 | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines |  | | Report (issue) | | nomenclature. 1. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction.............deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...in the Sierra Nevada, California (Clark, 1970); Klamath Mountains, California-Oregon (Hotz, 1971); and...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent...pyrite is the most abundant sulfide in mines California. Junner (1921) made the same mines in Victoria |  | | Report (issue) | | Denver, Colorado USA © 2009 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495...the Leicht 's at their shop in Laguna Beach, California. Printed in the United States ot America Front...plwto Plldi.wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt...BY JAROSLAV HYRSL AND ALFREDO PETROV The Poopo District ................................................in Oruro ... 26 BY ROBERT B. COOK The Morococala Mine ............................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive...RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1 i y... Front cover: The exceedingly varied terrain of Kern County is shown by the brown section— from McKittrick...majestic Sierra Nevada and Owens Peak (highest point in the county); on the east (right side) is the sharp descent...section, taken farther south, shows the Tehachapi Mountains and the Mojave Desert. Cover design by Elinor |  | | Report (issue) | | ] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 14 October 2014 T he Andes are spectacular mountains that occupy the west coast of South America, stretching...is 6,873 meters (22,550 feet), and the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere, Aconcagua at 6,960...640 kilometers (400 miles) across. The imposing mountain chain shapes the ecology of the entire continent...temperatures and pressures as the slab descends. At some point the hydrated minerals become unstable, and the water...slab. This water dramatically lowers the melting point of peridotite, the primary mantle rock, allowing |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...M inerals http://w ww .frii.com /~glacier Green Mountain Minerals Stanley Korzeb 13993 E. Arizona Ave...Fine M inerals, W orldwide By Appointm ent Only Mountain Minerals International Dudley Blauwet P.O. Box...and whenever this was brought up, he was quick to point out that his two older brothers had been summa cum...gratifying. One young mineralogist, a former student of mine, said that although he had never met Mike, he had |  | | Journal (issue) | | fluorite crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection;...H. Currier 13100 Spring Street Baldwin Park, California 91706-2283 Terry Szenics Avda. Rey Gustavo Adolfo..................................... Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La.................................... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u............ Raura district, Cajatambo province, department of Lima Pachapaqui district, Bolognesi province |  | | Book | | Habsburg dynasty elite to the Lower Hungarian mining district around Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz, Slovakia):...if he had to either buy them from abroad […] or mine them at own expense in his own mines. Everybody...well-experienced miner to choose this or that mountain and whether there is such or such metal in it...Monarchy, which gained momentum during an era of reform in the second half of the eighteenth century (Szabo...volume refers to broader processes such as the reform of the mining education, the establishment of large |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ta~co Famous mineral localities: The Trucco mining district, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico ............:Refugio Jlline Famous mineral localities: The Refugio mine, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico .............Front Cover Smithsonite, 4 cm wide, from the Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. William Dameron collection;...beginning on page 453. Frontispiece (page 400) Pyrargyrite from Taxco, Mexico. Oil on Canvas, by Wendell...that were collected and stored more carefully. The mine is still being actively worked today, as the city |  | | 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) | | from different points of view. Crystallographic point of view. We have long been accustomed to the frequently...the same as health for animals "[3]. Ontogenic point of view. A growing crystal is a system, and, although...basis of biological analogies. From the ontogenic point of view each natural crystal is considered a separate...proves to be quite natural and lawful. Thermodynamic point of view. We know well that thermodynamic conditions...availability of positive feedback [8]. Therefore any point of view allows one to conclude that there are two |  | | Book | | the pride of any geological collection. From the green, gold and blue iridescent sheen of labradorite to...the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Silica-rich minerals are deposited by the hot water...materials of the landscape. Every valley, hill and mountain peak is made entirely of rocks and minera ls....gently settling layers on the sea bed. Climb any mountain away from the city and gaze out on the landscape...water, earthquakes and volcanoes, which have worn mountains down and risen new ones up . Yet it is only in |  | | Book | | The Moving Earth 14 Sedimentary Rocks 96 Mountain Building 16 Metamorphic Rocks 116 Earthquakes...hunted and exploited a range of metal create new mountains. So the world is least 10,000 years ago. They...materials of the landscape. Every valley, hill and mountain peak is made entirely of rocks and minerals. Yet...gently settling layers on the sea bed. Climb any mountain away from the city and gaze out on the landscape...water, earthquakes and volcanoes, which have worn mountains down and risen new ones up. Yet it is only in |  | | Journal (issue) | | miners drill holes in the rock at Taxco silver mine in Mexico. Right: North Sea drilling rig 'Claymore-A'...are topaz and tourma lines. Gold was found in California in 1848, sparking off the Great American Gold...Apatite- Can be scratched with difficulty by a steel point, and can itself scratch glass, but with difficulty...(Germany); Chihuahua and Zacatecas (Mexico). In the USA, there are large quantities of acanthite at Leadville...Actinolite is mainly green in colour, but some samples can be a blackish green or even plain black. Although |  | | Journal (issue) | | people: COVER: AURICHALCITE from the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona. Photo (first place winner in Tucson...gain ing us new subscribers . . . up to a point. That point came with the beginning of volume 9, coincidentally...including over-the-counter sales, is the break even point for us these days and we should all be happy that... For every additional 1000 subscribers at this point we could afford to add 16 pages of full color to...issue. S 195 MORGANITE ON TOURMALINE PALA, CALIFORNIA KEITH PROCTOR fine minerals Few collections |  | | Book | | grouped like the petals of a flower. Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Minerals Past and Present (75 percent)...important emerald locality is limited to a small district near Muzo in Colombia, South America. Minerals...that in Colchis gold was washed down from the mountains by winter torrents and collected in troughs pierced...developed by men living on the slopes of the Caucasus Mountains facing the Black Sea; thence it spread to Iran...occurs and the dislocations are healed over. At this point the crystal stops growing, but a change in environment |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...perfection ist; “What about microminerals, eh?” Point well taken. A major aspect of elite collecting,...A chipped or broken spot usually representing a point of impact. Old codgers in the business swear that...rigorous microscopic study of every crystal edge, point and face is carried out. Should the crystal survive...Jane Koepp Jones and Gene LaBerge (“The Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin”) Desautels Trophy: Irv Brown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the then existing year. It is prolnble that this reform of the calendar was not ef fected with,.' lit,...rpQ'lllarities gradually became apparent; and the reform, which in co,1seC],uonce uecame necessary, was...nicer balance than ever man blew on me as fresh as mountain breezes, It is all people made, and vibrates to...paper or calico; thus Rocks rtchfn gems and mountains big with lDtne�, That on the high cquatorrldgyrlsc...of water. There are many good mines in the vi point of greatest wear toward!! the top or bottom of the |  | Finch, John Wellington, Bateman, Alan M., Butler, B. S., Loughlin, G. F., McLaughlin, D. H., Singewald, J. T. Jr. - Eds. (1933) Ore Deposits of the Western States. The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, New York. | Book | | ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN ST A TES Rocky Mountain Fund Series THE PORPHYRY COPPERS By A. B. Parsons...METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS sponsored by the ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUXD NEW YORK 1933 " C'OPYRIOnT, 1033, IJY...appropriate is the linking 0£ the narne of the R ocky Mountain Club with this volume. That famous institution...etallurgical Engineers has made a grant from the Rocky Mountain Fund for the publication of this volume as a research...research "of especial interest to the Rocky :Mountain region." This use of income derived from the assets |  | | Report (issue) | | fjil* STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 170...Director DIVISION OF MINES Son Francisco STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN San Francisco J. Ferry Building,...OlAF 170 September 1954 GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RICHARD Edited by H. JAHNS CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS...transmit herewith nulletin 170, Geoloejy of Southern California, prepared nnder the direction of Olaf P. Jenkins...Richard II. Jahns, professor of geology at the California Institute of Technology. Four other members of |  | | Book (edition) | | Fuels and there is strong evidence to prove the point. It has been said that, in the Second World War...of what we call rocks, minerals are the starting point for any worthwhile survey of the Mineral Kingdom...River to the discovery of altaite in the Altai Mountains of Mount Vesuvius, labradorite from Labrador...from the Alaska mine in Colorado, cubanite from Cuba, kernite from Kern County in California, aragonite from...from the Arabic "powder of the mine" because it came from a silver mine. Perhaps the worst blunder in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colombia • Emeralds from Madagascar with strong blue/green dichroism • Peruvian blue opal • Interesting pearls...Pasadena, California G. Robert Crowningshield New York, New York Mary L. Johnson Carlsbad, California Kenneth...Prairie, Washington Anthony R. Kampf Los Angeles, California Karl Schmetzer Petershausen, Germany Emmanuel...Carlsbad, California Henry A. Hänni Basel, Switzerland John I. Koivula Carlsbad, California Christopher...world: the Ruby Violet (or Red Beryl) mine in Utah’s Wah Wah Mountains. Shown here is a unique suite of red |  | | Book (edition) | | be studied from a purely descriptive geometric point of view; in other words, without taking into account... tween them are. So, from a crystallographic point of view, a quartz crystal meter (3 1 feet) long...a surface (plane, P) or by inversion through a point (center, C). A center of symmetry is the midpoint...other by a rotation and then an inversion through a point on the axis. The symbol for the axis is An ,e.g...elements which arenot equivalent from a geometrical point of view; the two ends of the crystal are not equivalent |  | | Book | | Shaub -y Treasures from the earth PUBLIC LIBRARY COUNTY, FORT WAYNE AND ALLEN IND. Treasures from...a scribing tool. fi to "> I nearly 6 in point o| e is this instiium nt is i< hardness,...scriber ovei mmei.il samples is the small si/e o| the point the h.ud ness ol even .1 minute grain 1,111 he tested...up to or beyond the and can reach the breaking point Sectility pieces can be stressed Sectile minerals...Brittleness I when stress is The breaking reached point in the crys- - < its the most highly elastic |
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