 | | Report (issue) | | TALC MINES, PROSPECTS, AND OCCURRENCES ACTIVE MINES (1997) Introduction 113o 15' 30' 45' 45o30' ...Exposures of Archean marble (Permissive host rock for talc deposits)—Consists predominantly of dolomitic marble...tons of proven reserves Open pit with significant talc production Open pit; current mine opened in 1997;...Minerals, Inc. Active talc mine (Number refers to list at right) Inactive talc mine, prospect, or occurrence...occurrence (Number refers to list at right). Talc occurrences may plot outside of Archean marble where |  | | Book (volume) | | brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho;...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2.52 ct), yellow (4... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..........................................111 2 GEM TRADE LABORATORY REPORT ON LINDE SYNTHETIC STAR R...M / Sgt. John 0. Griesbach ................ 1119 GEM VILLAGE ROCK SHOW. By L. A1. Shipley ..............abandon further efforts. Thus, The National Mineral Gem and Lapidary D ealers Association is dissolved, and...People! Editor R. & M. : I wC': 1der if minerals and gem stones and rocks aren't made so lovely so that only...with have been exceptionally nice. I've ordered gem material from a number of your advertisers and I |  | | Book | | 3 -N APPALACHIAN MINERAL & GEM TRAILS 3 3 By June Culp Zeitner 'NS 3 v' r,. -S.’ Vv '• li ...unequalled i n hospitality. Many friends, gem and mineral clubs, and gem and m i n e n d dealers and suppliers...h g e m and m i n e r a l areas o r o f n e a r gem q u a l i t y. I n o r d e r t o p r o v i d e a... PREFACE V TABLE OF CONTENTS V I CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey...9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T I N G I N T H E APPALACHIANS diamonds, emeralds |  | | Report (issue) | | AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE MONTANA BY WILLIAM HARVEY EMMONS AND FRANK CATHCART CALKINS...... _......... ____ . ______ __ ________ _ 67 Madison limestone ......... ______ . _. _. ___ .... _.... . _______ _ 104 Acidic granodwnte of Anaconda Range ______ . _____ . _. _________ . _. _. _.. ____ .... Areas on the southeast slope of the Anaconda Range _. __ .. ___________ ... ___ .... ___ . . . . ................ . 150 Eastern part of Flint Creek Range ......................................... .... |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...laypersons. Nevada is a wonderful state for mineral and gem collectors, in part because of the abundance and...or companies (by unpatented or patented mining claim or other ownership), and unauthorized collection |  | | Book | | notes and compressed on to the major sources gem materials. a colossal (Continued on amount back...Biblical Other The and and Beryl in Indian Gem Lore, Modern Europe Lapidaries, 24 Early Lapidaries...According 14. World Sources of Ore and to Gem Beryl Color, 327 Immersion Fluids for Afghanistan... specimens the rich green of other recorded gem recognized the mica as a even a ore is distinct...goshenite. Emerald beyond suggested by as use clear gem containing pebbles of aquamarine, it Asia, And | | | Report (issue) | | 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91 121 Gregory...laypersons. Nevada is a wonderful state Jor mineral and gem collectors, in part because of the abundance and...or companies (by unpatented or patented mining claim or other ownership), and unauthorized collection |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the mid-1960s finally Figure 1: View of the Gem claims (mountains in background) from the Alaska...area of discussion, the rocks of marine origin range in age from Proterozoic (1,500 million years) to... Figure 4: Pale blue topaz crystal (NMNS #45777) from Gem claims; specimen height is 3.7 cm. Photo by Jack...primarily tremolite, with minor amounts of chlorite, talc, diopside, grossular, and magnetite. Learning (1979)...Topaz and tourmaline. The Cassiars have the only gem topaz locality in Canada. It is located east of Seagull |  | | Report (issue) | | Cobalt Hunter Cobalt mine Harrison-Hibbert mine, Ruby mine Green-Meehan mine, Red Rock mine Cobalt Contact... 1972 Native silver Harrison-Hibbert mine, 1972 Ruby mine, 1972 Bellellen mine, 1911 Frontier mine, 1972...PYRITE, SERPENTINE, CALCITE, BROCHANTITE, ARAGONITE, TALC In serpentinized peridotite Pyrrhotite and pentlandite...include aragonite as a white crust on pyrrhotite and talc as colourless silky flakes on calcite. The deposit...of all time, after Potosi, Bolivia, and Butte, Montana; it produced the highest grade of silver ever mined |  | | Report (issue) | | Highway 567 Hunter Cobalt Mine Harrison-Hibbert Mine. Ruby Mine Green-Meehan Mine. Red Rock Mine Cobalt Contact...Way Mine Silver Cliff Mine The leaning headframe. Ruby Mine RondaMine Dendritic native s i l v e r Paulson...PYRITE, SERPENTINE, CALCITE, BROCHANTITE, ARAGONITE, TALC In serpentinized peridotite P y r r h o t i t e...time, exceeded only by Potosi, Bolivia and Butte Montana; it produced the highest grade of silver e v e...being mistaken f o r native copper. In staking the claim, they failed to notice the blackened plates and |  | | Journal (volume) | | Field District 8 Miner al Resources of San Diego County 56 GEOLOGIC BRANCH 56 Current Notes Geology...and Oil Possibilities of Southwestern San Diego County— 71) SPECIAL ARTICLES The Prospect for 'Minor...classes 1. Mines and mineral resources of a given county or area (describing kind, character, distribution...Mining Engineers MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY By W. B. Tucker and Charles H. Reed* Foreword...sponsored by the board of supervisors of San Diego County. For twelve months during 1936 and 1937 they inspected |  | | Report (issue) | | BULLETIN 71 Mineral Resources of Taos County, New Mexico by JOHN H. SCHILLING Description of mineral......................................... Culebra Range ................................................................................. Northern Taos Range .................................................................................... 54 Criterion claim ....................................................................................... 57 Little Gem(?) prospect .................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | " collected in 1865 at the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and donated to the...specimens rarely reach the upper price range of the best gem species specimens. Of one more thing the...provided a review of gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, Peter Bancroft provides a report on a new specimen...Australian Gems & Crafts. Then it became Australian Gem & Treasure Hunter. Now, under new management, Australia’s...rockhounding magazine has been renamed Austra lian Gold Gem & Treasure Magazine, with gold being its principal |  | | Book (edition) | | —ix ... SECTION I.—Precious Stones Chapter I. “Gem” and Chapter II. USES Chapter the III. .....III. Chapter IV. Chapter V. Spinel Corundum Ruby ... Sapphire Chapter VI. Opal Chapter VII....gems, who have genuineness and would useful. A Gem should be a real possession, capable of affording...been the one would One lively a the of Ruby and be the dear to genuine usurping the...sum. alumina, with other from by from and Ruby, true termed alumina, of the Chrysolite formed |  | | Book | | I DESErt TGEM TrtAJLS A Field Guide to the Gem and Mineral localities of the MOJAVE C O L O R A...Obsidian 1be Sump Hole Fish Lake Valley Goldfield Gem Claim Volcanic Hills Montezuma Silver Peak Agate C...Creek 11 Deep Springs Crystals 11 Crystal Ridge ·12 Gem Valley 13 Obsidian Ridge 14 Darwin 15 Anaconda Dump...20 Cowden Opal Mine 20 Hidden Forest 20 Ricardo Gem Fields 20 (map 19) Red Rock Canyon Area 22 Dry Falls...Hills Castle Butte -- Boron Dry Lakes Lonely Butte Gem Hill Verde Antique Quarry Tricolored Marble Ord Mountain |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1 i y 1966... Front cover: The exceedingly varied terrain of Kern County is shown by the brown section— from McKittrick...Sierra Nevada and Owens Peak (highest point in the county); on the east (right side) is the sharp descent...Rhodes. MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By BENNIE W. TROXEL, mining geologist...geologist California Division of Mines and Geology County Report f Ferry Building, San Francisco 1962 |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER JR., California...parts of several sections, by R. M. Stewart COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines Ferry Building...CAMPBELL, Director AND GEOLOGY State Geologist COUNTY REPORT ^ Price $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT...Quaternary rocks of the coastal plain and Peninsular Range province, and younger Quaternary rocks of the Salton...Land closed to prospecting and mining City and county zoning Water for mining operations Previous descriptions |  | | Journal (volume) | | Sacramento Field District 7 Gold Mines of Placer County 7 San Francisco Field District 07 Los Angeles...classes: Mines and mineral resources of a given county (describing kind, character, distribution and extent...Mining Engineer GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY Foreword. Placer County, taking its name from the Spanish meaning...Penryn and Rocklin; copper, chromite, iron ore (this county having once suplimestone, ported the only blast...mostly idle ; Topography, Rainfall. Placer County extends from the eastern side of Sacramento Valley |  | | Journal (volume) | | Channels of 567 Copper In Shasta County Copper of Shasta County (I, The Mineral Industry During...Hecla Editorial Campbell, Donald F copper ol Shasta County, California (1,11) anadlan .Mining Institute, The...Collection of Dust In Forstner, William Copper in Shasta County, California Editorial Fresno Copper Company Filtration...Curious Occurrence of John B. Platts. In Del Norte County Exports and Imports, C. W. Purington.. In Serpentine...Serpentine William Forstner.. In Shasta County, California Of Shasta County, California (I, II ...Donald F. Campbell |  | | Book | | San Bernardino County, Cal. Fie. . Turquois matrix; Royal Blue Turquois mine, m Nye County, near Millers...Fia. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye County, Nev. Fia. . Dark-blue turquois; Azure mine, Burro...mine, 13 miles north of west of Millers, Esmeralda County, Nev. -7. Split veinlet of turquois showing a ‘““Y”...presented toa student at Yale University; Los Angeles Gem Co. mine, Mineral Park, Ariz. Fia. Fi. Fic. Fic.... Mex. 11. Veinlet of turquois in matrix; Cameo Claim, Little Hachita Mountains, N. Mex. 12. Nodular turquois; | | | Book | | San Bernardino County, Cal. Turquois matrix; Royal Blue Turquoie mine, in Nye County, near Millers, Nev...Nev. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye County, Nev. Dark-blue turquoisj AzUJ'8 mine, Burm Mountains... 13 miles north of we!Jt of Yillen,, EsmentJda County, Nev. • Flo. 7. Split veinlet of turquois showing...presented to a student at Yale University; Los Angelea Gem Co. mine, Mineral Park, Ariz. Flo. 8. Pendant of...MeL Fto. 11. Veinlet of turquois in matrix; Cameo Claim, Little Hachita Mountains, N. Mex. Fra. 12. Nodular |  | | Report (issue) | | Yo ( 'oiN TY . 1 >i:i'( >SII'S '2'.)S : County Sax r.KKNAHDINO li'.is -U'J ( "OINTY '.\'2~)...Ckiiiht Minintniii llu- ( 'niiiiiany. 1"' County 'iimpaiiy's Kiswirk. plnni. sint-ltrr ()ii;iinal...l^alaklala ( Shasta 77 7M Unlly Hill Mines. Shasta County ^1 tunnels and e|e<'tric iiowerliouse an...Shasta Count .Mine. 'oiisolidated ( County Shasta County A'iew of linlly Hill smeltei* from inouih... 41 '.". Copper .Mines from the north Shasta County, show r.ully Hill. ' 's'.i inniiej. r.alakiala |  | | Report (issue) | | .... : . .............. - ........ .. . . T~os County, by L. C. Graton and W ..Lindgren ..... .........IL DETAILED DESCRIP,T IONs-Continued . . Colfax County, by L. C. Graton-Continued. · • •. Elizabethtown........_......................... • 1 Rio Arriba County, by ~- C. Graton ... _......... ~ - -- ·.........II. DErAILED DESCRIPTIONs-Continued. Rio Arriba County, by L. C. Graton-Continued. Hopewell and Bromide.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 134 Valencia County, by F. C. Schrader............................ |
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