woodcock, formerly of the State Mining Bureau. Walter W. Bradley of the State Mining Bureau, M. Vonsen of Petaluma |  | | Report (issue) | | described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted...of Part B. Al (Alabara Cr.) Gold Rampart district Livengood (11.9, 10.35) approx. 65°35'N, 148°22'W...have been found in 1915, but no further mention of mining or prospecting. About a mile above mouth of creek...mainly Ordovician chert Alaska Gold Fairbanks district MF-413, loc. 42 Livengood (19.2, 1.55) 65°04'N...Gladstone, JupiterMars. Alaska Flyer Gold Fairbanks district MF-413, loc. 17 Livengood (17.95, 0.85) 65°02'N |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | MOUNTAIN, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. SUMMARY. Cedar Mountain, in western Nevada, contains the...silver-lead district, which is the chief center of interest, and the Omco gold district. In 1919 large...not been thoroughly prospected. A rush to the district took place and the country was staked over a radius...soon became known as the Simon district, from the name of the chief mine. The excitement quickly subsided...work was being done only at two places the Simon mine, in which a large body of ore had been partly blocked |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado quartz is inextricably tied to the state's mining history because so many superbly crystallized quartz...specimens originated from its innumerable mines. The mining industry and resultant mineral wealth directed...more authoritative accounts of the state's early mining and economic resources, provides a timeless perspective...Other comprehensive overviews of Colorado's mines, mining his tory, and/or economic geology are provided... smoky (light to dark brown), citrine (yellow), rose (pink), and milky (white) quartz. Cryptocrystalline |  | | Report (volume) | | Nye County, Nevada Mineral Resources of the Arc Dome Wilderness Recommendation Area, Nye County, Nevada...Arc Dome Wilderness Recommendation Area, Nye County, Nevada I by Gerald F. Brem ... [et al.]. p. em. -...no. : I 19.3:1961 1. Mines and mineral resources-Nevada-Arc Dome Wilderness. 2. Arc Dome Wilderness (Nev...completed. Areas officially designated as "wilderness," "wild," or "canoe" when the act was passed were incorporated...Area (4-667), Toiyabe National Forest, Nye County, Nevada. The area was classified as a proposed wilderness |  | | Report (issue) | | known Ho contain antimony ora in the Fairbanks district, Alaska, and inset showing the location of deposits...Abstract Antimony-bear ing ores in the Fairbanks district, Alaska, are found principally in two areas, the...ores were exposed largely as a result of lode gold mining, but at two periods in the past, high prices for...economic faetors, which greatly affect prospecting and mining for stibnite ore in the area, are outlined. The...recoverable as a by-product of future gold mining. In the district is very uncertain. The outlook for stibnite |  | | Journal (issue) | | By DAMA LANGLEY 23 Current n e w s briefs 26 MINING ART OF LIVING NEWS CRAFT HOBBY COMMENT • Jerry...Tucson was a little frontier community in a lard of wild Apaches. Tucson was then a woodburning town, and...after time—that it was the fascination which this wild desert terrain holds for the true outdoor man, rather...one: of the owners of the calcite mines. At the mining camp near the head of the wash, 10 miles from Truckhaven... and their partner, Robert R. Dye. Most of the mining buildings and equipment have been removed, and |  | | 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...PLATEAU I7 COAST RANGES 7 GREAT VALLEY :2f SIERRA NEVADA ~ BASIN RANGES Ell MOJAVE DESERT II TRANSVERSE |
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