 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | country should he on view in the “city of gold.” South Africa is not well known for its institutional or statefunded...treasures of the earth. not only from South Africa but also from southern Africa as a whole and other regions...Mines and the Museum of the Geological Society of South Afiicil (Kennedy 1970). The Chamber of Mines collection...secretary and treasurer of the Geological Society of South Africu.) Several years later, in 1904, the collection...mammal-like reptiles from the famous Karoo region of South Africa, Cretaceous ammonites, Permian and Triassic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Twenty-three, Number Three ® Articles Gold in South Africa ..............................................Cairncross & C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin...and this must have introduced him to many other local mineral collectors and possibilities for further...of this typically natrolite covered material for local dealers as well as himself. He used much of this...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed |  | | Journal (issue) | | involvement in collecting the great Bunker Hill mine pyromorphite bonanza, was born in Spokane, Washington...mined by a Phelps Dodge subsidiary as the Sherwood mine. His career was interrupted by the draft in November...Black Pine mine in Phillipsburg, Montana (the type locality for phillipsburgite), but the mine quickly ran...Norm was hired as a geologist at the Bunker Hill mine, where he worked for more than 16 years. He continued...geologists in the logging of core from the Crescent mine when he suffered a stroke in 2010. But he remained |  | | Journal (issue) | | George R. Rossman and Richard L. Squires The Palermo Mine, New Hampshire..........................274 by Woodrow...Described Mineral From Siberia Found at the Getchell Mine, N ev ad a ....................290 by Gerald Jungles...postage paid at Bowie Md. SPODUM ENE, U rucupa mine, Itam bacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Smithsonian...made ten purchasing trip s into Tanzania, Kenya, South A frica, Rhodesia, Eur ope, Brazil, Colum bia,...ariposa County, Calif.; Baja Calif., Mex.; and South A frica. Choice crystals, minerals and cut stones |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scovil photo. In this issue also: Twin Creeks mine, USA Scott KLEINE, Bryan K. LEES & Malcolm SOUTHWOOD...specimen from Cut 62 in Twin Creeks mine, Nevada, USA; 9.6 cm high. Azurite Corporation specimen. J. Scovil...of well-crystallised orpiment at the Twin Creeks mine in Northern Nevada, USA, and it's subsequent extraction...them the mining company that owns and operates the mine, and the other a company that spe- Marshallsussmanite...the 2011 find at the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. Marshall Sussman with a specimen |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...as the continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...to the fascination of these pegmatites. 437 South Dakota The commercial production of minerals, principally...United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel, on the W |  | | Book (volume) | | ' This Kupferschiefer is cases. lean in this district, carrying only 1.4% of copper, and no silver,...fissures known as 'rucken' in the Mansfeld copper district also contain occasional nickelite, together with... known examples of this type is the cobalt district of Schneeberg, in Saxony, a mountainous region...present. Besides quartz-cobalt veins the Schneeberg district contains quite a 3 variety of vein types, which...Schneeberg, cally important deposits of the entire district. the veins are so crowded together in an area |  | Ciurej, Agnieszka, Struska, Monika, Wolska, Anna, Szczerba, Marek, Olszak, Janusz (2022) Copper-Bearing Mineralisation in the Upper Devonian Limestones: A Case Study from the Historical Teresa Adit in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland. Minerals, 13 (1) 54 doi:10.3390/min13010054 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hematite), (c) Ca and Cu carbonates (calcite, azurite, and malachite), (d) clay minerals (Fe-Mg illite)...first time, unit cell parameters of malachite and azurite from Miedzianka Mountain were determined, indicating...hematite), and (c) adsorptive mineralisation (azurite, malachite). The latter stage is related to residuum...presenting to the public either in the adit and/or in a local museum in Miedzianka village. Keywords: Miedzianka...Mountain deposit; mining heritage; copper minerals; azurite; malachite Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | copper and supergene enrichment in the Vista Alegre district, Paraná basaltic province, southernmost Brazil...copper and supergene enrichment in the Vista Alegre district, Paraná basaltic province, southernmost Brazil...copper and supergene enrichment in the Vista Alegre district, Paraná basaltic province, southernmost Brazil...occurrences (n = 85) that forms the Vista Alegre district in the border region of Rio Grande do Sul and...top of mineralizations, and minor malachite and azurite. Native copper is associated with dioctahedral |  | Zhesheng, Ma, Guowu, Li, Chukanov, N. V., Poirier, G., Nicheng, Shi (2014) Tangdanite, a new mineral species from the Yunnan Province, China and the discreditation of ‘clinotyrolite’. Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (3) 559-569 doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.3.06 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Nanniping mines, southeast Dongchuan copper mining district, Dongchuan County, Kunming City Prefecture, Yunnan...covellite, tennantite, enargite, cuprite, malachite, azurite, copper and brochantite. Crystals form radiating...species, ‘clinotyrolite’, Dongchuan copper mining district, Yunnan, China. Introduction TANGDANITE as a...Nanniping mines, southeast Dongchuan copper mining district, Dongchuan County, Kunming City Prefecture, Yunnan...associates are malachite, azurite, copper and brochantite. The Nanniping copper mine is located on the southern |  | | Book (volume) | | From the Panhandle the land slopes gently east and south to a minimum elevation of less than 350’ in the...Lower Permian age, with the greatest concentrations south and east of the Wichita Mts. and in the central...Mile, Hecceta Head, and beaches both north and south of Yaquina Bay. The best hunting is right after...Malachite, Pyrite. CORNUCOPIA (ghost town), the Bryan Mine and others⎯Gold, Pyrite, Sylvanite. DURKEE, area...air mi., in T. 17 S, R. 22 E: d Sec. 8 & 29, the South Fork, area ⎯agatized limb casts. POWELL BUTTE, area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite, aragonite, and dolomite groups and of azurite were investigated. Magnetic susceptibility was...paramagnetic anisotropy due to Fe2+ was detected. Azurite shows a strong anisotropy with k1 – k3 = 1.5 ×...minerals of the calcite and dolomite group and in azurite, but not in minerals of the aragonite group. Upon...groups (Deer et al. 1992; Gaines et al. 1997); azurite is a hydrated carbonate. The common unit of all...susceptibility due to the large cation. Azurite The hydrated carbonate azurite [Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2] is monoclinic |  | | Book (volume) | | From the Panhandle the land slopes gently east and south to a minimum elevation of less than 350’ in the...Lower Permian age, with the greatest concentrations south and east of the Wichita Mts. and in the central...Mile, Hecceta Head, and beaches both north and south of Yaquina Bay. The best hunting is right after...Malachite, Pyrite. CORNUCOPIA (ghost town), the Bryan Mine and others⎯Gold, Pyrite, Sylvanite. DURKEE, area...air mi., in T. 17 S, R. 22 E: d Sec. 8 & 29, the South Fork, area ⎯agatized limb casts. POWELL BUTTE, area | | | Journal (issue) | | Mowry Place Tucson, AZ 85741 Articles Gold in South Africa ..............................................Cairncross & C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County,Iowa ..................... 231 by...and this must have introduced him to many other local mineral collectors and pos sibilities for further...of this typically natrolite covered material for local dealers as well as himself. He used much of this...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have been especially THE Battle Mountain Mining district is well known, helpful. Dr. B. K. Goodwinof the...are andesineand the average for all univer- and azurite are presentas coatingson the walls of sal stage...follow groundmass-phenocryst contacts. degreestwo theta. It is obviousthat in thesetwo samplesthe plagioclase...out in con- WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, trast to the rest of the rock but the contoured concentrations are |  | Garavelli, A., Pinto, D., Vurro, F., Mellini, M., Viti, C., Balic-Zunic, T., Ventura, G. D. (2009) YUKONITE FROM THE GROTTA DELLA MONACA CAVE, SANT'AGATA DI ESARO, ITALY: CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPARISON WITH COTYPE MATERIAL FROM THE DAULTON MINE, YUKON, CANADA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 47 (1) 39-51 doi:10.3749/canmin.47.1.39 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COMPARISON WITH COTYPE MATERIAL FROM THE DAULTON MINE, YUKON, CANADA Anna GARAVELLI, Daniela PINTO and...studied samples of cotype yukonite from the Daulton mine, Yukon, Canada, for comparison. At Grotta della...O4]3(OH)5.16•3H2O for yukonite from the Daulton mine, close to the stoichiometry Ca2Fe3(AsO4)3(OH)4•4H2O...échantillon cotype de la yukonite provenant de la mine Daulton, au Yukon, Canada. A la Grotta della Monaca...89Si0.08P0.03)O4]3(OH)5.16•3H2O pour celle de la mine Daulton. Les compositions se § E-mail address: |  | | Journal (issue) | | in Delta Kappa Epsilon and Charles in Phi Delta Theta. Both graduated in 1876. Charles’ degree, and possibly...had opened the previous April (Ivers 1974). The local newspaper reported his arrival as “Maynard Bixby...where he worked as a mining expert, probably in mine appraisal and development. In 1890-91, he had moved...[House at 246 Main Street between Second and Third South Streets ].” Bixby was probably still commuting between...of bright green malachite associated with blue azurite that had a coin embedded in the specimen (Salt |  | | Book (volume) | | Socialist Republic N.T. N.Y. Neb. Nev. Scotia South Wales Northern Territory Northwest Territories ...Socialist Republic South Australia Ind. Indiana S.C. South Carolina Kan. S.D. South Dakota Ky. Kansas...Australia British Mich. N.J. N.M. Columbia District of Columbia New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico...(Scotland) Aberdeen (South Africa T2- -429 27 T2- -412 35 : T2- -687 15 District) Aberdeen Angus cattle...Abiogenesis Abitibi (Quebec Regional County Municipality) T2- -666 8 371.254 153.93 371.26 658.311 25 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil...Figure 2 (above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil...Figure 3 (left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen...specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far...City zinc district, the Bumpass Cove iron-zinc-manganese district, the Sweetwater barite district, and the |  | Bindi, Luca, Biagioni, Cristian, Martini, Bruno, Salvetti, Adrio, Fontana, Giovanni Dalla, Taronna, Massimo, Ciriotti, Marco E. (2016) Tavagnascoite, Bi4O4(SO4)(OH)2, a new oxyhydroxy bismuth sulfate related to klebelsbergite. Mineralogical Magazine, 80 (4) 647-657 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.010 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bi4O4(SO4)(OH)2, was discovered in the Pb-Bi-Zn-As-Fe-Cu ore district of Tavagnasco, Turin, Piedmont, Italy. It occurs...Mineralogical studies of the Pb-Bi-Zn-As-Fe-Cu ore district from Tavagnasco, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, allowed...occurrence of Cu-Bi-Pb secondary minerals (anglesite, azurite, langite and several Bi compounds). During a preliminary...et al., 1983). The origin of the Tavagnasco ore district could be related to the intrusion of the Oligocene...Tavagnasco Pb-Bi-Zn-As-Fe-Cu hydrothermal ore district is located ∼50 km north of Turin, in the Alto |  | Mills, Stuart J., Kampf, Anthony R., McDonald, Andrew M., Bindi, Luca, Christy, Andrew G., Kolitsch, Uwe, Favreau, Georges (2013) The crystal structure of parnauite: a copper arsenate?sulphate with translational disorder of structural rods. European Journal of Mineralogy, 25 (4) 693-704 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2013/0025-2329 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Cap Garonne, Var, France (CG), and the Clara Mine, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, are presented. The...(AsO4)2 (SO4) (OH)107H2O, from the Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, USA (Sec 8, T32N R32E)...8090) and a Cl-rich specimen from the Cap Garonne mine, Var, France [designated as CG henceforth] (Natural...the crystal structure of a sample from the Clara mine, Black Forest, Germany, was studied by single-crystal...between l’Association des Amis de la Mine de Cap Garonne (AAMCG) and the mine museum. The material was collected |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | General description 310 Areas of alteration 314 South pit 314 North Pit 315 Central Island and pit margins...East Hill 341 Epidote alteration in the Groundhog Mine 344 Significance of dike and sill alteration 345...Index map of Santa Rita area, New Mexico 278 2. South Pit, Santa Rita, New Mexico 279 3. General geology...cross section, Ground Hog mine. 29S 11. Pre-ore dike, E436N, cross cut Oswaldo mine ................................. 296 12. Composite dike, Oswaldo mine ......... 296 13. Variation of chemical analysis with |  | | Book | | locations. Most mineral deposits are distinctly local accumulations and do not occur uniformly over wide...locality is limited to a small district near Muzo in Colombia, South America. Minerals containing specific...of China; the quartz of Brazil; the diamonds of Africa; the gold of the Transvaal; the tin of the Malays;...the fire. Several of the great copper mines of Africa are located near sites where early African tribes...four oxygens. throughout the mass, but exhibits local structural regularity, as shown by the grouping |  | Kampf, A. R., Hughes, J. M., Nash, B. P., Wright, S. E., Rossman, G. R., Marty, J. (2014) Ophirite, Ca2Mg4[Zn2Mn3+2(H2O)2(Fe3+W9O34)2]·46H2O, a new mineral with a heteropolytungstate tri-lacunary Keggin anion. American Mineralogist, 99 (5) 1045-1051 doi:10.2138/am.2014.4699 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | species from the Ophir Hill Consolidated mine, Ophir district, Oquirrh Mountains, Tooele County, Utah...discovery at the Ophir Hill Consolidated mine, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mountains, Tooele County, Utah...Hill Consolidated mine, Tooele County, Utah Introduction The Ophir mining district, Utah, was organized...Oquirrh Mountains in 1865. For a century, the district was an important source of lead, zinc, copper...2014.4699 mine in 1972 (Marty and Wise 2008). The geologic setting of the Ophir district is given by |  | | Journal (issue) | | Luzonite • copper arsenic sulfide • Chinkuashih mine, Keelung, T aiw an • 4x5 $50.00, 2x3 $20.00, 2x2....174 Joel E. Arem A N ew M ineral from the Gem Mine, San Benito County, California: A Progress R e p...majority of the members, so that more and smaller local clubs, perhaps combining in larger af fairs, may...because he had banged his hand during the last local field trip. W hat can be done about this sort of...gentleman of the first order, and a good friend of mine who came to the show equipped with impressive credentials |
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Theta Mine, Pilgrim's Rest, Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa