 | | Report (issue) | | MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA... MS 176, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557-0047 CONTENTS Introduction........................................ Northern Nevada Rift ............................................assessment of BLMadministered lands in northwest Nevada and northeast California. The project area is composed...(RAs), totalling 13.5 million acres, in northwest Nevada and northeast California (figs. 1, 2). The SonomaGerlach |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst |  | | Catalog/List | | S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly equant crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal William Pinch, Co-chairman County, Arizona (Williams 1970)...altered serpentine, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, San Benito County, California, and Japan ( D u n...F I E L D G O U D E Y ( 1 9 0 6 - ) , American mining geologist and mineral collector, San Mateo, California...mineral in Nevada. R I C H A R D V E N A B L E G A I N E S ( 1 9 1 7 ) , American Goudeyite, mining engineer...minerals at the Majuba Hill interest in beryllium minerals. mine, Pershing County, Nevada (Wise 1978). |  | Peters, S.G., Nash, J.T., John, D.A., Spanski, G.T., King, H.D., Connors, K.A., Moring, B.C., Doebrich, J.L., McGuire, D.J., Albino, G.V., Dunn, V.C., Theodore, T.G., Ludington, S.D. (1996) Metallic mineral resources in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California. Open-File Report Vol. 1996 (96-712) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr96712 | Report (issue) | | Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been...Study Areas and other areas in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area for which resource...of mineral deposits present in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nev. and |  | Price, Jonathan G., Henry, Christopher D., Castor, Stephen B., Garside, Larry, Faulds, James E. (1999) Geology of Nevada With excellent rock exposures in the desert, generally good access to collecting localities on public lands, and fine tourist attractions in the towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (6) 357-363 doi:10.1080/00357529909605171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the...or greater earthquake has occurred somewhere in Nevada about once every thirty years. Most faults are...(analogous to a tilted deck of cards). However, some Nevada faults are strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas |  | | Catalog/List | | co.uk 1. CAROLLITE (4cm x 3cm x 3cm) Mashamba Mine, Zaire, Africa. Two modified bright octahedral crystals...matrix. £60 2. DIOPTASE (6cm x 5cm x 4cm) Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, Africa. Bright green 2mm dioptase crystals...TOURMALINE ON COOKEITE (6cm x 5cm x 3cm) Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Chalky...calcite £15 7. MALACHITE (5cm x 3cm x 3cm) Musonoie Mine, Zaire. Crystalline mass of fibrous dark to pale...5cm. £55 11. AZURITE (3.5cm x 1.5cm x 1cm) Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, Africa. Dark inky blue azurite crystal |  | | Catalog/List | | South Africa,Cobaltian Gersdorffite from Gortdmm Mine Containing unusual elements , Iquiqueite,Galkhaite...grey masses with possible Als1oni1e Fallowficld mine. Ix½ £4 Ba Ca C0/3 micros. Hexham.Nonhumbcrlond..._ _ magnification there arc small cr stals _ __ County. _ AI1zona 60 AMAZO:-;ITE 2x3i nch£5 Madagascar...IxI£4 TiO --- - 37 ANC\'LITE Cc Ix1/, £2.50 Ix I£4 County. Rich pinkish fine grai ned mass in calc i te Dark..._ _ __ ___ _____ _ _ _ _ 21 7 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bol ivia 6x6mm £3 Pure grey metallic mass |  | | Book | | ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | | Report (issue) | | Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California:...shown is the location of the Champion dumortierite mine 23 Figure 5. Location of known mines, prospects...been produced for many years in the Winnemucca District, and to a lesser extent in the Surprise Resource...change or population increases in northwestern Nevada and adjacent California. Development of new mines...construction and for metallurgical use by the gold-mining industry. INTRODUCTION The U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Catalog/List | | WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations...$15.00 each ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear...and $ 30.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens...00 each YUMA WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red...mounted in 1 1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | point of the gauge for such things as quartz, selenite, coppers, zinc specimens, lead, gold ; whether...different from common rock at the old Warwick Iron Mine area above Elverson on Route 23, in Pennsylvania...other interesting minerals from the old Perkiomen Mine near Audubon, Pa., are varied in habit. Microscopists...crystals on rock from the famous Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada. " This arsenic-pentoxide, cupric...Friedensville, Pa., zinc mine area, we decided to concentrate on the Correll mine dumps, near the large |  | | Book | | f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered |  | | Catalog/List | | conichalcitc, amethyst, geodes, pyrite cubes in matrix, selenite, rutillatcd diopside, datohte, bemimorphite, ...AROUND THE WORLD** BLADED HEMJMORPHITE; Dauntless Mine, Robinson Distric!, White Pine Co., �evada: J:?irec...upon size and quality. OLIVENITE; Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada: Originally described from tlte...locations have been found in the U.S., mostly in Nevada and Utah. This is the best material found in the...quality. RICHELSDORFITE; Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada: Lets talk about rarity! Richelsdorfite |  | | Report (issue) | | oxidized zinc and zinc-lead ores in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California______________ 3. Types of supergene...willemite, and zincite at Franklin Furnace and Sterling Hill, N.J., have been by far the most important source...geologically unique deposits of Franklin and Sterling Hill, N.J., have been a major source, although recently...recently production has been increasing in Utah and Nevada. The term "oxidized zinc deposits" is used in this...and willemite deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, N.J. Chemists, unlike geologists, define "oxidized" |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new est discovery from the Mammoth—St. Anthony mine at Tiger, Arizona is bide auxite. Known in only...considers her specimen of olivenite xls from Majuba Hill, Nev. as light sensitive. This is the kind of...these days, mining activities are rampant in Arizona and elsewhere. A spin-off of some of the mine exploration...lead to yet ROCKS A N D MINERALS another open pit mine in Arizona. If any of you get hold of some of the...exploratory work. In order to get a drill rig into a mining area some blasting was done. This re vealed the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Selenium-rich secondary minerals from the Baccu Locci mine (Sardinia, Italy) Italo Campostrini and Carlo M...Selenium-rich secondary minerals from the Baccu Locci mine (Sardinia, Italy). – N. Jb. Miner. Abh. (177): 37–... orlandiite and another unnamed lead – copper selenite, a number of additional selenium oxysalts, such...sulfur have been observed in the old lead – arsenic mine at Baccu Locci, near Villaputzu, Sardinia (Italy)...chemistry. Introduction In the last years, the old mine at Baccu Locci near Villaputzu, Sardinia, has attained |  | | Catalog/List | | price paid for the mineral(s). CTINCX..ITE: M179. Mine Mompti, Spain; (a) rich vuggy intergrown prisms...an rock; 1.5-3 cm-$1.50 NHYDRITE: M204. Campiano Mine, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy; good for species; pale...shaped rock; 6xS.3x3-S12.50 -~ AUTUNITE:M95. Oaybreak Mine, Spokane, Washington; (a) 5 xls & groups, 1-1 .8...(e) 6x3.6x1 .5-$20.00 AZURITE:M37. United Verde Mine, Jerome, Arizona; (a) lustrous ball af intergrcwn...intergrcwn xls; 1 .B-3.2 cm-$2.25 M65. Hanover Mine, near Fierro, New Mexico; (a) T/N; nice balls to rosettes |  | | Report (volume) | | of Cretaceous rocks in Fred Chute well 1, Haakon County, S. Dak. ___________ 87. Thickness map of the interval...Northeoat Bloc* Hills SI/2sec.8,T.4N,R.BE, Meode County * Zone of highest uroniumxcontent in section Number...& = 270-800 Ft. Hays limestone member Smoky Hill marl member Carlile shale Niobrara 1formation...foot thick in sec. 23, T. 33 N., R. 4 W., Knox 'County, Nebr. Similarly, 16 bentonite beds may be present...sulf ates which stain outcrops a light yellow. Selenite commonly occurs as fracture coatings, isolated |  | | Book | | Gilbert Gautier; Eric Greene, Treasure Mountain Mining; Leonard Himes, Minerals America; Shelley and Dan...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...statistical "snapshot" of worldwide uranium mining activities and reserves, representing data that are believed...deposit. These methods include underground mining, open-pit mining, in situ leaching (ISL), heap leaching |  | | Journal (issue) | | spent a good bit of time with Walter Lombardo (Nevada Mineral and Book Co.). He has really nice books...Minerals) had stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...the Geological Survey of Nevada is preparing a very comprehensive book on Nevada minerals, which has a preliminary |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1980 when he paid me a visit at the Jacupiranga mine; somehow he had learned of my mineralogical researches |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Amethyst scepter, 17 cm, from Petersen Mountain, Nevada; Brianna and Brendan Traw collection. Barite, 7 cm...Forsterite, 2 cm, from St. John’s Island, Egypt. Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge photo. Topaz, 4 cm...Sean Finneson (WA) Greg & Nancy Hendricks (OR) Ray Hill (WA) Alex Homenuke (BC) Bob Jackson (WA) Dave Leppert |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone |
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Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA