| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Western side of Stapleton Gulch in the Argenta district. The Stapleton workings are visible in the lower...of the center below the crest of the hill. in Montana Unless otherwise noted, all photographs by the... CHRISTOPHER S. TUCKER PO Box 22575 Billings, Montana 59104 tuckerj@mcn.net W ith the variety of colors...wulfenite; however, they seldom have specimens from Montana in their collections. When one thinks of wulfenite...western Montana. Figure 1. Wulfenite, with vanadinite, 8 mm across, Blackhawk mine, Radersburg district | | Klepper, Montis Ruhl, Ruppel, E.T., Freeman, V.L., Weeks, R.A. (1971) Geology and mineral deposits, east flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana. Professional Paper 665. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp665 | Report (issue) | East Flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...East Flank of the Elkhorn Mountains, Broadwater County, Montana By M. R. KLEPPER, E. T. RUPPEL, V. L...area________________________________ Radersburg area (Cedar Plains) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Quartzite...__ 49 2. Morrison and Swift Formations near Montana Silver Star mine____________________________ 52...Silver Saddle adit, and January mine, Winston mining district. 3. Geologic map of parts of the Marietta, | | | Report (volume) | DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................ | | | 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 | | | Report (volume) | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; | | | Report (volume) | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish | | | Report (issue) | ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by R.G. Tysdal 1 , Steve Ludington2 , and...ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-683-A...in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...Federal lands within parts of five counties: Broadwater, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell, and Lewis and Clark...was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the | | | Book | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...New York 16, N. Y. * FIRST EDITION LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER! 64-12704 GO To My Mother...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K | | | Book (volume) | United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill...in elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...Dakota sandstone, which underlies most of the Great Plains, and bent the broken edges sharply upward into...extraordinary homogeneity. Throughout the Great Plains, wells drilled deep into this unit provide an inexhaustible | | | Report (issue) | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Book (volume) | ..........................................258 Montana ................................................................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 (issue) | " ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. FIFTH Hanks, State Mineralogist...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor... REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report by the...statistical information in reference to mines and mining as shall be deemed important." In obedience to...Mineralogist, has been prepared. The prosperity of the Mining Bureau, and the growth and progress of the State | | | Report (volume) | Director Bulletin 842 OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION MONTANA BY J. T. PARDEE and F. C. SCHRADER UNITED...______________________-__-_________--_------___-_ Ophir district.________________________________________________...__________---__--_-___ Austin district._.____..._..._._.____._____.____.___-.___._____ Marysville district.___________...___________________________________________ Gould district._______________________________________________ Stemple...._ Heddleston district.___________________________________________ Wolf Creek district.._..........__ | | | Book (volume) | ..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy | | | Book (volume) | ..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy | | | Report (issue) | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...SURVEY. William T. Pecora, Director Library of Congress catalog-card No. GS 68-341 For sale by the Superintendent...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee | | | Report (issue) | geographic coordinates and, where applicable, by county and section, township, and range. Both published...present in separate ore shoots. In the Blackbird district (Idaho), the amount of copper present is greater...bismuth, and nickel are present. The Blackhawk district (New Mexico), is a silver- 1 cobalt-nickel type...also, were sent to France from the Quartzburg district, Oregon. During the periods 1906-1910 and 1917-1920...produced at the Haynes Stellite mine in the Blackbird district, Idaho. In 1921 and 1922, numerous small high-grade | | | Book (edition) | fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...99 98 97 96 95 6 5 4 3 2 I Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll | | | Book (edition) | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and...2. Porphyry Copper-Related Deposits The Bisbee District Tl1e Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger 17 17 21 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | hypogeneprocesses in other places: manganite, pyrolusite, ramsdellite, cryptomelane,psilomelane, hollandite...general, the depth from the surfaceto water in a district increases with the declinein rainfallandvariesfromplaceto...the rocks. In somedistricts,suchas Philipsburg,Montana,where the deposits havebeenextensivelyexploredand...is found 50 to 100 feet belowthe surfacebut in mining operationsthe manganeseoxidesare foundas muchas...largelycryptomelane, psilomelane, hollandite,and pyrolusite,are alsothosethat are mostabundantin the zones | | | Book | EDITION Designed by C. Linda Dingler Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Ransom, Jay, Ellis...Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...miners were unbelievably careless in their hasty mining of only the highest-grade ores. Rock hunters today | | | Book (edition) | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and...2. Porphyry Copper-Related Deposits The Bisbee District The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger Lee Le 2A | | | Book (edition) | YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...by Prof. John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und | | | Book (edition) | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...DOs 9S ae9 07 100) |Oe SOUS ts mee Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S: | | | Book (volume) | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. 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