 | | Journal (issue) | | Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.....................in Colorado minerals? ...................................... 329 by R. A. Kosnar Famous mineral localities:...Home mine .................................................. 333 by R. A. Kosnar Famous mineral localities:...339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A............373 by E. E. Foord and R. F. Martin Mineral collecting at the Sunnyside & Idarado m in e s |  | | Journal (issue) | | ., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...interest to amateur mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...D. Freier S.K. Howell TK Meikle 7--------- GREENOCKITE from 8ISHOPTON DIARY OF EVENTS ---------- 8...Sielecki ----------- 13 ----------- MINERAL NEWS from DOWN UNDER MINERAL NEWS M P Cooper· SK Howell -----------...Betts ----------- 26----------- NEW MINERALS MINERAL NOTES HJ Foy · SA Rust The views and opinions |  | | Report (issue) | | ht of Mineral Collecting N 978-0-9790998-5-4 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado USA © 2009...Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 • Fax 1.860.267.7225 www.llthographie...with the shrine when he was in Bolivia buying mineral specimens in the 1970s. He took this photo, and...plwto Plldi.wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt...BoUvia Dai,kl Beams photo Bo ivia The Height of Mineral Collecting Written by Jaroslav Hyrsl and Alfredo |  | | Journal (issue) | | Communications Articles Famous mineral localities: the Taewha mine, K orea............................COVER: WULFENITE with mimetitefrom the San Francisco mine near Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico. The large crystal...particular I want to thank the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society for making the hall avail able to us;...TX) Australian Imports (San Diego, CA) Baltimore Mineral Society (Baltimore, MD) Carlos do Prado do Barbosa...Minerals (Tucson, AZ) Julian Blakely, Blakely Mineral Gems (Greenville, MS) David Byers John and Patricia | | | Journal (issue) | | May✓une 1979 Articles Famous mineral localities: the Taewha mine, Korea ............................COVER: WULFENITE with mimetite from the San Francisco mine near Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico. The large crystal...particular I want to thank the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society for making the hall avail able to us;...TX) Australian lmpons (San Diego. CA) Baltimore Mineral Society (Baltimore. MD) Carlos do Prado do Barbosa...Minerals (Tucson. AZ) Julian Blakely, Blakely Mineral Gems (Greenville, MS) David Byers John and Patricia |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality index is...significant mineral occurrences in the State. In line with a project begun by the Colorado Friends of...in 1976, the list is intended to assist amateur mineral collectors as well as professional mineralogists...eventual goal of this project is to develop a mineral locality index for each state followed by a world-wide...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals |  | | Book (volume) | | fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Galena, Tri-State district, Kansas. Smithsonian Institution specimen; Chip...photo. March/April: Quartz, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen and photo. May/June:...May/June: Turgite, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August:...July/August: Quartz, H. deLinde No. 4 mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald...Bentley photo. September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan |  | | Book | | Gkologim-in-charge. CATALOGUE OF MINERALS FOUND IN COLORADO. BY • F. M. ENDLICH. [EXTRACTED FROM THE TENTH...been adopted. tar as practicable, analyses of Colorado minerals have been given. They will aid examination...the catalogue. systematic enumeration of the Colorado mineral species and references to the publications...Endlich, S. IN COLORADO. X. D. The continuous development of mineral resources of Colorado is productive...Geological .Report for PS75. Now, the survey of Colorado is completed, many additions of species new to |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimens) from the period 1759-1930, of the Moscow Mining Academy (about 10,000 specimens), which existed...N.A. Smol'yaninov, author of the most popular mineral diagnostic handbook in the USSR, worked in the...standard material of many mineral species, including specimens from mineral type localities. Ilmenite...jozeite from San Jose, and other exhibits (up to 300 mineral species in total) are included among these "standard"...and collectors, as well as the five volumes of "Mining Encyclopedia," "Practical Mineralogy Handbook" |  | | Book (volume) | | corner of Kimball Co. where it overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford |  | | Book | | MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine —_—< ¢ te om At _SHT 40...MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Richard Walker Holmes and Marrianna...American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Colorado...resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna B. II. Title. III. Title: Great...possible steps should be taken to preserve our mineral heritage, whether in physical form as irreplaceable |  | | Journal (issue) | | S T O R Y ~ - - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special...Introduction and JA Brief History of Mineral Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch...Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, Bruce Geiler curator Lou & Diana Conti |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Missouri. N o comprehensive list of Missouri mineral occurrences has been published since Leonhard (1...attempt was made to list all the state’s many mineral-prcducing properties. For example, minerals known...location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...not impor tant specimen producers: Newgate copper mine, which was used for a prison; the Allyndale quarry...i n nesota sounded the death knell for metal mining in Connecti cut. Now, trap rock, marble/limestone...believed that it may have come from the Tollgate mine or elsewhere in the Middletown area. D a n a (Palache...bismuth mine, but efforts to trace it to that locality have failed; it has been found at O l d Mine Park |  | | Report (volume) | | Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge) including the chief occurrences of 445 mineral species UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE..._______________ Source minerals of Colorado's mineral industry________________________ Minerals first...______ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________ Mineral localities and how...them ____________________________ ~ _ Noteworthy mineral localities__ __ __ ____________ __ __ ___ ______ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and most significant mineral occurrences. These localities have been listed by county; and, strictly for...descriptions for many of the minerals listed. Additional mineral and locality information is based on the author's...Michigan's best known and most productive sites for mineral collecting. The list may also serve as a guide...should be pointed out that the list of Michigan mineral localities is not intended to be a field trip guide...None theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto, Ora y...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...known as the duckbill dinosaur. Although a state mineral has not been designated, there are two official...gem and mineral literature has been published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting |  | | Journal (issue) | | by R.S.W. Braithwaite Graphite from the Lead Hill mine, Ticonderoga, New Y o r k ...............................33 by B. L. Sage Lotharmeyerite, a new mineral from Mapimi, Durango, M e x ic o ................uncommon lithium-mica from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California .....................................602-297-6709 Editing and advertising 602-299-5274 COVER: AMETHYST from Guerrero, Mexico. The crystal measures about...specimen and photo. For more on Guerrero and its amethyst, see Bill Panczner’s new column, Notes from Mexico |  | | Book (volume) | | gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WORLD'S MO'ST IMPORTANT MINERAL LOCATIONS By TOMASZ J. TURLEY 2101 N. Kedzie Ave.• Chicago, III. 60647...crystalline, schists, quartz or limestone veins). Mineral deposits are also formed by sedimentary and metamorphic...distribution of mineral deposits on the surface of the earth, The number of mineral localities and their...literature there are about 110 world important mineral localities, so-called classic localities. The greatest...in this number there are many so-called classic mineral localities of diversity of species. In America |  | | Journal (issue) | | on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family; Tom Spann photo...Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Collected by George Stacy; Jeff Scovil photo. Amethyst, 12 cm, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Collected |
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