 | | Journal (issue) | | E-mail: leicht@kristalle.com T he Sw e e t H ome Park C o u n t y , C o l o r a d o This publication...Leonard Beach, whose undying faith in the Sweet Home Mine made it all happen. M in e FRONTISPIECE:... found in the Good Luck Pocket, Sweet Home mine, in 1992. Sweet Home Rhodo, Inc. specimen; photo by Harold... found in the Good Luck Pocket, Sweet Home mine, in 1992. Sweet Home Rhode. Inc. specimen; photo by Harold...adventure in specimen collecting in our time: the Sweet Home mine operation. Many thousands of specimens have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of COLORADO ED RAINES Geology Museum Colorado School of Mines 1310 Maple Street Golden, Colorado 80401...noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection,...photographer unknown. B etween 1868 and 1922, Colorado produced almost 260 million pounds of copper....from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with |  | | Journal (issue) | | index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R |  | | 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...Mines and minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index...index. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground |  | | Journal (issue) | | I never even it made beyond the walls of the Colorado Mineral and Fossil Show and the Denver Gem & Mineral...calcite, barite nearly 1 inch long, 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO. Palermo Mines, North Groton,New...Continued on page B Fig. 1 Strunzite, Palermo No. 2 Mine, North Groton, New Hampshire, photo by Art Smith...Washington Mineral Council recently dropped its mining claim on the quartz locality at Hanson Creek, Washington... It proved t. all parlles involved, USFS, King County police, WSMC, an probably the other claimants, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard...near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. July/August:...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines Museum specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations...south of Donalda in the Drumheller area which is home to the well-known Tyrrell Museum, but they have...cutters • Freestanding for use in the field or mount on your working table - NEWLAND .. Model Inside...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...longer possible and there really is no place to park in the immediate area. Best bet is to have a non-collecting |  | | Catalog/List | | 232) I. CLiNOCLASE. Matuba Hill. Pershing County. Nevada. USA Flattish druse of dark blue clinoclase xtls...4. N AT I V E COPPER.Wolserine Mine,Keweenaugh Peninsula-Michigan-USA Pure flattish mass of native copper...N I T E METEORITE,Canyon Diabolo.Coconino County,Arizona,USA Dense brown black slightly weathered submetallic...RF MI £0 11. SERPIERITE,Letmathe.SauerlancLGermany Pale powdery bluey green serpierite coating a vesicular...matrix. Attractive RF SPC. C £5 26 PECTOL/TE,JefTrey Mine,Asbestos,Quebec.Canada. Exquisite milky white acicular |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | survival by hosting the committee meetings i n their home during the difficult transition in leadership more...during highway construction, Hull Township, Gatineau County, Quebec. P. M. Bellev, R. Rowe & M. Picard. 2:45...e " from the Harder Farm, Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. M. Lupulescu. 3:45 H i s t o r y of the Powers...Powers farm streamside veins, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. R. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 4:00 M...assemblage from the Allah Cooper/Valcooper mine, Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn. 4:30 |  | | Journal (issue) | | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Steven R. Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor...since it will be held at the giant Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, let’s just call it the “Pomona...Department of Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico. We are indebted...Section of Geological Society o f America: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society o f America Centennial Field...Spectacular Rhodochrosites Call and ask about recent mining discoveries 20660 N.W. 27th Avenue Boca Raton |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...ecord Articles Rare sulfosalts from the Van Silver mine, British C olum bia...............................Balacko Famous mineral localities: The Brownley Hill mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England....................COVER: ATACAMITE in GYPSUM, 6.8 cm, from the Lily mine, lea, Peru. Irv Brown collection; Jeff Scovil photo...British Columbia the Silver Tunnel o f the Van Silver mine has produced hundreds o f rare and beautiful crystal |  | | Journal (issue) | | Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1................................................................ 24 Mapimí District Geology ........................................in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; Wendell...headframes and processing facilities of the Ojuela mine ca. 1900. The famous suspension bridge designed...Mexican localities that came to mind was the Ojuela mine, source of countless thousands of wonderful mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | May–June, 2017 Contents The St. Andreasberg Mining District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen, Germany.......................... 302 History 1487–1624: Mining Begins in the Oxidation Zone ................................. 315 Modernization and the End of Mining ................................... 317 Collecting...working in the lode” (Simonin, 1869). The Mining District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, Germany...minrecord@comcast.net The geographically tiny St. Andreasberg District of silver mines has an outsized reputation: it |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pandaite • copper arsenic sulfide • Chinkuashih mine, Keelung, T aiw an • 4x5 $ 5 0 .0 0 , 2x3 $ 2...person legally tie up a collecting area under a mining claim?How does the term '‘economical find” affect...exploration geologist and a mineral collector). 1. Is a mining claim on a collecting locality valid? Answer is...interest are not specifically excluded by law from mining claim location. These include: petrified wood regardless...great sepcimens from Fairfield, Utah; M am m o th mine, Ariz.; Pala, Cal. tourmalines; magnificent epidotes |  | | Journal (issue) | | AGARDITE(Y) Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed...FLUORITE Collected about 15 years ago from Yew Tree mine in Weardale. A beautiful combination of the two...Eagle Crag mine. A site memorable for a 3 mile walk across the hills, entry into the mine through an...blue habit). ANATASE Swap from the Virtuous Lady mine, Coppicetown, Devon (brown bipyramidal habit}, ...jeanbandyite was in the news. AZURITE From Morency mine, Arizona, USA Purchased as a manky hand specimen, but demolished |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history ........H. Conklin Postscript: Hessonite with apatite, Mount Avie, Bellecombe area, Aosta Valley, Italy .......with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...of his operation from his New York office to his home in New Canaan, Connecticut in 1976, but retained...very rare loose crystal. Ossining, Westchester County, New York. wckport, New York. Ex. Coll. : New |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Robinson, 2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of...discoveries in the famous alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa in the late 2000s include specimens showing...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Number Two Articles Cuprian elbaite from the Batalha mine, Paraíba, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...by W. E. Wilson Stibnite from the Wuling antimony mine, Jianxi province, China . . . . . . . . . . . ....etch pits and corrosion surfaces, from the Medra mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keith Proctor collection;...Appraisers Auctioneers of Minerals, Gems, Fossils & Mining Memorabilia www.argentumauctions.com e-mail: s |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...FLUORITE crystal group, 8.1 cm, from the Shangbao mine, H unan, China. Collector's Edge Minerals specimen;...daughter of a mining family, she has maintained an intense interest in minerals and mining throughout her...pursuits in this regard was the collecting of old mining stock certificates, a collection which grew to... and give a historical background for each mine or mining venture. These catalogs, still available while |  | | Journal (issue) | | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Sabelli & G. Brizzi Osarizawaite from the Silver Hill mine, Arizona ........................ 311 by C. S. Stolberg...tungsten mine, central Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R. The specimen was collected in 1982. The Aktschatau mine is among...last May in Denver. The theme of the show was “ Colorado Gold and Silver M ining,” and there was a large...State Mint, Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ |  | | Journal (issue) | | 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 News Items. UK Mining Snippets ........................................man-made mineral? Arthur Scoble: If Carlsberg did mining trips ... .......................................reports of individual visits are regularly fed back to mine and quarry company managers and to the various other...location information affixed to specimens was brought home again recently by the unintended separation of some...the old mines in the area collecting from the old mine dumps - at that time good specimens of minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann.......................... 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico ...................................DeMouthe Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico .................................. 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................Hammond Famous mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ........................ |  | | Book | | copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular. Lake Superior, USA, the largest being 15 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23 x...(5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law twins up to...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica...found in many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold...in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets of crystallized |  | | Journal (issue) | | Australia Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Steven R. Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor... easy tresfa o le i': to harden In durdr au the home oven four manager {max. 265° F). {max. 130° C) ...article on some of the methods that can be used to mount specimens in a fixed position for display (vol....l0/#2 Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, Fluorite (Germany) $7 v.l0/#3 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan...etc) $7 v.l0/#6 Colorado-II Issue Locality Index, Amazonite, Mt. Antero, Sweet Home $7 v .ll/# l Toxic |  | | Journal (issue) | | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Steven R. Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor...sound like timeless truths being handed down from Mount Sinai, but the truths from Green Mountain National...“evenhandedness,” but it doesn’t work that way: when a land district has only six snowmobiles in the whole area, the...price of redundancy, I must hammer the second point home: don’t blame the agency for behaving like a government...found by your club president asking the local district ranger for a “ policy statem ent” on mineral collecting |
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