 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mines and Minerals of the California Pegmatite Province Downloaded by [Pennsylvania State University]... Southern JESSE FISHER PO Box 77774 San Francisco, California 94107 jef520@comcast.net F Unless otherwise...MINERALS or much of the past century, the Southern California pegmatite province has been the source of some...also been the source of excellent specimens of morganite, aquamarine, topaz, and spessartine, and they...spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late nineteenth century, production from |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles Gem and rare-element pegmatites of southern California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The...web site at www.wmtucson.com DANBURITE – Aurora Mine, Charcas, SanLuis Potosi, Mexico When in Tucson |  | | Report (issue) | | Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...studies in 1811, during A.G. Werner's time at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). From 1826...miners. He was also the gemstone inspector for the mining authority. Breithaupt's legacy is 500 publications...descriptions. T he above is a postcard of the School of Mining in Feiberg, Saxony printed for the 1991 Breithaupt...from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient |  | | Book (volume) | | THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Report (volume) | | localities in California where diamonds have been found are: Smith River, Del Norte County; Trinity River...River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville and Webber Hill, El Dorado...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |  | | Book | | GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN ·DIEGO REGION • , . San Diego Association of Geologists South... GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN DIEGO REGION San Diego Association of Geologists South Coast...Elsinore Fault Zone San Diego Region Geology of the Elsinore Fault Zone. San Diego Region Copyright ©...© 2003 by the San Diego Association of Geologists (SDAG) and South Coast Geological Society (SCGS) Individual...and inquiries to: SDAG P.O. Box 1911 26 San Diego, California 92 159- 11 26 w. w. w.sandiegogeologists |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Dakota, liquid in the solidifying dike. and California are world-famous gem sources. igneous material...fundamental clue to gem locations. Since hard-rock mining is too expensive for amateurs, the hobbyist ...minerals. He will pick over stream beds, gravel pits, mine dumps, road cuts, and quarries. Some gems may also...a such as the Green River country in Utah or California and Arizona, Neither regions is it is desert |  | | Book | | _NATUREGRAPH "PUBLISHERS oa a7 ExplORING, ANd MINING GEMS GOLD IN THE WEST FIFTY-FOUR YEARS OF PROSPECTING...who were in the gem mining or lapidary business in San Diego County, California, from 1901 to 1925. ...TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Boyhood Discovery of an Old Mine . ° : 1 2. 3. 4, My Start of a Great Adventure...Adventure - Mostly Underground Experience in the Mine at Aguanga Mountain . . : Fascinating and Difficult...Stones . ° ° ° : Personalities Met on Way Home (San Diego) . ° ° ~ ° : ° 32 38 42 48 61 Oil, . > : |  | | Journal (issue) | | of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey...Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences |  | | Book (volume) | | colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana...up to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901 Gene ... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...the Southern Onyx and Marble Company of San Diego, California, furnished information and a photograph |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches...tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or...fundamental clue to gem locations. Since hardrock mining is too expensive for amateurs, the hobbyist will |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Houlevard Los Angeles, California 90007 akampf@nhrn.org KEN...€5 Tustin, California 92680 goke@earthlink.net Feure 1. Overview of the Cryo-Genie mine looking southsouthwest...at the Natirral History Mitseuni of Los Angeles County. He was the sirbject of the Who’s Who in Mineral...years of experience worldwide L I S a geologist and mining eiigineer. He specializes in the recovery of gemstones...JChlining 8557 Rancho Canada Road, No. 38 El Cqjon, California 92021 jclanin54 @aoI.com 156 ROCKS & MINERALS |  | | Book (volume) | | vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Northwest States VOLUME 2 Alaska Idaho Arizona California Colorado lowa Minnesota Montana Hawaii Kansas...VOLUME 4 Northeast States Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine...U.S.A. 4TH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 2: SOUTHWEST STATES |  | | Journal (issue) | | ber-D ecem ber 1977 ISSUE! TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS Sul/urPerticara, Romagna...U E S t AVETltlB 0)A C L PyromorphiteWheatley mine, Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday 12-5 [evenings by...in e ra l fro m th e B e n ito ite G em M in e , San B e n ito C o u n ty, C a lif o r n ia ............lf Pabst, Jam es R. H in th o rn e Artinite fro m San B e n ito C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia ............ike S y s te m , M e sa G ra n d e D is tric t, San D ie g o C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia .......... |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pink Tourn1aline at the Cryo-Genie Mine, San Diego County, California Kenneth L. Gochenour 2670 East Walnut...Walnut St. #B Tustin, California 92780 Recently a large pocket of pink tourmalines of specimen g rade...at the C ryo-Genie mine near Warner Springs in northern San Diego County, California. The crystals were...specimen will soon find its home the Los Angles County Museum of Natural History. Another , rge crystal...the Fig. 1 Elbaite, recent find at the Cryo-Genie Mine; from Gochenour's display at the TGMS Show. Conti |  | | Book (edition) | | interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...crystals, with morganite crystals and quanz, from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information...gemological literature in North America. J. s. San Diego, California 1975 Acknowledgments The folio\\ ing |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur..........................413 by A. M. Bassett California Recent work at the Himalaya m in e ............lepidolite, mined recently at the Himalaya mine, Pala, California. William Larson collection; photo by Harold...of America, 1660 Steward Street, Santa Monica, California 90404.) Several noteworthy articles on tourmaline...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no |  | | Book (volume) | | The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 81MINERALS dletown-Portland, Connecticut, pegmatite district. They are found in South Glastonbury, about 5...largest quarries of the entire district, the Howe No. 1. Access is through a trail system that follows old carriage...carriage roads, mine roads, and pipeline rightsof-way. During the spring and early summer of 1996, the...lithium pegmatite minerals. Minerals found in the district include albite, allanite, almandine, autunite...Walden Gem mine. There is every indication that the South Glastonbury quarrying district will produce |  | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...GERMANY }& GEORGE HOLLOWAY, collector, Northridge, California, U.S. A. }e CORNELIUS HURLBUT, Professor, Harvard...LEIPER (deceased), Editor, Lapidary Journal, San Diego, California, U.S. A. Je ORLOV LEONIDOVICH, Secretary...JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector, San Diego, California, U.S. A. ¥e H. A. STALDER, Curator, National...wholesale jeweler and collector, Los Angeles, California, U.S. A. ¥ RALPH TOWNSEND, Curator, Geological | | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...GERMANY ¥~ GEORGE HOLLOWAY, collector, Northridge, California, U.S. A. Je CORNELIUS HURLBUT, Professor, Harvard...LEIPER (deceased), Editor, Lapidary Journal, San Diego, California, U.S. A. %e ORLOV LEONIDOVICH, Secretary...FRANCE SINKANKAS, author and collector, San Diego, California, U. 8. A. Je H. A. STALDER, Curator, National...whole- sale jeweler and collector, Los Angeles, California, U.S. A, Je RALPH TOWNSEND, Curator, Geological |  | | Report (issue) | | Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://www.archive.org/det...MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER JR., California Division of Mines...Stewart COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines Ferry Building, LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS...DAVIS San 3 and Geology Francisco, 1963 ^ OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN, Governor J?...CAMPBELL, Director AND GEOLOGY State Geologist COUNTY REPORT ^ Price $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT |
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