 | | Journal (issue) | | Happen Here! A Visit to the Shin-Otani Manganese Mine, Japan Alfredo Petrov alfredopetrov@earthlink.net...small of a hole in the ground merits being called.a mine. None of these mines is in operation anymore, but...show in April mentioned that a nearby manganese mine was now a museum open for underground tourism, I...to the Shin-Otani mine in the Tanba mining district. This manganese mining district includes 277 mines...drive away. After mining in the Kyoto area ended, little more than 20 years ago, mining and miners were |  | | Journal (issue) | | Weber by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (see February 2005 Mineral News - Ed.). Between...noted for the mounted specimens acquired by the LA County Museum, the collection provides a solid reference...a greyish olive. but it can be attractive, pale blue. Specimens often have loosely attached, individual...fantastic black tourmaline, and a few excellent blue beryls var. aquamarine but the unusual minerals...specimens of the IMA approved, yet unpublished 'skorpionite' from the new Skorpion Mine near Rosh Pinah |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | r------' .--. !i i , i ' i Boundary '---~ IDAHO Bonner_j l--;~u:d{ene\, I , L~ Coeur'cI'Alene...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I...Power i..r v. ) 't,.,. 1. r': ~ Caribou Idaho 83816-2043 , • c-vz..J. '. 2",_J'-1 '\ o, ...INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that may have produced well-crystallized...localities for minerals that were first discovered in Idaho. Unfortunately for the field collector, most of |  | | Book (edition) | | Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...PISTOLS Idaho Minerals Idaho Minerals The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Rerun Publishing P .O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Ale ne, Idaho 83814 Copyright © 1989 by L.R. Ream Publishing...R Ream Publishing P.O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are |  | Pasero, Marco, Kampf, Anthony R., Ferraris, Cristiano, Pekov, Igor V., Rakovan, John, White, Timothy J. (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals. European Journal of Mineralogy, 22 (2) 163-179 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2022 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA 3 Muséum National d’Histoire...University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, USA 6 Centre for Advanced Microscopy, Australian National...inconsistencies and problems. Therefore, an ad hoc IMA-CNMNC Subcommittee was established with the aim of...catalogues over the last 150 years. The new mineral IMA 2008-009, approved without a name, is here named...Deloneite-(Ce) is renamed deloneite. The new mineral IMA 2009-005 is approved with the name fluorbritholite-(Y) |  | | Book (edition) | | Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite...from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near...Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from the Grandview mine, Coconino County. A few of the additional...website (www.geo.vu.n1/~ima-cnmmnlMINERALlist.pdf). and other recent publications. The IMA has a mineral category...uranium deposits on the Colorado Plateau. Coconino County: near Tuba City (Anthony et aI., 2000). ACANTHITE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite...Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...Norway; Powellite from Nasik, India; Blue Topaz from the Ural Mountains, Russia; Devilline from the Czech Republic;...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sulfates, geschieberite (IMA 2014-006), ideally K2(UO2)(SO4)2(H2O)2 and svornostite (IMA 2014-078), ideally...discovered in the Geschieber vein at the Svornost mine, Jáchymov (Joachimsthal), Western Bohemia, Czech...named for their type locality. The Jáchymov ore district is a classic example of the Variscan hydrothermal...minerals are the supergene products of the post mining alteration of the uraninite and sulfides of the...asterisk have been approved by the IMA CNMMC. † For a complete listing of all IMA-validated unnamed minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | $6.00 Scheelite and Powellite from the Oriole Mine Near Minerva, White Pine Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer...1(right): The portal of main haulage adit of the Oriole Mine shows some collapsing timbering but is otherwise...negotiable. Once inside the adit, the condition of the mine is solid and easily passable. Author's image. Calcite... Excalibur Mineral Corp. specimens. 2 Oriole Mine Scheelite & Powellite (Continued from page I) Bob...scheelite underground at the Oriole Mine was our first foray. The mine itselflies on the western edge of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Famous mineral localities: The Castle D om e district, Yuma County, A r iz o n a ................... 437 by...Wilson COVER: MIMETITE crystal group on matrix, 12 cm, from the Elura lead-zinc-silver mine, No. 1 Level...noticed about the previous issue on the Sweet Home mine was the peel-off temporary cover. The story behind...red is what it was all about for the Sweet Home mine! Had the rhodochrosites not been found in that stunningly |  | | Journal (issue) | | August 2018 Minerals of the L'Etoile du Congo Mine Lumbumbashi, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic...less so. The L'Etoile du Congo (Star of the Congo) Mine is the type locality for cornetite, described in...colonial empires. (Continues on page 2) Figure 1: Dark blue, nearly equant orthorhombiccrystals of cometite...Tremolite Locality South of Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York Steven C. Chamberlain sccham2@yaho_o...of Russell in the Town of Russell, St. Lawrence County, NY. He visited the locality frequently over a |  | | Journal (issue) | | which is hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico...San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring the mine for minerals...minerals. The San Pedro Mine is perhaps best known for producing beautiful specimens of finely crystalline...Phillip have also developed a surface exposure at the mine to produce some very nice, single, sceptered quartz...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities |  | | Journal (issue) | | WASHINGTON May 4, 2013 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver...Lead Minerals from Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington Randy Becker --- huntbecker @aol .com...minerals galena, cerussite, linarite, wulfenite, and mimetite have been found in the batholith. Plumbopyrochlore...Talus. Several specimens were found in Bob Boggs’ Blue Calciohilairite Boulder (CCB#2) associated with...2012. Photo RB 562 by Rudy Tschernich. Figure 4. Blue linarite with green chrysocolla surrounding black |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . 275 by T. P. Moore COVER: MIMETITE crystal cluster, 7.3 cm, from near Bapu, Guangdong...BISHOP COPPER PROSPECT near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia Henry Barwood Route 3, Box 144 Auburn |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), changed to a group name, or renamed by changes...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Mandarino Famous mineral localities: The Annaberg District, Lower A u stria ...............................Elias mine, Czech Republic Mrazek et al. (1994) report an occurrence of namibite from the Elias mine, Jachymov...5’6Evans-Lou pegmatite, Quebec CZECH REPUBLIC 7Elias mine, Jachymov ENGLAND 8Buckbarrow Beck, Cumbria GERMANY...NAMIBIA 10Khorixas UNITED STATES 3Stewart mine, Pala district, California Deposit Type Bismoclite Precambrian |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Number Five Articles The Val Graveglia m anganese district, Liguria, I t a ly .............................Marchesini & R. Pagano The Shirley Ann claim, Inyo County, C a lifo r n ia ................................RHODOCHROSITE crystals to 1.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua district, Huanuco depart ment, Peru. (See vol. 28, no...Publishing P.O . B ox 37072 T ucson, Arizona 85740 USA Tel: (520) 798-1513/(520) 297-4862 FAX: (520) 79 |  | | Journal (issue) | | l)elamar Gold Mine, Lincoln County, Utah Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com The Delamar Gold Mine (fig.I) is...part of Lincoln Co., in southeastem Nevada. The mine is significant for a couple ofreasons. First, it...discovery was made in the northern part of the District by brothers John and Alvin Ferguson, farmers in...later, 1892, John Ferguson discovered the Magnolia Mine a short distance to the south. The silver camp of...Helene was platted next to the Magnolia Mine and the District was originally named after the Ferguson's |  | | Journal (issue) | | P. J. Dunn Famous mineral localities: The Mezica mine, Slovenia, Yugoslavia ............................the (Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, IMA, which has jurisdiction concerning the subject matter...all discreditations require the approval of the IMA Commission on New Minerals and New Mineral Names...identified by that nation’s representative on the IMA Commission on Museums (CM), and that representative...MANDARINO, J. A. (1987) Procedures in volving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | names representing valid species, accredited by the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, are...Pap. & Proc. Gen. Meet., IMA, 1986. 102. Mira Flores mine, H u a n u n i district, Oruro, Bolivia. FeA16(PO4)a(OH)8...subhedral crystals to 1 mm in a quartz vein from Ankang County, Shaanxi Province, China. Ideal formula Ba(Ti,V...pleochroism; reflectance data are given. Named for the County in which the type locality is situated. Antimonselite...accordingly. Gen~ve, 47, 45. From the Cap Garonne mine, Arsenoflorencite-(Nd). B. Scharm, M. Scharmov~t |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | santana@utah.edu 1 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 13 Vol.:(0123456789) C. Santana sciences, might...the International Mineralogical Association (IMA). IMA-approved minerals must conform to a strict definition...the subjects of mineralogy are relatively orderly. IMA-recognized mineral kinds are thus a superior candidate...distinct phases. In mineralogy, ice is a well-defined, IMA-recognized mineral, but liquid water is not a mineral...naturally-occurring, inorganic, crystalline solids, the IMA classification avoids the chemical substances which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | approximately 13 km north of Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas, USA. Occurrence: In fractures in the Jackfork...(b. 1935), who collected the mineral. Comments: IMA No. 2002–039. ROBERTS, A.C., COOPER, M.A., HAWTHORNE...phosphate–hydroxide from the Funderburk prospect, Pike County, Arkansas, U.S.A. Canadian Mineralogist 41, 721-725...V4+O(SO4)(H2O)3 M ONOCLINIC Locality: The North Mesa 5 mine, SW ¼ of section 35, and the adjacent eastern edge... Township 24 South, Range 11 East, Emery County, Utah, USA. Occurrence: In a silicified tree in the Shinarump |  | Ferretti, Paolo, Campostrini, Italo, Demartin, Francesco, Rocchetti, Ivano (2017) Nota preliminare sui minerali della Miniera del Taubenleck (Gola del Bletterbach, Aldino, BZ) [Preliminary note about the minerals of the Taubenleck Mine (Bletterbach Gorge, BZ, Italy)]. Geo.Alp, 14. Bolzano/Bozen. 25-33 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Preliminary note about the minerals of the Taubenleck Mine (Bletterbach Gorge, BZ, Italy) • Paolo Ferretti1...la specie, approvata dall’IMA nell’aprile 2016 (IMA 2015-115), si tratta della terza segnalazione mondiale...describes the minerals found at the Taubenleck Mine, a mining site dated between XV and XVI century and located...of the Bletterbach Gorge (Aldino, BZ). The old mining site is located at the coal levels rich in Cu and...Cu2C2O4(OH)2. For the latter species, approved by the IMA CNMNC in April 2016 (IMA2015-115), it is the third |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com... Gressman tom.gressman@minrec.org The Tintic District: Juab and Utah Counties, Utah...................COVER: CLINOCLASE, 3.9 cm, from the Mammoth mine, Tintic District, Utah. Rock Currier collection; Jeff Scovil...sample of a pascoite group mineral at a mine in Grand County, Utah. Died, Alex Earl, 26 Jayson Alexander...friends all over the American West. A trip to the Blue Bell mine near Baker, California, in 2016 was particularly |  | | Report (issue) | | Vanadinite on siderite, 4.6 cm, from Taouz, Tafilalt district near Erfoud, Morocco. Fabre Minerals specimen...==== Co-rich calcite, 7.8 cm, from the Oumlil mine, Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Fabre Minerals...in the famous Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate cobalt-mining district, and Jordi has six of these specimens, 6.4...Silver on actinolite, 5.4 cm, from the Bouismas mine, Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Fabre Minerals...========== About three years ago the Bouismas mine at Bou Azzer surprised the collecting world by producing |
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Ima Mine, Blue Wing Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA