 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces |  | | Journal (issue) | | Stieler, 1843 Common Microscopic Finds from The Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, San Bernadino Co., California Tony...Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral.com The Blue Bell Mine, within the unincorporated community of Zzyzx...adits and stopes collectively known as the Blue Bell Mine here has had a prolific history among mineral...minerals found here can be quite attractive. The mine operated as early as 1885, primarily for lead and...areas consisting of adits, stopes and dumps, the mine generally accessible via two different approaches |  | | Journal (issue) | | EDITOR: George Ryba.:k . 42 Bell Road. Sitlingbourn.:. Kent ME 10 4EB. L.K . JOURNAL MANAGER: Rex Cook. '13...and D. Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon...Native gold has been found associated with chlorargyrite, gypsum , natron , and a suite of secondary...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral |  | | Catalog/List | | matrix .About a large Ix2 area on 2x2 rock. Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma Mexico £20 2. HEMATITE pseudomorph after...dark grey cleavage masses large 2x3 Ratnapure district SriLanka £10 6. NATIVE LEAD good coverage of dark...piece of grey masses in quartz, ½x½ £9 Bambolla mine , Moctezuma, Mexico 8. NATIVE COPPER in calcite...surface. overall about 2x2 Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona USA £20 10. NATIVE SILVER thin sheet...bluish surface due to Bornite coating. La Noria mine, San Martin, Zacatecas Mexico £15 ' 11. NATIVE GOLD |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Thirty-four, Number Four Articles The El Desierto sulfur mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Secondary minerals of the Mazarrón-Águilas mining district, Murcia Province, Spain . . . . . . . . . ...Famous mineral localities: The Pacajake selenium mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Mineralogical Record, volume 34, July–August, 2003 Kent England Kent England Carlos Barbosa (1917–2003) Abe |  | | Catalog/List | | Brazil. £90 AFGHANITE good display piece with pale blue crystals, one 4cm long , the others I to 2cm , laying...two sides £60 (Badakhstan Afghanistan) b) 3xl cm blue-grey crystal on lx2 matrix with crystal sections...on a rich mass of red-brown Piedmontite. (Praboma Mine, St Marcel, Aosta Italy) display surface 3x3 inches...Mogok Sagaing District Burma £ 18 GRAPHIC AMAZONITE, this is graphic granite with a pale blue feldspar. Much...inch matrix Osa Quarry. near Rome Italy 7. CHLORARGYRITE relatively rich grey exposed veins on 2x2 matrix |  | | Journal (issue) | | AN INFLUENTIAL IRON ORE MINERAL + ARTISANAL MINING A Complex Industry ROCK & GEM • Vol. 49 No. 05...Magma Dot Wine Country Bill Rozday 26 ARTISANAL MINING It’s Dangerous, Illegal, Undocumented—and Booming...HEMATITE AND GOETHITE Exploring New Mexico’s U.S. 60 Mine Mark Leatherman 42 PROUSTITE 36 58 THE MINERALS...that result in the huge hematite iron deposits we mine today? Everyone knows that iron and oxygen in a...and pyramidal hematite crystals from the Wessels mine, Hotazel. They are lustrous and sharp in well-formed |  | | Journal (issue) | | [evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...copyright 1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R............................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona .......................................213 by J. A. Crowley The Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona ..............................219..........227 by M. Sprunger The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona................................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | across, Up to Date mine, Bald Mountain, Caribou area, Grand Island district, Boulder County. Specimen owner...one another. Additionally, the silver halides chlorargyrite, bromargyrite, and iodargyrite often form above...Silver, 7 cm high, Midnight mine, Richmond Hill area, Aspen district, Pitkin County. Specimen owner anonymous...Silver wires, Mollie Gibson mine, Smuggler Mountain, Aspen district, Pitkin County. Specimen 4.5 cm tall....acanthite, Mollie Gibson mine, Smuggler Mountain, Aspen district, Pitkin County. Specimen approximately |  | | Journal (issue) | | BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...on canvas, painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals: |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia ........................sprays on shattuckite, 7.1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff...the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In this issue we present a review of...Huamin Empire Plaza 726 Yan An Shi Road Changning District, Shanghai City China 200050 Email: chen@irocks...Herodsfoot Mine Work Readers who enjoyed Roy Starkey's superb article on the famous Herodsfoot mine in Cornwall |  | | Journal (issue) | | Spence FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES: PENBERTHY CROFT MINE, ST. HILARY, CORNWALL, ENGLAND Jolin Betterto11...mi1tl'r:Jl~of Pl·nb.:rchy C.rnfr. UK JournJI of Mine, & Mim·r.1!, N,~ 20 -1- GUEST EDITORIAL THE FUTURE...for hard-core, as has been happening at Frongoch Mine for years. Collector pressure is perhaps less of...where I am based, than in, for example, the Lake District. although one site. the famous brookite-bearing...generation loses out. The commercial e>..-ploitationof mine sites by mineral dealers is an even thornier topic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Introduction Bisbee is located in the Warren mining district of Cochise Coun ty, Arizona. Situated in the...common in the areas surrounding the town. Active mining began late in 1877 and continued with only minor...any other district in Arizona. Gold and silver production was not significant in the district until the...forgotten (Hart, 1926). The settling of the many mining districts of the American West is The early years...group at the first spring they half interest in the mine for the same amount to Messieurs found. The next |  | | Journal (issue) | | by D. Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R...by W. Hunt Famous mineral localities: the Hilltop mine ..........................................121 by...by D. K. Miller and W. E. Wilson The Silver Bill mine, Gleeson, Arizona ................................years ago. Evidence of their work in the form of mining artifacts occasionally turns up, and in one instance...of an Indian miner was found preserved in a salt mine, where he had been killed in a cave-in (see Thompson |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimens) from the period 1759-1930, of the Moscow Mining Academy (about 10,000 specimens), which existed...and collectors, as well as the five volumes of "Mining Encyclopedia," "Practical Mineralogy Handbook"... Beryozovsk, Adun-Chilon, and the Zmeinogorskii mine appear to be represented the most completely and...mines), malachite (the Gumeshevskii mine), crocoite (the Beryozovskii mine), jasper (Orsk), and others. Large...the museum is that of J .K. Freiesleben, a Saxon mine broker (1774-1846). It contains minerals from classic |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1980 ARIZONA! Articles The Hamburg mine and vicinity, Yuma County, Arizona by D. M. Shannon Famous mineral...mineral localities: the Red Cloud mine, Yuma County, Arizona............................................ ARIZONA-1 COVER: WULFENITE from the Red Cloud mine (see p. 141). This crystal, 5 cm across and nearly...Multiple Japan-law quartz twins from the Yankee Boy mine (1, 7, 33), by Richard A. Bideaux. Three specimens...an outcrop near the White Tail Deer mine in the Bisbee district. Wickenburgite (1,2, 80), by Sidney A |  | | Catalog/List | | grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...Ca (V 0 ) SiO Looks like a copper mineral. Small blue radiations and crystals on clean white STILBITE...1x2 £5 2x2 £10 151 LEUCOSPHENITE Ba Na Ti B SiO Blue massive with NEPTUNITE K Na Li (Fe Mn) Ti SiO, possible...in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....owned by Richard Bideaux’s Arizona Exploring and Mining Company for quite a few years. Bideaux and Wayne |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ......................Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England .....................inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don and Gloria Olson...AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 22...$327/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada ..................................Interest and collecting activity at the Majuba Hill mine have increased since the publication o f the initial...(Jensen, 1985). Information on new discoveries at the mine, as well as on certain aspects that were left vague...presented here. As o f October, 1991, access to the mine is tenuously unrestricted. INTRODUCTION Several...have held the Majuba Hill property in Pershing County, Nevada, since Gulf Chemical relinquished it, hoping |  | | Journal (issue) | | C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin &...Sevillano The geosc_ience collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy .........................................renamed in bis honor, as is the Smithsonian's famous "Blue Room," where the most aesthetic and valuable new...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed...substantial quantities of candy for the children in the mining camps he would visit. He would typically stop in |  | | Catalog/List | | mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, lxl ins £5 lx2ins _lyro?'~~e . __ __ _ ___ ___...Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey botryoidal on New East...Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½ ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 Alstonite micros. Hexharn |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of...you belong to, and where you come from. American mining schools and professional organizations have long...(Actually there is one other version: gold with a blue stone in the center. Catch me privately at a show... centering on some of the nostalgic aspects of mining in Arizona and beautifully illustrated with paintings |  | | Book | | geological collection. From the green, gold and blue iridescent sheen of labradorite to the large, wheat-sheaf...the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Silica-rich minerals are deposited by the hot water...gypsum (top), 'dogtooth spar' calcite (left centre), 'blue john' fluorite (right centre) and pyrite (bottom)...1naterials ranging fron1 paper to porcelainware. Vivid blue lazurite, a silica-rich mineral that often fonns...1500s, the German Inspired by Button's ideas, more mining engineer Georgius Agricola and more geologists |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Native gold from the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne County, California...............................Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi ........................................Adularia from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland .......................................visiting the Blanchard mine or other mines in the Hansonburg mining district near Bingham, New Mexico...signed in at Bingham for entry to the Blanchard mine area for surface collecting. Underground collecting |
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