 | | Journal (issue) | | built specifically to process the ores from local mines. Figure 2. Hugh Lee Pattinson (1796– 1858) patented... Figure 3. Map showing the locations of the various mines and major vein structures in the Caldbeck Fells...and in 1829 first observed the “partitioning” of silver between solid and liquid lead that would be the...mining property that was claimed to be rich in silver, but which The Mineralogical Record, volume 54...local farmers and miners leased the Roughton Gill mines on the Caldbeck Fells (North Yorkshire Record Office |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | However, this paper will deal pri marily with the mines where the prin cipal collecting is for mineral...been collected. Many who collect at the Creede Mines do not know what minerals to look for and most are...deal only with the mines surrounding the town of Creede. There are numerous other mines and ghost towns...San Juan Mountains. For descriptive purposes the mines will be grouped into four areas as shown on the...East and West Willow Creek areas. History In 1869 silver was discovered at the Monon Hill area at the site |  | | Journal (issue) | | FineMineral.com NATIVE SILVER WITH PYRRHOTITE AND CALCITE Kongsberg Silver Mines, Kongsberg, Buskerud,... Workings along veins in part of the Berezovsk mines. Figure 30. Overview of gold occurrences in the...Westward Look Show Fluorite “Venus“, Mont-Blanc, France, 8 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...Guatomo mine at Tham Thalu. Production data for the mines during this period are lacking, but by the time...time of Pui Sae Tan’s death in 1878, the family mines were thriving, and the principal export commodities |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................:...... . 559 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2013 by T. P. Moore ......... . 565 issue...collectors take great pride in their old historic mines, and instead of bulldozing them into parking lots...one-of-a-kind masterpiece specimens from the major classic mines of the world is NOW FOR SALE -- INDIVIDUALLY! Most...famous localities like the Tsumeb, Kombat and Otavi mines, and more recently from the Skorpion mine. Over...Kandesei pits and the Van der Plas and Otuani mines. These mines have been described previously, primarily |  | | Book | | merely heightened this impression. The centuries-old lure of gold has given rise to a great many legends,...Sulphur Pyrite Marcasite Gold Native Gold Silver Native Silver Proustite Arsenic Orpiment - Realgar . ...Meta-Zeunerite 120 Native Cooper 88 Native Gold .' 62 Native Silver 64 Native Sulphur 58 Novacekite 120 Opal 18 Orpiment...Quartz (La Gardette, Isere, France): 10 cm. 2 - Quartz (La Gardette, Isere, France): 12 cm. ir " ft J, f...The region of St. Christophe-en-Oisans (Isere, France) has produced the finest known specimens. The mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg............ COVER: CUPRITE with malachite on chrysocolla, from the M ashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire....grading system for minerals, a coin’s grade deter mines its price, so the rule might be restated to say...recover equipment and minerals from one of the oldest mines in the United States. Even as the water rose to |  | | Catalog/List | | collecting quartz in Montana, calcite in Utah, silver, galena, sphalerite, and amethyst in Creede, Colorado...ACANTHITES L Kongsberg Silver Mines — ' Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway Major Kongsberg Silver Piece. What a super...super aesthetic combination of native wire silver growing atop calcite crystals with acanthite. This represents...left. Situated in the middle is the “trunk” of the silver tree that starts at a thickness of about 1 cm and...perfect famous From Ex: specimen. the ring of wire silver which Kongsberg Swethelm (circa Estimated Value |  | | Report (issue) | | _______________________________________ General features of silver veins_____.____________________________ Occurrences...mine_______-____________-____________________.___ Other mines._____________________________________________ St...monzonite in composition, has been correlated with the Silver Plume granite of the Front .Range. All types of...GEOLOGY The veins have been mined primarily for silver. Gold has been a subordinate product of most veins...north-central part of the Sugar Loaf district. Native silver was present in some veins, and some of it must |  | | Journal (issue) | | NV photography: Neliy Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach...Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona .......................................(and last) in our series of special issues on the mines and minerals of Arizona. During the years before...Arizona localities (plus an additional 135 lost mines) from which have come approximately 400 different...somewhere), there will most likely be more on Arizona mines and minerals providing that people are willing to |  | | Journal (issue) | | Disused Tin Mines Starting with the basics, all three of these localities are disused tin mines. Stavoren...Gold has been recorded at Wheal Gerland, though silver only occurs at Majuba Hill. The Arsenates As...arsenate assemblages occur at a number of other mines in the Gwennap area in addition to Wheal Gerland...Rhabdophane-(Ce) Torbemlte Vlvlanlte Chalcomenlte Chrysocolla Angleslte 0,alcanthlte Thenardlte Brochantite...of excellent micro material at all of these old mines offers the best potential for modem collectors. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg...Alpine sulfosalt occurrence at Saint-Pons, Haute-Provence, France .........................................curator of minerals at the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, has been appointed Collection...mining district, which has been mined for gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, arsenic and bismuth |  | | Journal (issue) | | TRADES AND COLLECTION PURCHASES UK Journal of Mines and Minerals IssueNo3 SUMMER1987 EDITORIAL BOARD...Barite from Silverwood Colliery ARTICLES Copper Mines of Middleton Tyas Articles for inclusion in 'ROCKBOTTOM'...1986, the senior author was exploring various old mines in the Dolgellau gold belt. An old open level was...minerals have been recorded from both of these mines. Erythrite is reputed to have been 'common' in the...studies are now being undertaken in other trials and mines in the area, and it is to be hoped that from time |  | | Journal (issue) | | M. Hay & G. Alexander The Morenci and Metcalf mines, . Gila County, Arizona .........................have published that is entirely devoted to Arizona mines and minerals. And in case anyone asks, no, we are...Dome Rock Mountains, Grey Horse mine, Tombstone mines, Mineral Park mine, George Bideaux, the Arizona-Sonora...Arizona Arizona III: (1981, vol. 12, no. 5) Bisbee mines Arizona IV: (1983, vol. 14, no. 2) Spanish exploration...mine, Malpai Hill, Horseshoe Dam, Hilltop mine, Silver Bill mine Arizona V: (1983, vol. 14, no. 5) New |  | | Journal (issue) | | . ........ 484 W. E. Wilson The Arizona Silver Belt; Silver King to McMillenville .....................published a series of five special issues on Arizona mines and minerals: Arizona I: (1980, vol. 11, no. 3)...Dome Rock Mountains, Grey Horse mine, Tombstone mines, Mineral Park mime, George Bideaux, the Arizona-Sonora...Arizona Arizona Ill: (1981, vol. 12, no. 5) Bisbee mines Arizona IV: (1983 , vol. 14, no. 2) Spanish exploration...mine, Malpai Hill, Horseshoe Dam, Hilltop mine, Silver Bill mine Arizona V: (1983, vol. 14, no. 5) New |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg...operated their business, under the name of “ The Silver Pick,” for 40 years, and attended the Tucson Show...in g C o u n t y Martin Jensen Mackay School of Mines University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada 89557-0047...hoping that it could be in-situ leached for its silver values. With the increase in environmental controls |  | | Journal (issue) | | .3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines...................................................presents a well-illustrated overview of the copper mines, minerals and history of Michigan’s famous Keweenaw...gathered photos of many of the finest copper and silver specimens known. The cover photo depicts the incredible...by the Cliff, Central, Copper Falls and Phoenix mines. An 1874 article in the Detroit Free Press listed...total production of all Keweenaw County copper mines for that year, and these four fissure veins top |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach...fluorites in small cabinet sizes, etc. Native silvers such as the above are a specialty, and we regularly...southwestern ilope of the Santa Teresa Mountains. Mines include the Iron Cap, jran d Reef, Head Center,...Central, Cobre Grande, Sinn ein, Arizona, Dog Water, Silver Cable, Lead King, No. 1, No. 2, md others. The...Grand Central Mining Com pany acquired a group of mines including the Iron Cap and built a small flotation |  | | Book (edition) | | geology and mining and the director of the School of Mines at the University of Arizona. In 1898 he also became...who was director of the Arizona State Bureau of Mines, published Directory of Arizona Minerals and INTRODUCTION...authored Minerals of Arizo11aas Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 149, listing 267 species. He ,note a revised...six years later, in 1947, as Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 153,adding 17 species to the list. In the...was published again in 1970 as Arizona Bureauof Mines Bulletin 181,but no changes were made from the 1959 |  | | Book (edition) | | dioptase Chalcoalumite after azurite with cuprite Chrysocolla Copper Copper after cuprite Cuprite Cuprite var...Pyromorphite Qyartz Rosasite Scheelite Shattuckite Silver Silver X - Illustrations ' Smithsonite Spangolite...Massachusetts Mineral Museum, Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, Phoenix Natural History Museum...through the years, exploitation of the ores of gold, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium, mercury, and...Territorial Geologist and Director of the School of Mines, University of Arizona, and Frank Nelson Guild (1870-1939) |  | | Journal (issue) | | 78745 No. 476 HOW-TO-DO PROJECTS 10 " CROWN OF SILVER" How to cut psilomelane by Gerald I. Hemrich IL---"ll12...E. Makely FIELD TRIPS 16 VIRGINIA CITY - GOLD, SILVER, AMETHYST AND MORE A collecting trip for those...NEVADA'S FABLED REESE RIVER SILVER LEDGES More collecting In the silver state by Leo Rosenhouse 50 THE...stamp and topical collectors by M. W. Martin 8 SILVER- THE ELEMENT OF FACT AND FALLACY All about sllver...earring (Fig. 1); 2.10d, a silver bracelet, 18th century (Fig. 2); 3.20d, a silver gilt belt buckle, 18th | | | Book (edition) | | MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...dioptase Chalcoalumite after azurite with cuprite Chrysocolla Copper Copper after cuprite Cuprite Cuprite...Pyromorphite Quartz Rosasite Scheelite Shattuckite Silver Silver x Illustrations Smithsonite Spangolite Sphalerite...Massachusetts MM Mineral Museum, Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, Phoenix NHM Natural History...through the years, exploitation of the ores of gold, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium, mercury, and |  | | Catalog/List | | radiatc structure infilled by turquoisc-grecn Chrysocolla. 1i·x1-J·x1{~1' ,iS4, 00. C. Slich tl;r sniallcr...transparent group of to.bular 3. 20. BARYTES. United Mines,St.Day,Cornwall.(Ex.Christie Collection). little...CHALCOCITE. Levant Mine,Pendeen,W.Cornwall. Bright silver-grey 11 sub-metallic mass with r.1inor golden Pyritc...Unusually clean and bright old specimen.Brilliant silver-grey metallic twinned and uutwinned platy & prismatic...bra..ssy Pyritco2ix2x1-}ii 1 i:'.i2v00. 1 and silver-grey 50. CIIALCOPYRI'rE/BLEI-!DE/QUARTZ. Custrovirrcyana |  | | Book (edition) | | years as mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona...that position to become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps...and Robert T. O’Haire, of the Arizona Bureau of Mines, cheerfully provided counsel where sought. We...with her customary care. The Arizona Bureau of Mines and the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society kindly provided...Illustrations Chalcotrichite in calcite 15 2 Chrysocolla with quartz and malachite 16 2 Cuprite (chalcotrichite) |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | & flavor 2 Lost mines of Arizona ................................ Gold & silver just waiting to be...from. Official Tucson Show Catalog, I MKH Lost Mines of Arizona by Wendell E. Wilson The Mineralogical...Show Catalog, 1989 The literature regarding lost mines in Arizona (and in many other states) is large and...fascination of lost mines. And even if one chooses to believe that all accounts of lost mines are pure fabrication...information on its location died with him. Lost mines are, of course, mineral deposits and are therefore | | | Book (edition) | | years as mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona...that position to become mineralogist for Silver King Mines, Inc., in Nevada. In 1965 he joined Phelps...and Robert T. O'Haire, of the Arizona Bureau of Mines, cheerfully provided counsel where sought. We are...with her customary care. The Arizona Bureau of Mines and the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society kindly provided...and azurite Copper Silver 2 2 2 3 3 6 13 14 14 Chalcotricbite in calcite Chrysocolla with quartz and |
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